(A/N: Second to last chapter peeps! Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I think we know by now if I own Disney and Kingdom Hearts or not.)

The Hunchback Nobody of Twilight Town

Chapter 13: The Epic Battle

Xemnas was not pleased. "Captain Xigbar!"

The ponytailed guard, now captain and known as Xigbar, approached. "Sir?"

"Seize the Clock Tower!"

Meanwhile, at the top of the Clock Tower, Roxas brought the still unconscious Xion into the bedroom. He lied her down on the bed gently.

"Don't worry. You'll be safe here," he told her.

He then leapt down, grabbed a beam of wood, and threw it at the advancing soldiers on the ground. They scurried like ants.

"Come back, you cowards!" Xemnas yelled at the fleeing guards, to no avail. He turned to the guards at Axel's cage. "You men! Pick up that beam! Break down the door!" The men obliged Xemnas, leaving only a mullet-haired one behind. Axel grabbed him around the neck from inside the cage.

"Alone at last!" he said, smirking. He bonked the guard on the head, and as the man fell to the ground, he grabbed the keys to the lock. The guards, meanwhile, had begun battering the door. Axel unlocked himself, then leapt on top of the cage.

"Citizens of Twilight Town!" he yelled. "Xemnas has persecuted our people, ransacked our city! Now he has declared war on the Clock Tower herself! Will we allow it?"

"No!" the crowd shouted. As the crowd began to break loose the gypsies, the guards continue their assault. Soon, the crowd swarmed around the door.

"I think the cavalry's here!" cheered Hayner.

Pence looked down and spotted Axel. "Hey! Isn't that-"

"Feeble!" cried Hayner.

"Doofus!" Olette said.

"Axel!" Roxas called.

The crowd continued to fight. Roxas kept on dropping things on the advancing troops. Pence dropped a small brick, closing his eyes at his violent act, and it landed square on the dreadlock guard's head.

"Sorry! Sorry!" Pence apologized.

Hayner threw a rock in his mouth, chomped it up, flew around like a bomber, and ended up on the ledge. He began spitting out pebbles like a machine gun, forcing the guards to scatter again.

Meanwhile, Xemnas was supervising the guards at the door, who were using the wooden beam to break down the door.

"Harder!" commanded Xigbar.

As the fighting continued, a guard with long blonde hair broke off the stockade the old man Riku had been in.

"I'm free! I'm free!" he shouted. Then he stepped into a hole labeled 'Mon Sewer'.

"...Dang it!" came his call from the hole.

Back at the Clock Tower, a grappling hook reached Roxas. He grabbed it, then pulled the rope tight. Three guards smashed into the building. Pence and Hayner, near Roxas, were finishing building a catapult.

"Ready... aim... fire!" cried Pence. They pushed the catapult off the ledge, sending it crashing to the ground. Soldiers scattered as it hit.

"Are you sure that's how it works?" Pence asked, looking at Hayner.

The catapult, upside down, sprung, sending the cart bottom on top of some soldiers.

"Works for me!" Hayner said.

Axel and Xigbar were fighting, and once again, Xigbar ended up behind Vanitas.

"Vanitas! Sit!" Axel commanded.

The horse obeyed, plopping his rear on Xigbar's head. Again.

Olette was sending the birds to attack. Their bodies covered the sky. "Fly, my pretties! Fly! Fly!" she laughed.

The guards were continuing to work on the door.

"Put your backs into it!" the muscled guard demanded.

Meanwhile, Pence was using Hayner as a bellows to warm up the fire on the lead pot. Roxas attached a rope to it, then dumped it over, sending fire pouring out of the Tower and onto the fleeing guards below. The guards battering the door ran, but Xemnas managed to get inside the Clock Tower safely. As he did, Mickey ran up to him.

"Xemnas, have you gone mad? I will not tolerate this assault on the house of God!" (A/N: I think Mickey's the one who's gone mad. A CLOCK TOWER'S NOT THE HOUSE OF GOD, MICKEY!)

Xemnas shoved Mickey to the ground. "Silence, you old fool! The hunchback and I have unfinished business to attend to. And this time, you will not interfere." Mickey's eyes widened as the Judge closed the door and locked it from the inside.

Upstairs, Roxas burst into the bedroom jubilantly. "We've done it, Xion! We've beaten them back! Come and see!"

She didn't move.

"Xion?" He came up to her and examined her position. "...Oh, no!" He got a spoonful of water, and tried to make her drink it. She didn't, and the liquid fell off her chin.

"Oh no." Roxas started to cry as Xemnas entered and touched Roxas on his hump. Upon feeling his hand, he said, "You killed her." Anger filled his voice.

"It was my duty, horrible as it was," Xemnas said sadly. "I hope you can forgive me. There, there, Roxas, I know it hurts. But now, the time has come to end your suffering." He pulled a dagger from behind him. As he raised it to stab the hunchback, Roxas saw the shadow of the dagger. He turned and struggled with Xemnas only briefly, before wrestling the dagger from his hands and backing him into a corner.

"Now, now... listen to me, Roxas-" the Judge said carefully, panic filling him.

"No, you listen! All my life you have told me the world is a dark, cruel place. But now, I see that the only thing dark and cruel about it is people like you!" He threw away the dagger.

"R-Roxas?"

The blonde turned and saw Xion sitting on the bed. "Xion!" he said happily, running and hugging her.

"She lives!" Xemnas said. He grabbed a sword.

"No!" Roxas cried, holding her tightly. He grabbed Xion and ran out onto the balcony. Xemnas followed, but when he got outside, he saw nothing but gargoyles. After looking left and right, he looked out over the edge and found Roxas hanging there with Xion in his arms.

"Leaving so soon?" he asked, swinging his sword, but Roxas dodged the blow by swinging to another spot. Down on the ground, the guards stop to watch.

"Up there!" pointed the mullet-haired one, now awake.

Xemnas went to swing again. "Hang on!" Roxas told Xion. He swung off again, just narrowly missing Xemnas' sword. Finally, the man got the blonde cornered.

"I should have known you'd risk your life to save that gypsy witch. Just as your own mother died trying to save you."

"What!"

"Now I'm going to do what I should have done fifteen years ago!" He swung his cape, covering Roxas' head. But as he tried to throw the blonde off the balcony, the panicking boy pulled Xemnas off as well. Now Xemnas was hanging onto Roxas, who was hanging onto a very weak Xion, struggling to hold both up. The Judge threw his cape around another gargoyle, and pulled himself over. He stood up and was about to swing his sword at Xion.

"And He shall smite the wicked and plunge them into the fiery pit!" he said, grinning at his victory. The gargoyle, however, began to crack. Xemnas was thrown off balance, and hung onto the gargoyle's head. Suddenly, the 'goyle came to life and roared. Xemnas screamed, and the now stone gargoyle broke off, sending Xemnas falling to his death.

Meanwhile, Xion was losing her grip on Roxas. "Roxas... Roxas!" He slipped loose and began to fall. Xion screamed.

"NOOOOOOOO!"

(A/N: :O What's this? A cliffhanger from me? What is this world coming to? XD Sorry, couldn't resist the cliffy, since it seemed meant for it. Even as much as I hate them, they are needed.

Yay! Vani gets another spotlight! ^^

Two New Guards! Do ya know em? ;)

Demyx: R+R!)