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(A/N): Your eyes do not lie I am back! After almost a month I find myself writing again for Keyblade of the Heart. I can't say that I'll be updating every week like before so you might want to follow the story just in case. There should not be another break like the one that just happened though I feel like I have enough ideas that I should be able to finish the story. So without farther ado here is Chapter 16 of Keyblade of the Heart.

Chapter 16: Experiment's Paradise

Mika stood in the meeting room once again. This time though it was a meeting of the higher ups. Aries and Capricorn stood in the room with her. They were all waiting for Eclipse. The girl seemed to enjoy calling a meeting and making everyone wait. It annoyed Mika the most though since she was the least patient one there. She'd never been one to wait for anything. Not even when she was learning magic. She dived head first into and to hell with what happened after. So far that had been nothing. Mika now had a reason to be patient though. Sol's little gang that was hoping around sealing up keyholes. Being patient would give her an opportunity to strike.

After she found out her younger brother was alive she knew she had to help. Mika had decided the best way to do that would be to slowly weaken the Warriors from the inside out. No one other than Eclipse had a real affinity for magic. All Mika had to do was keep up with the intelligence reports and see who was going to a world where one of the Keybearers was and see them off. Telling the member good luck wasn't all Mika was doing though. When she patted them on the back she drained a small amount of their energy. Not enough for them to notice but hopefully enough to give an edge to the Keybearers. Her fears about it not being enough were put to rest when Sora and Roxas had taken out Leo.

There were only a few Warriors Mika couldn't use this tactic on and they were in the same room she was. Or they were supposed to be. Only Aries and Capricorn were with her waiting for their leader. Using the draining spell was taking its toll on Mika though. She couldn't unleash the energy gathered from Leo without everyone wondering where the excess came from. Having another person's mana swirling in your body is NOT a pleasant feeling. If she used it it'd carry the feel of Leo in the spell. She had no plausible explanation for how she wound up with his mana that she could tell the others.

A Corridor of Darkness appeared and Eclipse walked out of it into the room. Still annoyed at the girl for making her wait Mika voiced her discuss at the "boss" for making them wait. She still had to keep up normal appearances after all.

"Calm down Virgo it wasn't that I planned to be late things came up though." Eclipse explained in a silky voice. The softness of her voice was enough to send any many up the wall in lust. As evident with Aries. Even behind his mask Mika could see him smile as Eclipse spoke. It took a great deal of control for Mika not to slap some sense into the man.

Could you really slap sense into a man though? She thought.

"Now for the reason I called you three here" Eclipse spoke once again. "With the loss of two of our members we have to start taking our enemy seriously. We've lost two and they have gained two. The balance is shifting in their favour. Aries I want you to head out and start taking down worlds. Capricorn you are to assist him. With the two of you together I expect worlds to fall quickly." The two Warriors mentioned bowed and agreed that their targets would indeed fall quickly.

"Now Virgo since you failed to bring Twilight Town to the darkness you must stay behind once again and put a stop to the endless wave on Nobodies that assault our castle."

Mika had no problems with that. It's why she botched every mission. Eclipse never seemed to understand that it wasn't a punishment for her. Everyone else in the group seemed to get it.

"Now for the real reason I called you three here. You are the only ones strong enough for my real plans."

-KotH-

One of these days Mika was just going to snap and unleash her power on the Fortress. It'd been a week since Eclipse had revealed her master plan. In two days' time she along with Aries and Capricorn would head out to kidnap Riku. With the Keybearers broken into two groups it was deemed the best time to strike. Eclipse's plan required the use of a Keyblade of course. Once they had taken Riku away from his group they were to throw him in the dungeon and wait for the darkness in the cells to seep into the boy. He had already once given into the darkness which would only make it easier for him to slip once again.

Mika wasn't sure that they could actually get Riku to turn again. In her mind the boy had to have a resistance to the darkness more than any other person. But Eclipse made it clear that he would give in and let the darkness back into his heart. Once they had an evil Riku they would have him use his Keyblade to open the way to the world's heart. From there Eclipse would connect her heart to the world's gaining an immense power. With her new strength she would be able to command an even greater Heartless army. Once she had her army the worlds at Mika knew them would be gone. Darkness would blanket the universe and only those with strong hearts would remain.

Eclipse's plan was to have those with strong hearts learn to wield Keyblades and return the lands to light with her as a self-appointed Empress. With each world returned to light Eclipse would link her heart to the world's heart and continue to grow in power. No one would dare attack her because if she died all the linked worlds would die with her. Mika had to give Eclipse credit. If she could pull it off it was a sound idea.

Standing outside in the harsh winds Mika stood waiting for the next wave of Nobodies to appear. Aquarius walked up towards her his sickle in his hand. It wasn't much of a weapon Mike thought. Sure you had a blade attached to a chain but it wasn't going to be much use against a Keyblade. One toss and the Keybearers would wrap the chain around their Keyblade and pull the sickle right out of Aquarius' hands.

"Eclipse sent me to assist you" Aquarius said in a deadpan voice. "She fears you may not be able to handle these Nobodies."

"You can tell Eclipse to shove that hammer of hers up her ass if she thinks I can't handle a couple of Nobodies." Mike growled.

"Now Virgo is that really the way to talk about our esteemed leader" another voice asked. It was Scorpio her lance in hand.

"Can it Scorpio" Mika told the other girl. "What are you doing here anyway? Eclipse can't have sent you to."

Scorpio shook her head. "Dear Virgo that is exactly why I'm here. Do you think I'd dirty myself fighting Nobodies unless ordered to?"

Whatever gods are out there please grant me the ability to put up with these two. Mika silently prayed.

"Just go back to the Fortress already I can handle the coming hoard on my own." Mika hissed. She had anger issues and magically pounding on Nobodies was great therapy. Scorpio and Aquarius would get in the way of her poundings.

Wait a second. Both of them prefer to attack with their weapons. They'll have to get close enough to the Nobodies to hit them then. Who's to say that some spells of mine don't go astray and hit them? No can't draw suspicion to myself and what if there's no magic Nobodies in the group it'd look bad for me. Mika thought as Nobodies appeared.

A wave of her hand brought her staff into existence and lightning spewed forth knocking out Berserker Nobodies before they fully formed. Scorpio ran in her lance cutting down Nobodies just as fast as Mika's magic. Aquarius stood back using his sickle to hack the Nobodies into ribbons. One Berserker Nobody wrapped the chain around his giant sword.

Look even stupid Nobodies know to wrap the chain around something. Mika thought with a laugh.

Lightning crackled down the chain and exploded the Nobody.

Well ok forgot the guy uses lightning magic.

Mika barely had a chance to cast as the two other Warriors laid the Nobodies to rest with their weapons.

"So why did the boss send all three of us out to deal with those pathetic things? Of Virgo are you really so weak you needed our help?" Scorpio teased.

"Scorpio do not tease Virgo. You know she is one of the strongest members of our group." Aquarius said in all seriousness.

"Oh come on Quary I was just having some fun with her." Scorpio said in a very feminine voice. Mika almost gagged at the apparent flirting.

"Get a room you two" Mika told them as she headed back to the fortress her work done.

-KotH-

Mika, Aries, and Capricorn stood in the outer hall. Today was the day they were to kidnap Riku from his group. Him, Sol, and Luna were at a world called Experiment's Paradise. Making sure her mask was situated so it wouldn't fall off Mika opened a Corridor of Darkness to the world. Downside to being the mage of the group, any and everything magical fell to her.

The three Celestial Warriors walked through the portal. Mika shivered as the darkness enveloped her. Ever since she mentally decided to help the Keybearers the darkness of the Corridors seemed to reject her. It was like the power knew that she was now working to defeat it. The power still obeyed her though and Mika chalked it up to the fact she was a master of all things magical. She most certainly did not have an ego.

Stepping out of the darkness Mika came face to trunk with a tree. Ok so she wasn't the best at jumping to a world she never went to. Aries glared at Mika after he walked into the tree. Capricorn was smart enough to check her surroundings before she made her way out of the portal. Mika cursed that the "almighty" Capricorn did not walk into a tree. Both her partners had an ego that made Mika's look pathetic. You could see it in the way they walked. It was as if they expected everything around them to bow in respect. Mika's power granted her enough status with them that she wasn't expected to bow down. Aries had tried when they first met and ended up singing higher than any male possibly should be able to.

"We need to find this Riku and kill his friends." Capricorn said reading the mission details aloud. "The death of his allies should help push him back to the darkness."

Wait kill Sol? Why doesn't Eclipse ever tell the full mission before she sends us out? Mika thought. How am I supposed to maintain my cover and not kill Sol and Luna? Capturing Riku still fits into my plans but not the death of my brother.

"Do we really have to kill such weak people though?" Aries asked. "It's not like they are a threat to us and besides they don't have Keyblades so it's not like they will hinder our plans."

Aries I could kiss you right now. For once you giant ego is helpful.

"Aries has a point Capricorn. Without a Keyblade with them the other two won't be able to do much." Mika said trying to sound as distant and uncaring as she possibly could.

"What you two forget is that they are also the most powerful of this little resistance. If they joined back up with Sora's group they would pose too much of a threat. Since they don't have Keyblades that's exactly what they'd do to." Capricorn said stuffing the mission details back into her pocket.

"Fine but you two can deal with them I'll take Riku back to the master." Aries said giving into Capricorn's logic.

Damn you Aries I take back that kiss! Why do you have to be so lazy?

Mika walked between her "companions" as they headed out of the forest they had appeared in. There was nothing special looking about the forest just a whole bunch of green and brown as far as the eye could see. The only indication that they were heading anywhere was a path off to their left. Rule number one when visiting a new world, stay hidden. This rule is what stopped them from simply using the path to walk through the forest. The trees blocked the view of the sky and Mika felt a little claustrophobic with how close the trees were together.

Soon they found themselves being attacked be the inhabitants of the world. Bandits dressed in brown clothing with red bandanas on their heads. Not knowing if magic was commonplace in this world or not the girls let Aries draw his red katana and deal with the bandits.

"He really enjoys killing them doesn't he?" Mika wondered aloud.

"It's what he's good at." Capricorn told Mika. A look of remembrance took over Capricorn's face. "Oh right you aren't from our world. Back home Aries was one of the best warriors for hire you could ever find. He took on any job so long as the pay was good enough. He was called the One Man Army. It wasn't exactly true because there were many times that he would have died if not for me."

Was everyone a mercenary back home? Mika thought to herself.

Aries came back to them his weapon completely cleaned of the bandits blood. He looked at the girls and sheathed his sword as if to say "let's get a move on" and he turned away following the path once again. Capricorn followed after him with a smile like a lost puppy. Mika growled as she followed behind Capricorn her hands balled up into fists due to anger.

I can't wait to turncoat and knock these two down a peg or six.

The forest started to thin out as night set in. Well Mika assumed it was night as she still couldn't see the sky but the world around them got darker. Reaching into her pack Mika found her sleeping bag and found a nice spot of soft ground before she went to roll it out. As she got ready to flick the bag Aries' sleeping bag took the spot she was about to claim. He wore a smug look as he laid down to sleep. Mika's fists crackled with energy as she held back her magic.

Must not incinerate him. Must walk away. Urge to destroy the bastard rising!

Aries was saved from Mika's wrath as Capricorn bumped her as she went to lie down next to Aries. The masks they were wearing didn't cover their eyes and if you looked into Mika's eyes at the moment you would see death and all its gory glory. With a very exasperated sigh Mika turned away from the two and went to find herself another patch of ground to her liking.

-KotH-

Mika woke to the sounds of a snapping twig. Her eyes shot open and she could make out the shape of Aries walking towards her. While normally this wouldn't freak her out as the man was a known sleepwalker the fact he was holding his katana alerted her. The icing on the cake though was the fact he wasn't wearing his mask. The only reason one of the Warriors would take their mask off was if they were about to fight or defeat an opponent they deemed worthy enough to see their face. Mika had not deemed Sol worthy. A hard face littered with scars was what the mask had hidden from the world.

So he was a little hot under the mask. Mika thought as her staff flashed into her hands.

Do not comment on his looks! He's about to try to kill you for gods' sake! Mika's rational mind told her.

Aries katana flashed as he swung it catching the remnants of light Mika's staff had created. The distinct sound of metal hitting metal echoed through the forest. Jumping away from Aries Mika looked around for Capricorn. There was no doubt in her mind that if Aries was attacking her that Capricorn would simply sit by and watch. Either Capricorn was dead or more likely she was helping Aries. Not finding the woman anywhere in view Mika jumped up and hid herself in the treetops.

"What's a matter Mika don't want to fight me down here?" Aries called up to her.

Shit how does he know my name? I told no one my real name. I adopted Virgo the second the others came to that desert world.

"Oh dear I think you shocked her using her real name" Capricorn's voice came from every direction.

Right she's the master of illusion magic. Great I get to fight a warrior and illusionist. Today is not my day.

"It doesn't matter what we call the traitorous bitch we have orders to kill her." Aries said coldly. He was in his kill mode. Nothing but the death of his target could deter him now.

"What makes you think I'm a traitor exactly?" Mika asked trying to sound confused. It wasn't working that well though.

"Please you fight that Sol guy and expect us not to sense the magic you two unleashed? I watched you fight him and I got to say Mika I wasn't impressed with your skills. You did manage to kill him though. Didn't he end up being your brother though? Yes that was it and then you went all noble on us and used the only Phoenix Down the Warriors had! I heard your full confession to that Luna girl." Capricorn said her voice still echoing from every direction.

Damn if only I could find out where Capricorn is I could deal with her first. Without magical assistance Aries will be a cake walk.

"Alright Mika if you aren't coming down here than I'll make you" Aries said his katana catching fire.

I really should have reread the files on these guys before coming here.

Pointing his katana at the nearest tree Aries shot a burst of flames at it. Well we all know what happens when fire meets wood. The tree and the three next to it all caught on fire. Mika was luckily not on any of those trees. Careful not to make too much noise she leapt from tree branch to tree branch away from the craze fire katana wielding bastard.

I should have killed him last night when he took my spot. It would have been so simple then. A simple conjurations spell to get a knife in my hands and STAB! I wouldn't have to deal with this.

During her jump to the next tree Mika hit something. The air shimmered and revealed a tree was in between where she had jumped from and the branch she wanted to jump to. Capricorn was somewhere nearby or at the very least she had set traps and now knew where Mika was. The ground around Mika started to shake and sharp pillars of earth tried to puncture Mika. A simple energy shield prevented her from death and lunched her back into the trees.

Well Capricorn is most definitely around here somewhere.

Mika though couldn't have been more wrong though. Golden eyes glowed up at her from the center of the rock formation. Standing with his Icebrand in hand was her brother. His eyes were glowing from a sight enhancing spell that Mika really should have on at the moment. Running out of the trees behind her brother was Luna and Riku. Mika ran her hand over her eyes enhancing her sight like her brother. Hazel eyes faded and were replaced with glowing gold eyes. A few blinks and Mika could see perfectly.

How long has it been since I didn't have that enchantment running? Mika thought as the newer eyesight spell took over. Will my eyes give me away to him? Will he recognize me with the golden eyes of our world?

A blade of ice shot up to her perch. It was met with a small fireball from the tip of Mika's staff. The sounds of leaves rustling came from behind Mika as Capricorn came out of hiding her great sword in her hands. Her mask was off also and she should put it back on. She was not a pretty lady underneath the mask. She looked so bad Mika wanted to hurl. Mika leapt out of the way of Capricorn's slash and the branch she stood on was chopped clean in two. Footsteps announced the arrival of Aries on the ground. He at first had his eyes up looking over the trees but he soon found himself another target. A grin was plastered on his face as he caught sight of Riku.

"Luna get them out of here!" Mika shouted at the raven haired girl. "That's Aries and Capricorn and they kinda know my secret at the moment!"

"Oh you mean how you almost killed your own brother?" Capricorn questioned teasingly.

"Mika you can't think that he'll forgive you for that now can you?" Aries added trying to taunt Mika. It worked to.

A Flare orb appeared above Aries knocking the smug bastard down. Casting such a strong spell with no incantations left Mika open as her body tried to cope with the loss of power. Capricorn launched herself at the weakened Mika. The Fenrir Keyblade hit the ugly woman square in the stomach before she reached the mage. If Riku had actually hit Capricorn and not just an illusion all would have been great but the real Capricorn was on the ground charging at Riku. Sol and Luna jumped in front of him and blocked the great sword with their blades.

Riku caught the returning Keyblade and jumped over his two allies and slashed at Capricorn. Again his Keyblade met only air as the illusion vanished.

"What the hell?!" Riku yelled "She was real enough to be blocked by you to and now she's gone?"

"If you believe the illusion to be real it will be" Mika warned the three on the ground. "It's what makes Capricorn so deadly."

A flash of light announced the arrival of a fireball exploding against Mika's back. She fell forward and caught herself on one of the lower branches. Righting herself Mika glared behind her. Capricorn, or an illusion, was standing there smiling another fireball in hand. The sounds of metal clashing came from under her feet. Using her mind's eye to peer down she could see the energy forms of Aries fighting Sol and Luna. Riku was jumping up the trees and onto the branches behind Capricorn.

Returning her gaze to Capricorn she could see that the thing in front of her was real. It didn't give off the signature of an illusion. Blinking her eyes Mika returned to her normal vision. It was draining to use so much magic to simply view the world around her.

Alright I can't take my eyes off Capricorn. She's real right now but if I get distracted she'll just replace herself with another illusion.

Mika sent out arcs of lightning towards Capricorn. Before they hit her though she moved the lightning to form a cage around her opponent. Holding out her hand Mika started to close it into a fist. Like most magic having a visible medium helped in casting. As Mika's hand closed the lightning cage around Capricorn started to shrink. Mika smirked as the electricity started to burn her prisoner.

Get out of this you self-centered bitch.

Sadly Riku accidently came to Capricorn's rescue. He came out of the trees his Keyblade ready to slash the trapped woman. What he didn't know or simply didn't think of was that the lightning would hurt him to. Dismissing the lightning before Riku connected with it Mika growled. If she lived through this battle she was going to have a few choice words with the silver haired idiot.

Another fireball came hurtling towards Mika. This time however she was ready and it turned to steam before it even came close to her. Mika smiled at Aries who was the one who had sent the flaming orb her way. Sol and Luna had open gashes all over their bodies from Aries' katana. Quite a few of them had burn marks on the side from the flames of the katana. Mika didn't know how exactly but Aries had perfected a fire that would cauterize the wounds the blade inflicted.

Turning her attention back to Capricorn and Riku she watched as the Keybearer fought the woman. He was losing even though he didn't yet realize it. Mika had seen Capricorn fight often enough to know when she was playing with her prey. The only good news was that he Capricorn was playing with Riku then it meant that was the real Capricorn. Chanting the incantations for Scythe Mika stood still gathering the needed energy. Once ready she unleashed the spell behind Capricorn so that it wouldn't hit Riku.

That had been her hopes at least. Capricorn must have sensed the spell coming though and tossed Riku into the orb. The intense strength hit him dead on in the chest. Mika swore loudly as she leapt forward to aid Riku was her pathetic healing magic. As she jumped from branch to branch Mika readied a Curaga. She hoped it would be enough to help Riku regain conciseness.

Capricorn wouldn't have this and many of her appeared next to Riku. A fair number of the Capricorns picked up Riku to hide the real one. There were no less than six Capricorns carrying Rikus. This left another ten Capricorns though to send pillars of earth at Mika. Closing her eyes Mika ignored the stone hurtling its way towards her. Each and every pillar passed through her as if she wasn't there.

"It's no use attacking me with illusions Capricorn. I know that one of you that are carrying Riku is the real one. You might be good at making illusion but even you can't have the truly interact with the world" Mika said to the six carrying Riku. The ten fake Capricorns disappeared leaving only the six holding the Keybearer.

"Well if you know me so well than which one is the real me? Actually scratch that. This is where I say good-bye. Eclipse really does want Riku for exactly what she told you. You won't be able to stop us though and don't even think about coming back to HQ all the others know to attack you on sight." The six Capricorns said in unison.

Six Corridors of Darkness appeared and each Capricorn retreated into one of the portals. Mika shot a Blizzara spell at each of the Corridors but before any of the ice shards hit a portal they all disappeared as Riku was taken back to the Celestial Warrior Headquarters.

"Don't you run away I'm not done with you" Sol's voice echoed in the forest.

Mika turned and ran towards the sound of her brother's voice. When she got to him Aries had the start of a new scar on his face and his mask in his hand. With a smile he put the mask back on signaling that he would no longer be killing that day. Fire circled around him and a portal of darkness leapt into existence behind him.

"We will meet again don't worry. When you feel ready come to the Valley of the Lost." Aries said before he walked away and vanished in the darkness.

The look on Sol's face said that he accepted his defeat but he was not happy with the way things turned out. Icebrand still in hand he rounded on Mika and held the sword at her neck. The speed with which he did it was amazing given how injured he was.

"Now I believe you have some explaining to do" He hissed at Mika moving the blade close to her throat.

(A/N): There we go the chapter that marks the end of my hiatus. Let me know if it was worth waiting for please.