GUESS WHAT?

FIFTEYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!

FIFTY CHAPTERS! HOLY COW, BATMAN!

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

Fifty, fifty, fiffy-fiffy-fifty!

Anyway, it's time to continue on!

STORY BEGIN!

"AHH!" Kairi screamed. She was being ripped apart practically. What had happened? She had been in the World that Never Was, but she was somewhere else now…

Milady?

Yes, Kyohaku?

I've done as you commanded. The first princess is gone. I'm not sure where she landed…

Makes no difference. Now, continue with the rest of the plan; Kuriana and Morpheus will follow after you.

Yes, my lady.

Had she really just heard that? Some sort of conversation between Kyohaku and Hinode about her; Kairi? And who was Kuriana?

Remembering back to her studies, Kuro meant "black" and Ana meant "hole". So, if you mess with the words a little… Kuriana could mean "black hole".

Great Kairi thought. Another reference to outer space.

Slowly, she was falling. She could hear other voices far away…

Kairi? Kairi!

Princess? Please, come back, princess!

Come on, princess. I came all this way to see you… wake up!

As she slowly regained consciousness, Kairi heard laughter…

"Uhhn." Kairi groaned, sitting up. Her head hurt like crap, and she couldn't really see.

"Oh, I bet that smarts." The voice said, placing something hold on her forehead. Kairi tried to stand, but found she couldn't.

"Where am I? Where are the others? What happened?" She stammered, trying to see. She felt as if her head was splitting in two.

"Don't worry, they'll be fine. I saved you before Kyohaku could rid himself of you. I've been watching you for a while." Kairi opened her eyes slowly.

"Watching me?"

"Yeah. I was there when the race began on Monde Race."

In the sky, hidden, a man with silver hair chuckled. Down below, a certain vampire was cackling in amusement.

The crowd shouted even louder. Far away, on a distant planet, a certain mullet boy was yelling with his friends from a foreign world.

"8… 7… 6…"

Even farther away, a redhead, in his mind's eye, watched the race. And he cheered as loud as he could.

"5… 4…"

Hidden in the crowd, a man unknown smiled.

"2… 1!"

"And I was there before; watching you when I could. I'm a very busy person, you know." Kairi sighed.

"Why can't I see you?" Kairi stated with impatience.

"Because the lights are off, or course." The person chuckled.

"Why am I here?" Kairi asked. The person sighed contently.

"Because this mystery is deeper than you know."

"Its time to tell you a story, Kairi."

"Hey, Xigbar!" Xaldin cried. The man was on top of Memory's Skyscraper, shooting at the flying target that was Kyohaku.

"What is it?" Xigbar screamed over the thunder.

"We have company!" As Kyohaku leapt to Xigbar, he got a glance at two new comers just before Kyohaku caught him off guard by flitting behind him and side kicking his head.

"Morpheus!" Roxas accused the man. The man shrugged gracefully before unsheathing a sword. Roxas summoned his keyblades and prepared himself.

"You know the universe was once all light, and then the dark came?"

"Yes, I know that part."

"Well…"

A woman with only half a head of hair, all of her long blue locks flipped over on one side and covering half of her face, stood before Saix and the others.

"You. I remember you." The woman muttered. Saix glared at her. "You're the little boy I met on Halloween Town. Just as Morpheus detained your sister, I wiped your memory clean… with Kyohaku's help, but I did most of the work." The woman sighed. Saix glowered, his power growing in anger.

"You what!"

"You heard me." She taunted. "My name is Kuriana. I will finish what I started now!" And with that, she leapt at Saix. The blue haired man summoned his weapon and attacked with all his fury.

"You see, after the creation, the One created the Doors. There were the doors to Light and Darkness of course. But there was also a special door… the door to Sunrise."

"Why Sunrise?"

Saix thrust Kuriana back with a snarl, and then leapt at her, beginning a barrage of attacks as he screamed in fury. Kuriana growled in anger and began trying to force him back. Their anger began forming and auras of black hate formed around them, beginning to alter the air and smash the ground.

"I hate your guts." Kuriana spat.

"I couldn't care less!" Saix taunted, and with that, he thrust her back and threw himself upward to begin attacking.

"We'll get to that. Alright, my story begins with a girl named Diluviare and a boy named Xehanort. They weren't always named that. You see, they lived behind the door to Sunrise."

"Xehanort, Ansem's apprentice? And Diluviare as in Tsuki?"

"Yes. They came through the door… and in doing so, were brutally injured, and lost all memory. Xehanort fell into Ansem's care… and Diluviare was so weak, she fell into nonexistence… just a dream of life."

"You sonuvabitch!" Xigbar cackled as he reeled from Kyohaku's surprise and began fighting back. Xaldin flew forward and thrust all of his spears in a spiral motion at Kyohaku; the boy flipped up as if he were made of rubber and landed like a cat.

Within a split second, Kyohaku ran forward and annihilated Xigbar!

With one hand, he attacked the chest without even puncturing it, simply stiffing all of his fingers into a grasping form and slammed them into Xigbar's chest, and then head butting the man. Xigbar groaned quietly as he flew off the side of the building to far below.

"XIGBAR!" Xaldin cried. Kyohaku made to attack the nobody, but he used a lance to defend him. Xaldin's eyes were alight with hate.

Xemnas heard the scream as he ran with the others towards the Castle. In only a split second, he spoke to Namine and ran off.

"Find Tsuki and Axel!" He ordered before rushing to Xigbar's aid.

"Diluviare became sisters with Panna. Xehanort fell into darkness later on. Ansem was cast into darkness by his apprentices. He found the world of Dreams on accident.

During this time, a child named Mitsuka was born. She was born on a special night; Samhain, the ancient name of Halloween."

Just as Xigbar was about to hit the concrete, Xemnas caught him, scooping the man into his arms. With a snarl, he looked his friend over.

Setting him down, Xemnas looked up to Xaldin's and Kyohaku's fight. Roaring, Xemnas flew up to join them.

Roxas and Morpheus traded blow after blow, expertly dodging each other's attacks and parrying every move in a death match. Neither one had the advantage and neither one faltering.

"Where's Kairi?" Roxas asked. Morpheus smirked.

"Kyohaku has unique abilities. He can create realities. I suspect Kairi is there now, and will be until the end of time. We don't need her; but we need her to exist." Realization dawned on Roxas as he thrust Morpheus back.

"You need Namine." Morpheus smirked.

"We need Namine."

"When Mitsuka was born, the door to Sunrise opened again. The first time, it had been forced open; this time, it opened freely. She was given a gift; the ability to see the doorways no one else can see; all because whoever traveled through the Sunrise door gave it to her. It cursed her; it blessed her.

Her pain reached across the universe to two children; Panna and Diluviare."

"Why them?"

"Mitsuka had nightmares every night, so it made sense a dream would hear her. Since Diluviare was originally real, she could hear Mitsuka's pain, since Mitsuka was real. Hinode didn't have the dreams, but Diluviare told her about them."

"Why did… every hate Panna?"

"What do you need her for?" Roxas cried angrily.

"Oh… protective lover. Of course; I should have known." In his anger, Roxas had no comeback.

"Tell me why!" Roxas threatened. Morpheus lunged at him.

"We need her to make Mitsuka remember!"

Xaldin smirked as Xemnas leapt at Kyohaku, who was taken by surprise; the red blades slashed his shimmering skin and made him scream in fury and perhaps pain. Xemnas grinned as he spun and made the wounds deeper. Kyohaku pulled away, lifted his palm, and sent energy at Xemnas who only dodged it.

"Xaldin, help the others get inside!" Xemnas commanded. With a nod, Xaldin flew off as Xemnas engaged Kyohaku.

"Namine can only alter the memories of those connected to Sora!" Roxas reminded Morpheus as they danced in combat.

"True; but she also has the power to alter darkness. Darkness clouds Mitsuka's memories; we need that darkness gone. You see, the memories of Mitsuka will be vital to our plan."

"Panna was called a murderer. Why is not important. But, continuing on, Panna slowly realized something was not right. And one day, she learned she was correct; her dream world began fading.

Why, I don't know, but Ansem was there to save Panna and Tsuki. He saved them, hoping Tsuki could help Xehanort; he hoped he could come back from the darkness. Panna went along only because of luck; Morpheus was strong enough to because of his love for the two."

"What then?"

"Panna, now Hinode, wanted what Tsuki had; well, Tsuki kind of had it. She wanted to be real, to walk amongst normal people. But to do that, she would have to use the door to Sunrise. Now, how do you find a door that can't be seen?

You find someone that can see it."

"Namine!" Xaldin cried. He landed next to Yuna on the bridge to the Castle, and the group continued running.

"Everyone, stick together!" Yuffie commanded. "Who knows what will happen!" Everyone came to the castle, and Marluxia placed a plethora of plants and vines over the entrance.

"Only allow our allies inside." Marluxia commanded, and then ran after his friends.

"Why rid Mitsuka of her memories if you needed them?" Roxas inquired.

"We rid Saix of his memories, but not Mitsuka!" Morpheus corrected him. "You see, Mitsuka saw the door to Sunrise the day she found the keychain Hinode in the river. But she can't remember where she saw it because the keychain locked it away. Someone made her forget on purpose – but we don't know who."

"When Mitsuka found the keychain, she saw the door. I made her forget so she would be safe – for the time being. But Hinode knew who to look for that could see the door because Dilu had dreamt about Mitsuka. So, Tsuki and Hinode entered a personal war; Tsuki protecting Mitsuka, Hinode attacking her.

As this happened, Sai and Mitsuka ran across the universe, hiding. Tsuki met Auron, Vincent, Rinoa, Xen, Mari, and Tidu on her travels. Ironically, she and Xen fell in love.

When Mitsuka fell into darkness and Sai became Saix, the war became fierce. Tsuki went to the World that Never was shortly after the destruction of the Organization, since she knew that's were Hinode was hiding. That's when she was captured."

"My; what an honor; the Superior himself!" Kyohaku taunted. "I will mourn the loss of a great warrior at your grave!"

Xemnas leapt back as Kyohaku unleashed heat against him, and then flipped up through the ground to slice and dice him. Kyohaku leapt aside, but Xemnas was there, and threw him against the wall. Reeling, Kyohaku dizzily watched Xemnas stride up to him.

"Good, child. But not good enough." And with that, Xemnas thrust his red hot blade through the boy's chest.

It wasn't long before the struggle ended.

"Mitsuka was put to sleep in Hinode's care. So was Tsuki; it's called the Dark Slumber, for it can last for centuries. It's almost impossible to awaken someone from this.

Auron leapt into action after; but he was killed. After Hades resurrected him, he decided to live his own life. During that, Tsuki contacted him, asking for help; she told him her plan to awaken the org and use Axel as bait. You see, Sora was needed to unlock the chains on her, and she needed help to awaken. Her time as a dream allowed her to speak in dreams; but otherwise she could do nothing.

Hinode enacted her plan."

"What was her plan?"

Xemnas rushed ahead to find Roxas and Morpheus battling, and Saix fighting Kuriana in another area. With cold poise, he watched the battles.

"To use Namine to reveal Mitsuka's memory, force Mitsuka to show her the door to Sunrise, and then open it; revealing the power within."

"I have a bad feeling about that power."

"Hah, your instincts are correct. Hinode is strong; she froze time just as she killed all those nobodies. If she uses the keychain of Hinode to unlock the door, a power will be bestowed on her that is much greater than the one Mitsuka earned."

"And why are you telling me this? Why not Namine?"

"Because… while Hinode needs Namine, Tsuki needs you."

"I thought so!" Namine smiled. "In here!"

So that means… they need Sora…

"Namine? The Proof of Existence?"

"Yes!" Namine cried. "Tsuki's in here!"

Namine! Call for backup! Get Sora! We need him!

"Namine?" Demyx asked. The girl had paused in her excitement, standing stiff. Everyone gathered near her.

"Call for backup. Get Sora." She stated calmly. Everyone was silent. "Now!" She demanded. Riku nodded and got out his cell phone.

And with that, they rushed up the stairs.

Inside, they saw a woman sprawled on the floor… but…

"Where's Axel?"