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Today a celebration of their victory was being held at Olympus Coliseum. Sora, Riku, Kairi, and the other brave individuals who fought in the battle for Radiant Garden would be receiving awards for their valor. The trio was presently on their way there via gummiship. "Sora, are you really sure that you should be moving around? If you fight now, then you'll be at a disadvantage."
'Why would I be fighting? It's just an award ceremony!'
"Sora, are you alright?" Sora snapped out of his daze as he heard Kairi speak. "Of course, why wouldn't I be?"
"You had a bit of a glazed over look…not to mention your magic." Kairi laughed lightly.
"What? What does my magic have to do with this?"
"You do realize that it isn't stable right?"
'Since when is my magic unstable?' "What are you talking about?"
"I mean the sparks leaping around you. What else would I mean?"
"Sparks?" Sora looked down at himself, and was surprised to see lose electrical energy. 'Larxene! What the hell is going on!?'
'Looks like there were from side effects, just absorb the energy.' Larxene yawned, they were both still exhausted.
'Side effects of what?' Sora asked, bewildered.
'What else? Do you really think that even a partial fusion with me wouldn't have side effects? You really are naïve, but don't complain, you're generating a little electricity of your own now, now you won't have to come running to me whenever you need some. It should be enough for one jolt of electricity. Now if you don't mind, I need to rest!' Sora just sighed and absorbed the energy as he felt Larxene break the connection. He turned to Riku. "How much longer?" "We're there Sora, so stop complaining." They landed and approached the coliseum. There was a large crowd in the stands, and numerous people entering. Sora could see Cloud walking in, Tifa beside him. Nearby he could see Vincent and even Cid. As they reached the center of the Arena, Yen Sid's voice rang out. "Honored heroes who have fought for the freedom of the light, we thank you. Now, as a reward for your services, we grant you these awards." Sora watched as a medal of honor appeared around his neck, it was clearly gold. He could see that Riku and Kairi had received the same. "In addition, any who are here as part of an agreement may meet me here again in 3 days to receive your payment. Now, I believe that it would be appropriate to inform you of certain facts. First of all, from this day forward, the Unshadowed will be lead by three generals I have chosen. I hope that with time, you can come to see them as friends and comrades. Allow me to present, Terra, Ven, and Aqua!"
Three figures stepped into the coliseum, the first was dark-haired, the largest of the three, his face bore a slight scowl. The second was a beautiful young woman, her hair was, strangely, blue. She was waving at the crowd. The last…Sora was wondering if he needed glasses. 'Larxene, am I seeing this right?' 'I think so…but then again, I'm seeing through your eyes. Ask Riku.' "Riku, I am hallucinating…right?" "No Sora, I don't believe you are." Before
Sora's eyes stood Roxas, or at least he was identical to Roxas. But it couldn't be him, Sora had reabsorbed Roxas. Yen Sid spoke again.
"Next, I'd like to request that Sora, Riku, Kairi, Leon, Yuffie, Vincent Valentine, Abel Nightroad, Cloud Strife, Aerith, Tifa, and Cid Highwind remain behind afterwards. Now, I bid you all farewell." 'Keep your guard up Sora.' 'I know Larxene, you never let me forget it.' He sighed and waited for everyone to filter out.
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After everyone else had left, Yen Sid spoke again. "I'm afraid to tell you that some of your actions up to this point have been unacceptable. As such, you must be held accountable." A couple people gasped, and he thought he heard a disgruntled sound from Riku. "Vincent Valentine, you have been found guilty of using the power of Darkness, you are hereby sentenced to purification. If you resist, force will be used. Squall Leonheart, also known as Leon, you are found guilty of knowingly cooperating with a wielder of Darkness, you will be imprisoned for ten years. Yuffie, you are found guilty of knowingly cooperating with a wielder of Darkness, you will be imprisoned for ten years as well. Tifa, and Cid, you are also found and held guilty of the same crime, and will receive the same punishment. Aerith, you are found guilty of cooperating with a user of Darkness, however, because of your exceptionally high light alignment, your sentence is hereby mitigated to three years. Cloud Strife, you are found guilty of wielding Dark power. However, you have ceased the use of it, and will only be imprisoned for ten years, as opposed to purification. Abel Nightroad, you are…where is he? I suppose he left prematurely. Ven, would your retrieve him?"
"My apologies sir, he has already left the world, and has also destroyed his award. I have no way to find him."
"He didn't matter much anyway. Sora, you are found guilty of wielding the power of Darkness, becoming a heartless, entering the world of Darkness, and cooperating with a wielder of Darkness. You will be immediately purified. Kairi, as a Princess of Heart you are pardoned of your crime of cooperating with a being of Darkness. Riku, you are hereby found guilty of cooperating with heartless, using the power of Darkness, betraying your allies within the Light, uniting with a heartless for power, imprisoning the Princesses of Heart, and entering the World of Darkness. You are to be immediately executed." As the last word echoed throughout the silent stadium, time seemed to slow. Terra approached Riku and drew a sword, preparing to carry out the sentence. Suddenly time restarted and Sora lunged at Terra. Ven stepped in the way and through him back. The Savage Nymph swung towards the Roxas look alike, and was stopped by a keyblade that had appeared in the general's hand. Nearby he could see Aqua pull Kairi away from the battle. Riku met Terra with his Keyblade. A new battle had begun.
Riku was still shocked as Terra's sword met his keyblade. It was a stalemate, neither overcoming the other. He launched a Dark Aura, which was blocked by the sword, as were the next two. Terra struck at him with an overhand swing. Riku dodged, and watched as the ground shattered where Terra struck. The attack left an opening, which Riku exploited with a Dark Aura fireball. Terra was pushed back a short distance, but countered with Firaga. Riku charged forward, and met Terra head on. As their swords locked, Riku began to draw on his inner darkness. The power of darkness cloaked The Way to Dawn in shadow. Terra's sword cracked. Riku only had a moment's warning when a keyblade appeared in Terra's hand. He dodged the keyblade swipe, and struck again. The two keyblades met, and Riku drew out more darkness. The darkness wrapped itself around him.
Sora stopped his battle with Ven (who halted as well) as Riku was engulfed in Darkness. Slowly the Darkness was taking shape. It stretched out behind him like a cloak, whipping in an illusionary wind. Slowly it solidified. His
yellow jacket was now black as night, and extended into something resembling a cloak, the front open showing the shirt he wore under it-it was now silver, a black heartless symbol rested on the left side of his chest-just over his heart. His jeans were now black and his shoes were the same- with the exception of the steel shell covering the fronts of the shoes. His left wrist-which previously was wrapped in cloth- now bore a black glove with a steel plate upon it, the glove only covered the back of the hand-Sora could see that it wasn't cloth, but shadow- and the plate sat in the very middle of his hand-a black rune carved into it.
Riku lunged forward, his complete Darkness invested in every strike. Terra attempted to fight back, but could feel his grip loosen with each strike. His sword wasn't faring much better, evident from the crack running down it. All he could do was brace himself for the next attack.
Kairi watched as events unfolded, Aqua standing in front of her for protection. As Riku's power manifested she began to chant quietly under her breath.
"Mask of blood and flesh, all creation, flutter of wings, ye who bears the name of Man! On the wall of blue flame, inscribe a twin lotus. In the abyss of conflagration, wait at the far heavens. Twin Lotus Blue Fire Crash Down!"
She unleashed both bursts of flame directly into Aqua's back, launching her across the arena. Aqua slowly stood; smoke was rising from her body. "Kairi, why? We only want to help everyone! Why would a Princess of Heart like you betray us!? Please, we don't want to fight you!"
"What? How is imprisoning, executing, and 'purifying", whatever that means, people who have fought for your cause time and time again helping people!? Anyone who would do such a thing has no Light in them!"
Aqua looked stunned, but quickly retorted, "Me? You're the one who turned against the Light for a couple of Darkness lovers! You call yourself a Princess of Heart! You've forsaken your Light!" Aqua launched a Blizzaga spell, which was met by Firaga. She just barely evaded Kairi's Byakurai follow-up attack. Kairi stepped out of the path of Aqua's newly summoned keyblade, and spoke a quick spell "Eruptio Ignis." A wave of fire burst from her hand, seeking to overwhelm Aqua. At the last moment Aqua raised a Shell spell to hold it off, but still couldn't stop herself from being pushed back. The flames slowly drove Aqua back against the wall of the coliseum.
Sora was giving ground before Ven. He evaded a horizontal slash from Ven's keyblade by stepping back, then thrust with The Savage Nymph. Ven sidestepped the thrust and struck Sora from behind. Sora flew forwards from the impact. He used an older technique, Strike Raid, to distract Ven and struck Ven in the chest with his palm. At the moment of impact he released all of his electrical energy, attempting to overload Ven's nervous system. Unfortunately, Ven remained conscious, but was shaking as his neuron fired uncontrollably. Ven cast a spell, Aero, on to his keyblade, wrapping the wind around it. Sora, having used The Savage Nymph for his Strike Raid, summoned Oblivion. The two blades locked together, but Ven's Aero spell struck at Sora from the blade. Gashes opened all over Sora's body, and blood slicked the handle of Oblivion, slowly soaking the keychain. "Really Sora, you just can't make it without me can ya? I was enjoying the rest too…oh well. Now let's get started." Sora felt power rush into him. His wounds closed and an organization cloak appeared around his body. Oathkeeper materialized in his left hand and Sora used it to break the lock. He gathered his mana and summoned thirteen pillars of energy, each tipped with a Nobody symbol. They circled him, holding off attacks while he gathered energy from his two keyblades, light from one and darkness from the other. He brought them together into a small sphere of energy, its destructive power fueled by the conflict between the two forces, and threw it towards Ven, who barely dodged, but didn't have time to react before the next one hit him directly in the chest. Two more swiftly followed; one struck his right shoulder, causing him to drop his keyblade; the other impacted with his left
leg, preventing him from regaining his footing properly. Sora swiftly sent the pillars of energy towards Ven. The energy pillars aligned themselves over Ven, who was still knocked down. The energy struck him relentlessly and Sora felt victory approaching as he watched.
Yen Sid made a subtle gesture and the Princesses of Heart (minus Kairi) took stations around the arena. They began to chant and light slowly gathered. It coalesced around Ven, Terra, and Aqua. It slowly formed into armor. Aqua stood and pushed through the flames towards Kairi, Terra broke free of Riku's Darkness, which had begun to envelop him, and Ven stood despite the energy pillars, their power deflected by the newly formed dragoon-like armor.
Seeing things falling apart, Sora used Oathkeeper's magic to take the form of a sphere of light flying towards his friends. He changed back and grabbed Riku, who shrank back from the light slightly, and Kairi and pulled them both back away from their opponents. He picked up The Savage Nymph and applied blood to the keychain. He felt Larxene twist reality nearby and the three of them sprinted towards the newly formed portal. They dived through as a Blizzaga spell flew by them, courtesy of Aqua.
Sora woke up. Looking around, he saw Kairi and Riku unconscious. Where was he? 'The World that Never was, it's the safest place for now. There are too many heartless and nobodies for the Unshadowed or any other enemies to get in easily.' Now he remembered, Larxene had opened them an escape route. His thoughts were interrupted by a voice. 'Hey Sora, it's good to see you again. What I want to know though, is how the hell you have Larxene in your head. For that matter, how are you still sane if you have Larxene in your head? Ahh!' Sora assumed that Larxene had taken offense. 'Roxas, is that you? '
'Who else would it be?'
'I have Larxene in my head; at this point I wouldn't be shocked if Maleficent popped up…if she does, please interrogate her...actually don't. Call me first- I want to watch.'
'First of all, I doubt that will happen. Secondly, since when do you ask for people to be interrogated, especially considering the fact that you seemed to enjoy the idea?'
'Sorry, when you share a mind with someone, your personalities become a little unstable at times.'
'Sora, just because your other is here doesn't mean you can talk about me as if I'm not here.'
'Roxas, I've been meaning to ask what that technique was back there.'
'Uh, Sora, Larxene…'
'You know, those pillars of energy, how do they work? I just kinda went on autopilot.'
'Sora! You better stop ignoring me, or I will give you nightmares that will leave you traumatized for life!' Sora just laughed while a strangely familiar smile appeared on his face. Roxas was at in the opposite side of his mind now, hiding from Larxene-who was always sadistic- and Sora- who was over exposed to Larxene. Calming down, Sora gently shook Riku and Kairi. The two slowly woke up. Kairi spoke first, "Where are we?" "Utopia." Riku translated for her, "We're in the World that Never Was."
"How Is that a Utopia?!"
"Utopia is Latin for nowhere, and this is a nonexistent world. So it is Utopia."
"Was this all really necessary, it would have been a lot easier to say it outright." Sora couldn't help chuckling at the conversation. They were being chased by their former allies, and here they were arguing over a piece of wordplay.
"Utopia or not, we're being chased, so maybe we should focus on that for now?" Riku nodded, "Of course, now what should we do?" Kairi looked thoughtful, "We need to make sure that they don't reach us, so how about constructing a ward. They were briefly mentioned in some of the books I've been studying over the last few days. If we could put up a strong enough barrier, then we could use this is our base of operations. We'll want it to last a while, so we should probably create the ward in a physical form, a set of markings that dictates the purpose, area, and basic attributes of the ward and a power source. We'll probably want to make it more durable than some painted markings though, stone would be best." Sora nodded, "Good, how long should it take to find a proper warding spell, find the materials, and build it?"
"If they have a library I can probably find one in a couple of days. Time to find materials will vary greatly. We also don't know what the Organization had stored away here. The construction will probably take three to eighteen hours." Riku grimaced, "We'll have to hurry, they'll probably be here in only a week or so. In the meantime we should close the entrance off. That way they'll have to reopen the pathway. That should buy us a couple of days, because they'll have to stop by Twilight Town to do that." "Okay then, Kairi, you and I will look for research and production materials. Riku, I need you to seal the pathway, and then join back up with us." "Ok."
Sora walked Kairi to Zexion's room via the gravestone- Zexion had always been a little obsessed with his books. As they entered, Sora failed to see Kairi's puzzled expression at his knowledge. The room was full of books, several shelves were full, and the floor was littered with stacks of them. Rather different from the room he fought
Saix in, this room wasn't brightly lit, with the exception of the reading lamp on a mahogany desk in the center, one behind a rather comfortable looking armchair to the side, and a small, unlit fireplace there was no clear source of lighting. The walls were a dark red, with a black and silver border where the wall met the ceiling. The room was all hardwood, but was truly wood-not the foreign metal of much of the castle. Sora walked over to a shelf and examined the titles, speaking out loud, "Inferno, Fires of Heaven, Cast in Shadows, Mistborn, a Memory of Light….hmm…" 'Larxene, I remember that he had other types of books, not just fiction, so where are they?' 'Go to the desk, the top drawer to your left is fake. Open it.' He did as she said, while Kairi watched, forgotten for the moment. It looked like an ordinary drawer. 'Inside the drawer, to the left, there is an Ouroboros, push on it.' As Sora looked closer he saw the Serpent, barely visible, seemingly carved into the wood. He pushed on it. A section of the drawer dropped down slightly and slid back under the false bottom. There was a keypad. Larxene murmured the password to him. He typed it in. The Fireplace changed. The opening expanded to human size, and the back sliding down into the ground, leaving a room visible beyond it. Sora quickly hurried through.
Kairi watched as Sora seemed to easily, almost casually trigger the various concealed mechanisms that Zexion had installed. As the door opened she spoke, "Sora how did you?" Sora had already gone through. She just shook her head and went in. She was relieved to see that Sora was just as stunned as she was by the immense library they had entered. There were scores of shelves, each completely full. They were arranged in three rows. This room, unlike the other, resembled the outer castle, all metal and glass, with none of the comfortable feel of the first chamber. She turned towards Sora. "I'll take the left, you take the middle. Riku can have the right." He nodded and they began searching.
As far as she could tell, the shelves were organized by subject, then the author's name, and then the title. She examined the categories. 'Alchemy, Allomancy, Bakudo, Barriers! Now let's see...A Compendium of Shielding Spells-no- Illusionary Walls: Design and Concealment-no- Hiding in Plain Sight: A Guide to Invisibility and Its Flaws-
IS THERE NOTHING ON WHAT I NEED!-…Barrier Diagramming: Creation. This will do perfectly.' She opened the book.
It is assumed that the reader has already read 'Basic Runes and Diagrams' and 'Seals: Locking Away Dangers.' If not, please read these before trying to understand-much less utilize- this book.'
Sora jerked up from his contemplation of Listening to the Voices: A User's Guide to Sealed Demons, Angels, Spirits, and Others as a cry of frustration echoed through the Library. Larxene, who had been sharpening her kunai (Sora wasn't sure why- they were manifestations of a Nobody's soul- at least according to Larxene's lecture last night- and didn't dull like normal weapons) and said to Sora 'I thought Zexion got that girl out of here.' 'Who, Kairi?' Sora asked incredulously. 'No, the one who could be heard moaning from hunger on occasion.'
Sora laughed out loud as he delved into the memories he had obtained from Larxene, 'You mean, the girl that stopped eating and nearly died of starvation?'
'Yeah, she just popped up one day, asked where she was and if there was a library nearby.'
'Didn't she say that she was stuck at home and got curious about something, and wanted to go to the library.' 'Then she claimed that she found herself in Zexion's room.'
'He let her into the library and she didn't leave. Once she collapsed from hunger, thirst, and exhaustion he wiped her memory and sent her home- he didn't want her to come back and do it again.' Larxene laughed lightly, then calmed down and asked, 'So that was Kairi who we heard then? I guess this place would be a bit frustrating, especially when you're looking for a particular fact.' She glanced through Sora's eyes at the book, "Stop slacking Sora! We are being chased you know!" 'Right!' He grabbed the book and started looking again.
Riku finished closing the keyhole and eventually found Zexion's study. As he entered he felt a strange tugging in his mind. He shook himself and walked into the library. He looked down the middle 'hall.' Sora was asleep-he never had been a fan of reading. He looked down the left hall looking for Kairi. She appeared to have forgotten her goal once she found the Combat Magic: Standard Spells and Variants section. He just rolled his eyes and took the right hallway. He glanced at each section in turn, nothing catching his eye, until he found the section called Wards. Looking at the titles, one stood out. Wards, Seals, and Barriers: Runes, Diagramming, Adaptation, and Symbolic Invocation. He opened it.
Table of Contents
Wards: Personal
Wards: Specified Area
Wards: Object-Based
Seals: Location Sealing
Seals: Spirit-Object
Seals: Sprit-Creature
Seals: Spirit-Spirit
Barriers: Short Term
Barriers: Active Preservation
Barriers: External Energy
Symbolic Invocation: Spirits
Symbolic Invocation: Physical Creature
Symbolic Invocation: Forces
Symbolic Invocation: Worlds and Hearts
Symbolic Invocation: Will (This may be Soul or Heart invocation; this is still up for debate)
Rune translation and Creation
Diagramming Guide
Riku smirked, "Perfect."
An hour later(No one could seem to rouse Sora-the exhaustion from the battle had caught up to him) the group was gathered in Zexion's room, looking over the book. Riku spoke first, "Okay, well we obviously need a barrier- we can't use a short term barrier, it would be too hard to maintain. We can't use Active Preservation because someone would have to constantly supply it with mana. That leaves an external energy source as our only option." The other two nodded in agreement. "Considering what we're trying to keep out-an army including three keyblade wielders- we should try to bolster its power. The book says that through the use of certain formats for a spell diagram or certain markings you can invoke another source of power- for example a spirit of some type. Now I've looked over our options. There are no creatures or spirits available. That leaves a force-like light or darkness, a heart- be it a world's or a person's, or an individual's will- but I they lost focus for even an instant it would fall. Now my recommendation would be a unique invocation which integrates multiple Forces and World Heart's. The invocation draws upon the power of an ancient group of worlds which each harnessed a basic force- light, darkness, nothingness, and twilight. I don't know the details, but the invocation has immense power despite the fact that the worlds no longer exist. The problem is that it requires a power source from every one of the Forces, a way to stabilize them, and a large amount of pure mana to harness the power. If it works we will be able to keep out most anything- but if it fails then we'll probably die before the army even arrives. What do you guys think?" Sora nodded grimly, "We'll die if they get here- so I'd say that it's worth the risk. What about you Kairi." "Maybe, but we need to be extremely careful." Riku spoke again, "Okay then let's get started. Sora, I need you to find materials, mana most notably, ether should do it- but I don't know how we'll find enough." "Kairi, you will need to create the diagram-try to make it lasting if possible. I'll try to find a source for each of the forces."
Sora stood as Riku finished and walked towards the proof of existence. "Larxene, you have any ideas?" He spoke aloud without realizing it. 'For one, keep your mouth shut- I don't want to know how your friends would respond to my presence. Second, you should try Vexen's lab, he always keeps a good supply of ether there. Just be glad that you got lucky. Third, you may want to hurry- the enemy may be ahead of schedule.' Sora nodded and hurried into Vexen's lab, pouring a potion on the 'grave' in order to summon the door. He immediately spotted the
large tank of ether attached to the wall. Larxene told him to grab a flask-which he did- and directed him towards a nozzle on the tank. He fastened the flask to it- and watched as a hair thin line of ether poured out. Larxene answered his unasked question. 'The area within the flasks is compressed space, it is actually much larger than it seems. Two flasks should be enough for most anything.' Sora nodded, considering how useful such a thing could be to him-a near infinite source of potion, as easy to carry as a normal one. That was his thought until his arm began to grow tired. 'Just because it takes up less space, doesn't mean the wait changes. That can contain roughly one thousand times as much as a normal flask, but it weighs the same as roughly one thousand flask of whatever you fill it with.' Sora just groaned and braced it with his other hand too.
Kairi was looking over the various runes and the diagram they had chosen. 'Okay, first the basic structure.' She cast a spell "torqueo calx" the floor of the Altar of Naught changed- becoming a large square. Each side had a circular area at the exact median of the line-from each of these another line(of the same width as the circle) traveled to a final circle in the center, somewhat larger than the outer ones. The 'lines' were actually long troughs for holding liquid mana. After the spell was complete the mana would crystallize, acting as the external energy source, once it was fully drained of energy, it would disappear and the troughs would need to be filled with more ether. Thankfully, energy was only drained when the barrier was actually stopping something, not all of the time. Each circle represented one of the invoked worlds and forces. The bottom was Nothingness, the left was Light, the right was Darkness, and the top was Twilight. The center was unaligned, the point where all or the Forces both met and originated. She moved about the area magically carving runes throughout it in order to govern the flow of mana, dictate the basic purpose of the barrier, mark the various areas by the Force the invoked and the runes for each of the corresponding Worlds, and all the other minutiae that had to be clearly specified, as they couldn't risk binding it to their intent, which was more standard. This was because their deaths would then cause the barrier to cease functioning. This way it would be able to outlast them after their deaths. They felt it was worth doing- this may very well lead to war.
Riku was calculating the balance of Forces necessary and potential symbols for each source. He just hoped he was ready in time. If any force overpowered the others, then the entire thing would fall apart, and chances are the uncontrolled energy would kill them all.
Sora finished filling the second flask and placed it next to the other on a counter in the lab(not without difficulty though). 'Are you ready Larxene?' 'Of course not, you damn well killed me once, and I'm starting to think you want to do it again!' 'Huh?' 'This invocation has never succeeded, the Forces don't form properly anymore, and no one knows why.' 'Why didn't you say something earlier?!' 'Why should you care about the ramblings of a nobody? It isn't like you bothered to ask my opinion earlier. All you wanted me to do was point you to the ether.' She thought at him coldly, but there was anger under the ice in her voice. Sora was slightly confused; he hadn't ever seen Larxene act like this. It was so out of character for her. What had he done to make her so upset? All he had done was ask her to help him with his task…but he hadn't asked her opinion about the spell design! He had just assumed…damn, he never thought that it would make her feel like, like- like a Nobody. He had treated her like she didn't matter, like she didn't exist. He had done that, despite knowing that Organization Thirteen was
constantly trying to prove that they truly did exist, that they mattered. It was part of the reason they had tried to change the Worlds. He knew that from her memories. It was why they always sought to change the normal events that would have taken place in the Worlds where he had fought them. They were trying to prove they exist. He swore to himself to try to take the pain of nonexistence from her someday. He didn't know why he cared, but Nothing was reason enough.
Two days and a lot of preparation later, they were ready to begin. Larxene had cooled off some, and they were getting along again, although she was still on edge. The rune-covered troughs were filled with ether (aka liquid mana), Riku walked up to the center circle and shoved the Way to Dawn into a raised area in the center. Kairi followed suit with her keyblade, Noon's Gift. They backed out of the square and Kairi began an incantation.
"Ye who knows the name of man; the sun dies and is reborn, the Ouroboros bites its tail, Twilight burns and fills the Void ,what is broken is reformed! Weave upon the Pattern the Genesis and guard those who see its truth. Genesis Invocation: Lord's Shield!"
Light and Darkness radiated from the Keyblades. Nothingness rose from the World that Never Was. Where Light and Darkness met, Twilight formed-or it should have. Instead the two clashed, Light struck out at Darkness, the two slamming into each other with unrivaled power. Sora watched in horror, 'What's wrong!?' 'Something is missing, the Forces aren't balanced.' 'Missing…wait the invocation touches five worlds, but only four are being invoked!' He summoned the Kingdom Key, the Unaligned Keyblade, and sprinted forward through Light and Darkness. Stabbing it into the center circle between the others, just above the rune of Nothing. The unaligned power traveled down the rift between Light and Darkness. Nothingness flowed with it. Energy from Light and Darkness was stabilized by the Unaligned power, then flowed together within the Nothingness, where they intertwined. Light and Darkness melded, and the result both brightened and darkened. From it flowed both love and hate, fear and anticipation, joy and sadness, Life and Death. The forces faded. Now all that could be seen was crystal. White and Black separated down the middle of each line of crystal by unaligned Gray. Down the middle of the Gray White and Black were intertwined, flowing into each other but never fading into gray. They were stark and strong, but somehow united in purpose. That perfect completion that is the Twilight.
AN: I know I haven't updated in sometime, but I had a troublesome case of writer's block and didn't want to post filler instead of a real chapter. Also, as we are unsure of the fate of the World That Never Was, the following things will be assumed for the story's sake.
1)Kingdom Hearts is gone, it failed to hold together after being so severely damaged.
2)The World That Never Was still exists(or at least as much as it ever did)
3)Damaged portions of it have reformed since the end of Kingdom Hearts 2
--Higure Hokousha
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