Hello everyone, the next chapter of the Light Guardians is ready!
Since this is thirteenth chapter, I decided to focus on Roxas mostly. In the next chapter the story will focus again on Sora and the other Keyblade wielders.
I started to make a timeline of this story in my fanfic, and I wrote some future events there too, but I "censored" a lot of words. You can try to guess what the hidden words are if you want lol…
Chapter XIII
One God Slayer and Five Tigers
0800hrs, August 2nd, 2024
Train bound for East City
Now, Sora, Xion, Major Armstrong and the Elric Brothers were at this moment in a train, heading to East City. According to the Light Guardians' Guild Master, it was likely that the Heartless appeared in areas where there are a lot of people, so the major suggested going to East City since it was the nearest city to Resembool. Ed, Al and the major explained the Keyblade wielders about alchemy since they wanted to know more about the world they were now, and after the three finished, Sora and Xion told them about their guild.
"So you two and the other people who use that weapon are part of an organization that protects other worlds?" said Al looking at Xion.
"That's correct," replied Xion.
"And you're the leader," said the armor turning its gaze to Sora.
"Right," said the brown-haired boy.
Ed chuckled. "It's weird to see the leader or boss of an organization doing the dirty work. I have to give props to you for that."
"What can I say? I don't like to sit around when there are Heartless to take care of," said Sora smiling. "Besides, the best part of having this 'job' is that we can know many places and meet a lot of different people, and I don't want to miss that."
"You must have a lot of friends, Sora," said Al, who liked what Sora said about travelling to many places and meeting many people.
"But tell me," Ed began, "do you guys get something for doing this?"
"Huh? What do you mean?" asked Xion puzzled.
"We don't accept any rewards for doing this," said Sora, and the blond looked at him. "It's true that we get some money for doing other jobs, we need it to maintain our organization after all. However, we're the only ones who can make the Heartless disappear completely, and we're not going to take advantage of that."
"Yes, you have a truly noble heart," said Armstrong while nodding approvingly. "Say, are all the Keyblade warriors like this? It'd a relief to know there are people like you two watching over all the worlds."
"Well, I can assure you that all the members of our organization are really nice people," said Sora crossing his arms, and then his expression turned serious. "But there was one who was…"
"Something wrong?" asked Al as he noticed the look on the Keybearer's face.
"Nah, forget it," said Sora with a smile.
"You know, I still find difficult to believe that you can do magic," Ed said while leaning on the train's window. "Creating something from nothing is just…"
"That's not exactly true," said Xion, and Ed looked puzzled at her. "We lose energy every time we cast a spell. We can't use magic without limits, but with continued practice, our magic energy increases and we're able to cast multiple spells of increasing power."
"Oh, we didn't know that," Al said surprised.
"You use the energy in your body to do magic," said Ed, and then he smirked. "That sounds like alchemy to me."
"Maybe, but it has the advantage of not being equivalent exchange like alchemy," said Sora. "However, if our magic energy runs low, our own physical energy starts taking the toll, and we grow tired."
"I guess I can accept you can use magic, now that you explained it how it works," said Ed crossing his arms. "But it still bugs me that you can make that strange sword appear in your hands as if it was nothing."
"Could you explain us how it works?" Al asked politely.
"Actually, we don't know how it works either," Sora admitted.
"That's what I'm saying," Edward said. "How can you rely on something you don't completely understand?"
"Well, the Keyblade is a weapon that choses the wielder," said Xion, "so I don't think it would have chosen us if it was going to let us down, right?"
"Wait, the sword choses its wielder?" asked Ed slightly shocked.
Xion suddenly raised her hand and summoned her Keyblade, which surprised the major and the Elric Brothers. Her Keyblade was black and its hilt guard was comprised of two bat-like wings extending downward. The Keychain's token was a black version of Sora's crown necklace, and a chain-like design ran up the length of the blade.
"Here," said Xion as she offered her sword to the Fullmetal Alchemist.
Ed gulped as he looked at Xion's Keyblade. He doubted a little, but he was really curious to see what was going to happen when he grabbed the girl's sword. He grabbed the blade's handle with his right hand and started to look at it. The sword was heavier than blond thought it was, and he had to admit that he liked the design of Xion's Keyblade. Suddenly the Keyblade vanished from his hand and returned to its official wielder.
"Amazing," said Al while his brother just looked at his hand a bit stunned.
"Remarkable," said Armstrong while touching his chin. "I'd never thought that there were swordsmen who couldn't be disarmed."
"Only someone who's able to wield a Keyblade can disarm another Keyblade wielder," said Sora as he looked amused how Edward looked at his hand in awe. Then the spiky boy remembered something he wanted to ask. "Hey Al, could I ask you something?"
"Of course, what is it?" said the Ed's younger brother.
"Why do you wear a suit of armor? I mean, it's kind of big, so it may be a bit heavy for you, right?" asked Sora, and this caused the Elric Brothers to look at each other with wide eyes.
"I-It's a hobby!" said Ed smiling awkwardly.
"Y-yeah, that's it!" Al stuttered.
"A hobby?" said Sora and Xion as they looked at each other. Then the two of them smiled, which made the Elric Brothers more nervous than they were.
"W-what?" asked Ed as he and his brother sweated.
"Nothing, sorry for asking," replied Sora smiling apologetically. "Say, Ed, that colonel you mentioned the day we met…do you think he'll cooperate with us?"
"I don't know, to be honest," said Ed, who was relieved that Sora changed the topic. "He'll probably say that he can take care of everything, so you'll have to proof him that you can deal with the Heartless better than him."
"I don't think that will be a problem, right?" said Xion smiling at Sora, who returned the smile.
"Probably it won't be enough if you show him your Keyblades," said Alphonse.
"Don't worry, we'll think of something while we're on our way there," said Sora as he looked at the landscape through the train's window. It had been almost three days since they left Radiant Garden, and the brown-haired boy wondered what the other Keyblade wielders were doing.
-TLG-
1430hrs, August 1st, 2024
Fiore, Earth Land
"Hey, could you slow down a bit?" asked Roxas as he followed Riku, who was walking a bit too fast. "Why are you in such a hurry?"
"What do you think?" said Riku as he and the blond Keybearer headed to Lamia Scale. "I can't believe it has been seven years since the last time I was here. I wonder how Sora reacted when he found out, although, for some reason, Levy and Lucy appeared to be the same age as when I met them."
"Sora told us that some members of Fairy Tail were trapped in a place where time flows differently," Roxas explained. "Those seven years were only a week for them."
"That'd explain it," said Riku, and then he remembered that the same thing happened to Aqua, but he didn't want to think about that now since he was more interested in knowing how the mages of Lamia Scale were. He still remembered where the guild was, so it didn't take him much time to arrive there. After a few minutes, he and Roxas arrived at the Mages Guild Riku belonged to.
"So this is Lamia Scale, huh?" said Roxas as he looked at the guild. The building had a dark banner adorned by Lamia Scale's symbol, with a statue representing a lamia, the source of the guild's name, a creature with the upper body of an alluring, bikini-clad young woman and a large serpentine tail in place of her legs, sitting outside on a rocky formation by the entrance.
"Oh right, Sora's never been here," said Riku. "Say, you remember everything about Sora's journeys?"
"Yes, but only while I was inside him," replied Roxas. "I don't remember all the things he went through during his first journey or at Castle Oblivion. Ventus, however, knows about the things that happened to Sora during that time. Why do you ask?"
"Just curious," said Riku, although Roxas could tell that there was something in his mind, but he decided to not ask him about it.
The silver-haired boy looked at Lamia Scale's building, and he couldn't help but feel nervous, but also kind of happy since he was going to see the friends he made the last time he was in Fiore.
"Come on, don't just stand there," said Roxas patting Riku's back.
Riku nodded. "Right, let's go."
The two Keyblade wielders walked to the guild's front door, and then they walked inside the building after the silver-haired boy opened the door. Riku was really surprised when he saw how many people were inside the guild since the last time there weren't that many people. It seemed that Levy wasn't kidding when she said that Lamia Scale was now the third strongest guild of the kingdom.
"Riku!?" said someone suddenly, and the two Keyblade wielders turned their heads to see a young man who had bluish silver hair, most of which were spiky strands that jut upwards on top of his head. His eyes were slanted, with dark round pupils and surrounded by similarly dark lines.
"Lyon," said Riku smiling to the person who called him.
The other members of Lamia Scale heard the mage called Lyon saying the name of the Keyblade wielder, and then all of them were looking at him astonished.
"It's Riku!" exclaimed a mage.
"He is back!" said another one. All the members of Lamia Scale approached the Keyblade wielder really fast, all of them glad to see their guild mate after seven years.
"Hey, everyone," said the silver-haired boy, and suddenly someone walked to where he was and started to hug him tightly, much to his surprise. It was a young woman with blue eyes and long pink hair, who Riku couldn't recognize at the moment.
"We missed you so much, Riku!" said the woman as she hugged the Keyblade wielder. "It's been a really long time, but thanks to the power of love we didn't forget about you."
"Wait…Sherry!?" asked Riku dumbfounded.
"Of course, who else would I be?" said Sherry smiling as she let go of the Keybearer, who was still stunned.
Then two more people approached Riku, a short man with blue hair, black eyes and extremely brushy black eyebrows, and another young man with distinctive animal features. They were Yuka and Toby, and Riku could recognize them easily since they didn't change much after seven years.
"Yuka, Toby, it's good to see you," said Riku with a smile.
"It's been a long time," said Yuka with a toothy smile.
"What took you so long!?" asked Toby angrily. It looked like he didn't lose his tendency to angrily shout at others for the most trivial reasons.
"Stop that, Toby," said Yuka before looking at Riku again. "It looks like it was true what the people of Fairy Tail told us."
"What did they told you?" asked Riku.
"That only two years have passed outside Earth Land," answered the blue-haired man. "You wouldn't look this young if seven years had passed in your world."
"Yeah, that's true," Riku said. "Luckily, the flow of time is normal now."
"Yes, they told us that too," said Lyon. "It surprised me when Gray told me that Sora returned to Fiore a week ago. We started to wonder if you would come here too soon."
"Well, here I am," said the Keyblade wielder smiling and then he and Lyon shook hands. "Say, where are Jura and Oobaba?"
"In Clover Town," answered Lyon.
"A meeting for Guild Masters is being held there at this moment, and Jura-san went with Oobaba because he wanted to see Fairy Tail's Guild Master," added Sherry, and then she noticed the blond boy who was waiting patiently behind Riku. "Hey, Riku, who's your friend?"
"Roxas, nice to meet you," said the blond as he walked next to Riku.
"Roxas…where do I have heard that name before?" said Lyon. "Have we met before? I don't know why but I have the feeling we've met, but I don't remember your face at all."
"I'm sure we never talked to each other before," said Roxas smiling.
Riku rolled his eyes. "He's also a Keyblade wielder like me," he said, and this surprised the mages.
"Another one, huh?" said Yuka. "Erza told us that she met two Keyblade wielders who were with Sora while she was on a mission with her team."
"Those would be Terra and Aqua," said Riku.
"Say, did you come to Fiore to join Lamia Scale?" asked Sherry kindly to Roxas.
"Oh no, I'm just here to help Riku investigating," answered Roxas, who was surprised by Sherry's question. "Besides, I just joined a guild, so I still have to get used to going on missions frequently."
"Oh right, we read in Sorcerer Magazine about a Keyblade wielders Guild that was created in some place called Radiant Garden," said Lyon. "It seems that we were right when we thought that it was you."
"Yeah, the guild's been official for a month or so," Riku answered. "Talking about guilds, I heard that Lamia Scale is now one of the strongest guilds of Fiore."
Yuka smirked. "You heard well."
"We're now much stronger than before," Toby affirmed with a cocky smile.
"I'm glad to hear that," Riku said. "I felt kind of bad after learning that seven years had passed since I was here, so I'm happy to know you guys are doing all right."
"Aww, you don't need to feel bad," said Sherry. "You couldn't know that the time flow changed, so don't blame yourself."
"But now that you're here," said Lyon, "why don't you come with us to a mission? Roxas can come with us too, of course. Besides, I think that's one of the reasons you're here, right?"
"Did Fairy Tail inform you already about the Lacrima?" asked Riku.
"That's right," said Yuka. "We received a letter from that woman, Mirajane, and she explained us everything. Roxas mentioned that he's here to help you investigating, so I supposed you're here because you want to see if you can find out something about who's stealing it."
"She didn't mention you were going to come, though," Sherry said. "But now that you're here we can go together, just like when we protected Fiore's towns from the Heartless."
"All right, then," said Riku smiling. "Let's go together."
Roxas smiled at what Riku said. He was glad that the silver-haired boy now liked more to work with other people rather than doing it alone.
"The place is not very far from here, so it won't take us much time to go there," said Lyon. "I think Gray and his friends are also going there, so surely we'll see them. You know how the mages of Fairy Tail are, so don't let them get to you."
"Don't worry about that," Riku said after chuckling, and then he saw how someone approached Sherry. It was a young girl who bore a resemblance to the pink-haired woman. She had blue eyes and pink hair that was tied up in two short pigtails with orange bows.
"Hey, can I go with you?" asked the girl. "Wendy is part of Natsu's team, so she might be there and I'd like to see her."
"Sure, you can come with us," said Sherry, and then she proceeded to introduce the girl to the Keyblade wielders. "Riku, Roxas, this is my cousin Chelia."
"Nice to meet you," said Chelia bowing after she approached the two Keyblade wielders. "I heard a lot about you, Riku. You're one of the three famous Keyblade wielders who saved Fiore seven years ago."
"I think famous is a bit much," said Riku scratching his cheek. "Anyway, it's nice to meet you too, Chelia."
Chelia smiled. "I also wanted to meet the one who joined Fairy Tail too. Wendy always speaks well of him. Is he coming here today?"
"That'd be Sora," Roxas said. "Unfortunately, he's on a mission at this moment."
"Oh, that's a pity," said Sherry's cousin. "Well, let's get to the mission!"
"Right," said Riku nodding. "Lyon, you lead."
Lyon smiled. "Very well, let's see what we can find out."
-TLG-
After half an hour, Roxas and Riku arrived at one of the Lacrima caves of Fiore with the mages of Lamia Scale. They got permission to enter the Lacrima cave, so they didn't have to worry about that. Their main objective was to investigate the cave and find out who was stealing the Lacrima for Maleficent. If they could stop that person or people, the attack of Heartless to the worlds would decrease significantly. Now the group was looking for clues inside the cave, but the only thing they found up to now was the crystalline substance called Lacrima that was around the cave.
"It's obvious that someone has been taking Lacrima without using the appropriate equipment," said Yuka as he looked at the cave's walls.
"Yeah, it looks as if someone had been hitting the walls to extract the Lacrima," Riku observed. "Not very subtle, if you ask me."
"Could it be a Heartless?" asked Toby.
"It's a possibility," said Riku. "However, Maleficent usually uses a specific person to do this kind of job, so it's more probable that he's the one stealing the Lacrima."
"You're talking about Pete, right?" said Roxas, who was examining the opposite wall with Sherry and Chelia.
"Exactly," answered Riku.
"Who's Pete?" asked Lyon.
"He's the one we were looking for in Hargeon Town seven years ago, when the Heartless invaded Fiore," replied Sherry. "We met Sora that day, remember?"
"I see," said Lyon. "Wait, how is that you know that?"
"Ren told me," Sherry said with a dreamy smile when he mentioned the name of the mage. "The Trimens could capture that guy called Pete with the help of Sora and Natsu's team. However, he ended up escaping, but at least the Heartless activity decreased for a while."
"We will have to be more careful and do not let him escape," Lyon said.
"If he's the one we couldn't catch in Hargeon Town," said Yuka, "then we must be the one capturing him today."
"We'll do it before Fairy Tail arrives here," Toby declared.
Riku chuckled. "I see that you still have a small rivalry with Fairy Tail."
"Well, it's not only us," Lyon affirmed. "Now that Fairy Tail is again the strongest guild in Fiore, all the other guilds are trying to surpass them."
"Again?" asked Roxas. "Do you mean that another guild became the strongest one in Fiore?"
"You know about the incident of Tenrou Island?" asked Yuka. "The core members of Fairy Tail were seven years trapped there."
"Yes, we know about that," Riku said as he and the others started to walk again through the cave to look for more clues.
"You see, during the seven years following the disappearance of the members of Fairy Tail, a guild called Sabertooth recruited five strange yet very powerful Mages into its ranks," Lyon explained. "Their presence dramatically increased Sabertooth's strength, eventually making it the number one guild in Fiore."
"However," Chelia said, "Fairy Tail won the Grand Magic Games in July and retrieved their title as the strongest guild of the kingdom."
"We actually were the second strongest guild during that time, but now that Fairy Tail recovered its strength, we became the third one," said Yuka.
"I'm sure we'd still be the second if you had participated," said Sherry looking at Riku. "Maybe we could have even won."
"Do you really think so?" Riku asked somewhat amused.
"Of course!" said Sherry. "That's what makes Fairy Tail, Blue Pegasus and us different from the other Mage Guilds. We're the only ones who have a Keyblade wielder in our ranks."
"Yeah, you are like our secret weapon, Riku," said Toby.
"But there are more Keyblade wielders, right?" asked Chelia. "What if the other guilds decide to recruit one too?"
"Well, it's true that Kagura became interested in Keyblade wielders when Erza told her about them," said Lyon. "I think she mentioned that she wanted to test the strength of the Keyblade wielder of Fairy Tail."
"Poor guy…" said Toby.
"Is that Kagura dangerous or something?" asked Roxas curiously.
"Kagura isn't someone who takes a fight lightly," said Lyon. "You shouldn't mess with someone like her. She isn't the strongest mage of Mermaid Heel for nothing."
"You know Sora is strong, so I wouldn't worry about him if I were you," Riku said.
"You two still fight against each other to see who's stronger?" asked Yuka.
"No, we stopped doing that already," said Riku smiling. "The only thing we achieved doing that was getting injured and Kairi getting mad at us."
The group continued, and they noticed that as they walked, the amount of Lacrima in the walls started decreasing. They didn't hear anyone inside the cave apart from them either, so the team of Fairy Tail hadn't arrived yet. After a few minutes of walking, they stopped because they reached a fork with two routes onward.
"All right, how are we going to do it?" asked Riku.
"You guys can take the left-hand path," said Roxas. "I'll take the other one."
"Alone? Are you sure?" asked Riku.
"C'mon, if it's Pete the one who's here, I don't think he'll give me any troubles," said Roxas. "You don't have to worry about me."
"Still, I think you shouldn't be alone while we're inside this place," said Riku. "There's a possibility that Pete isn't the one stealing the Lacrima, so you might run into someone dangerous."
"I'll go with him," said Chelia, and the others looked at her surprised.
"Chelia, are you sure?" Sherry asked.
"W-well, if something happens, I can use my magic to heal him," said Sherry's cousin nervously. "B-but, it's not like something will happen to you, Roxas! I'm sure you will be fine if you want to go alone!"
Roxas looked at the girl with a pensive expression. It looked like she wanted to please the members of her guild by showing them that she was able to help him, and he didn't want to take that opportunity away from her.
"What do you say, Roxas?" asked Lyon.
"Well, if she wants to help me, then I can't say no to her," said Roxas smiling, and then he looked at the young girl. "Let's do a good job, Chelia."
"Right!" said Chelia happily.
"Since when do you act like Sora?" asked Riku jokingly.
"Shut up," said Roxas glaring at Riku.
"If you find someone in that part of the cave, don't worry," said Yuka. "Chelia knows how to defend herself really well."
"She's really strong," Toby affirmed.
"But I'm still not good enough," said Chelia slightly embarrassed.
"I was complimenting you!" shouted the man with animal features.
"Ah, I'm sorry, Toby!" said a scared Chelia covering her ears as Yuka told Toby to calm down.
"Come on, stop messing around," said Lyon. "We might be losing precious time here."
"Alright," said Roxas before turning to Chelia. "Let's get going."
The young pink-haired girl nodded and walked to Roxas and then the two went into the right path while Team Lyon and Riku took the left one. The path Roxas and Chelia were following was like the rest of the cave, it looked as if someone had been extracting Lacrima by using brute force. It was at times like this when Roxas wished he had the ability Riku, Kairi and Aqua had. Aqua was the one with the best Heart Perception of the three, being able to know if someone was a Keyblade wielder just by using that ability. Riku and Kairi, however, were only able to detect the darkness of other people's hearts. However, if the silver-haired boy didn't detect any darkness in the cave when they entered, then there must be no one evil inside, at least that's was Roxas thought.
"Thank you, Roxas," said Chelia, and this made the Keyblade wielder snap out of his thoughts. "I know I might not look as strong as other mages, and I'm also a bit too clumsy, so I'm happy you're letting me help you."
Roxas smiled. "No problem. Working with friends is always better, right?"
"Yeah!" said Chelia returning the smile.
"Tell me, what kind of magic do you use?" asked Roxas as he and Chelia walked. "I know Lyon is an Ice-Make Mage, Sherry uses Doll Attack Magic, Yuka uses Wave Magic and Toby uses paralysis powder and his nails to fight. What about you?"
"Oh, I use Sky God Slayer Magic," said Chelia while following Roxas. "I'm a God Slayer."
"G-god Slayer!?" said Roxas astonished. "You use magic to slay gods?"
"It is said that the original usage of this Magic was to slay gods," Chelia said, not giving it much importance to Roxas surprise, "but I don't know anyone who had met a god, so I'm not sure if my magic can defeat them."
"Even so, it sounds really awesome," said Roxas impressed. "You mentioned Wendy Marvell before, right? I guess your magic is similar to hers."
"Yes, but my whirlwinds are black," Chelia said. "You know Wendy too?"
"Yeah, but she doesn't know me, though," replied Roxas and this puzzled Chelia. "She knows about me because of Sora, but we never talked."
"Oh, maybe that's why Lyon said that he thought he knew you," said Chelia in realization. "Surely Sora told him about you, but he didn't remember very well."
"You might be right," said Roxas, although there was another possibility. Hayner also thought he knew Sora from before when he met him, and it could be because the boy from Twilight Town met Roxas when the latter was a member of Organization XIII.
"I wonder if Wendy and her team are already here," Chelia said before looking at Roxas. "I'm sure she would be happy to meet you."
"I'd like to see her," said Roxas. If he remembered correctly, the blue-haired girl said that she'd like to meet him when Sora told them about him, and Lucy said it too.
Chelia and Roxas continued walking for a while, but they couldn't find anyone suspicious. The only unusual thing in the cave was the lacking Lacrima of the walls. Roxas was starting to think that there wasn't anyone else in the cave when he started to hear something.
"Do you hear that?" asked Chelia, who also heard what Roxas heard.
"Yeah, it sounds like someone is using some kind of machine," said the blond. "I think we found our Lacrima thief. Let's go, Chelia!"
"Right!" said the young girl as she and Roxas started running.
The two arrived at the end of the path in a few seconds, and there was someone there apart from them. It was a man with light brown hair and eyes. He was wearing blue-green jeans, a white sleeveless collar shirt, black boots, and brown gloves that extended halfway between his elbows and his shoulder with the cuff folded over. He was putting Lacrima pieces in a bag that was next to him, so there was no doubt that he was stealing Lacrima.
"Hey!" exclaimed Roxas. "What do you think you're doing?"
"Uh?" said the man as he turned his head to look at Roxas. "Oh, it looks like I've been caught. I guess I haven't been very discreet."
"You shouldn't be stealing Lacrima," said Chelia. "You'll get in trouble."
"As if I care," said the man as he grabbed the bag with the Lacrima.
"If you think we're letting you go, then you're wrong," Roxas said. "Put that bag down."
"Oooh, now this is getting interesting," said the brown-haired man. "Do you really think you can beat me, brats? You don't stand a chance against me."
"Why don't you try, then?" suggested Roxas, and then he summoned his Keyblade. The weapon was black and grey, had a curved, notched blade with a noticeably sharp edge, and the handle was composed of a checkerboard pattern.
Chelia looked at the sword in awe while the brown-haired man looked surprised.
"A Keyblade wielder…" said the man. "I didn't expect one of you would come here to investigate. This changes things. The witch told me to avoid you while I'm out here, so I don't get caught."
"So you're working for Maleficent, huh? I'm surprised she didn't send Pete this time," said Roxas as he watched the man carefully. "Anyway, are you going to run like a coward or are you going to fight?"
"You're pissing me off, kid," said the man. "I'd love to rip you apart, but I owe that witch a debt, so I'll let you live today, unless..."
"Unless what?" asked Roxas.
"Are you the Keyblade wielder affiliated with Shibusen?" asked the man.
"What? No, it's not me," said Roxas, who wondered how did that guy knew about the academy. "Why do you ask?"
"Really?" said the man before smirking. "Well, that's a pity, because I really hate Shibusen and I would have loved to saw that guy to pieces."
"I don't think you could even lay a finger on him, punk," said Roxas, and then he charged at the man. "Now give me that bag!"
"Sorry, no can do," said the man.
Suddenly something came out from the ground. It was a huge golem that dug a hole in front of Roxas and Chelia. It seemed that the Lacrima thief was the one who created it, and now he was running to the hole. Roxas saw that the thief was going to escape, but the golem was preventing him from going after him.
"Go after him, Roxas!" said Chelia. "I'll handle this golem."
"Are you sure?" asked Roxas.
Chelia nodded. "Sherry can also create golems with her magic and I train with her a lot. This one shouldn't be a problem."
"All right, I'll leave the big one to you! Good luck!" said Roxas before going after the thief.
The man who stole the Lacrima jumped to the hole the golem created and Roxas did the same. The golem was about to attack Roxas before he jumped to the hole, but Chelia gathered air in her mouth and then generated from a powerful current of air, which was fired towards the golem. The golem was sent away from the hole by Chelia's attack and it crashed against a wall of the cave.
"Sorry, but I won't let you attack Roxas," said Chelia.
Meanwhile, Roxas was descending at great speed through the hole and he could reach the thief immediately. He wondered how deep the hole was, but now he had to focus on the man and the bag of Lacrima.
"I told you we weren't going to let you go," said Roxas as he and the thief descended through the hole.
"You're a pain in the ass, you know?" said the man.
"Good!" said Roxas and then he threw his sword at the thief. The blade was about to hit him, but the brown-haired man turned around and then something appeared in his leg, which he used to kick the Keyblade away.
"Is that it?" asked the thief.
"How did you-" said Roxas, and then he realized that chains appeared in the man's leg. Then the chains started to move really fast and the thief charged at Roxas to kick him, but fortunately, the blond retrieved his Keyblade in time and could parry the attack. "You can turn parts of your body into a weapon? Don't tell me you are a Demon Weapon!"
"You're smart," said the man smirking. "I'm Giriko, a Demon Lethal Weapon. Unlike those puny Demon Weapons of Shibusen, I don't need a Meister."
"Is that so?" said Roxas, and then he used the wall around him to propel himself at the man called Giriko. He raised his Keyblade, and Giriko prepared his leg to try to hurt the Keyblade wielder. The sword and the chained leg clashed, but Roxas wasn't planning to use a physical attack. The blond aimed his free hand at Giriko and casted a powerful fire spell, something that the man didn't expect.
"Dammit!" he said before the spell Roxas used created an explosion which damaged him a lot since the Keyblade wielder cast it really close to him. Roxas could grab the bag with the Lacrima since the explosion couldn't damage him because he was the one who created it. Giriko and Roxas continued descending, but this time Roxas was the one with the bag with Lacrima in his hand.
"I didn't expect you would use dirty magic tricks," said a wounded Giriko.
"You should've been more careful, then," said Roxas.
Then, before Roxas and Giriko could continue fighting, a Corridor of Darkness appeared under the Demon Weapon, and this shocked the Keyblade wielder.
"Tsk, it looks like someone wants me to return," said Giriko kind of annoyed. "See you around, Keyblade wielder. I'll make sure to rip you apart next time."
"Wait!" said Roxas, but it was too late. Giriko went into the dark portal and vanished before Roxas could catch him. The Keyblade wielder groaned, but at least he could recover the Lacrima. He looked under him and saw that he was reaching the end of the hole, so now he had to find a way to return to where Chelia was.
-TLG-
At a lower level of the Lacrima cave, there was another group of mages looking for the person who was stealing the crystalline substance. Team Natsu was part of that group, and the other ones where mages of a different guild. One of them was the girl Sora met in Mercurius a few days ago, Yukino Aguria.
"Why did you guys came here too?" asked Gray.
"Yeah, we can handle this without your help," said Natsu to one of the mages of the other guild.
"Come on, Natsu-san, I'm sure you could use our help," said a young man of average height with spiky blond hair. He had slanted dark eyes, and above the right one is a thin diagonal scar. His name was Sting Eucliffe.
"Yes, we have to work together to stop that thief, Natsu-kun!" said a cat called Lector who was next to Sting. Like Happy, he was also an Exceed, but he had dark brown and red fur, and was wearing a blue, sleeveless button-up vest.
"Fro thinks so, too!" said another Exceed. He had green fur and large, round eyes, each complete with a pair of prominent eyelashes, and rosy cheeks. His name was Frosch and his whole body, aside from its face, was covered by a pink frog-like suit, of which the majority was covered by black spots.
"If you continue being this noisy, the thief will hear you," said young man called Rogue Cheney. He had red eyes and messy black hair which was brushed to the right side of his face covering up his right eye.
"I see you decided to join Sabertooth again," said Erza looking at Yukino.
"Yes, the guild has changed a lot now that Sting-sama is the Guild Master, so I'm glad I made that decision," Yukino said. "Everyone in the guild is friendlier than before too."
"That's good to hear," said Lucy smiling. "I'm happy for you, Yukino."
"Thanks," said Yukino returning the smile. "By the way, why are all of you here just to stop one thief? Sting-sama looked eager to catch this person too for some reason."
"Didn't he tell you the reason you came here?" asked Wendy.
"No, he only told us that we had to catch the responsible of the thefts no matter what," said Yukino. "I don't know why he's so interested, though."
"Maybe he knows the true reason we must stop that thief," said Happy.
"Although only Fairy Tail, Lamia Scale and Blue Pegasus should know about that," Carla added.
"Is something wrong?" asked a concerned Yukino.
"You see…" said Lucy as she tried to think how she should explain the Celestial Mage of Sabertooth the reason they had to stop the ones who were stealing the Lacrima.
"Rogue, look at that," said Frosch pointing at the hole that was above him, and Rogue and the others looked at it too.
"There's a hole up there," Rogue pointed out.
"I wonder why someone would make one there," said Gray.
"Perhaps the thief made it to scape if someone caught him," said Lector. "Surely it connects to the entrance of the cave. Do you want me to go and take a look, Sting-kun?"
"Wait, Lector," said Sting. "There's someone approaching through that hole."
"I can also smell them," said Rogue. "Wait, one of them disappeared…"
"Disappeared?" asked Wendy. "Do you mean he vanished without leaving any trace?"
"How strange…" said Carla.
"Anyway, the other one is getting closer so get ready," said Sting, and then all the mages got ready to fight the person who was approaching them since it could be the thief they were looking for. Everyone looked carefully at the hole, and then Roxas came out from it and landed in front of the mages.
Roxas put the bag with Lacrima on the ground before looking up to see the hole. The mages were stunned to see someone younger than most of them coming out from the hole, but the bag he had was what shocked them the most. When he put it on the ground, some pieces of Lacrima could be seen coming out from the bag, so the first thing they thought was that Roxas was the thief.
"I could climb, but it will be difficult with the Lacrima on my back," thought Roxas, and then he started to look around, and when the boy turned around, he felt something hot hit his face with an incredible force. He was sent flying and crashed against a wall.
"See? That was easy," said Natsu grinning while the mages of Sabertooth looked at him astonished. His guildmates weren't very surprised, though.
"Don't you think that was a bit much, Natsu-sama?" asked Yukino.
"Why do you have to be this brute?" said Lucy.
"Well, at least we could stop him before he escaped with the Lacrima," Gray said, but much to his surprise, the boy who was kicked by Natsu came out from the wall and started walking towards him and his friends.
"Hey, what was that for, Natsu!?" asked an annoyed Roxas.
"Huh? Do I know you?" asked Natsu while glaring at the boy he kicked. "Anyway, if you're able to stand after that, then you must be strong. Bring it on!"
"Wait, Natsu-san," said Sting. "Frosch was the one who saw the hole, so Sabertooth should be the one taking care of the thief."
"Great, as if it wasn't enough when I was accused of being a photo thief…" thought Roxas.
"What kind of logic is that!?" asked Natsu. "I attacked him first, so the thief is Fairy Tail's business now."
"You're the one not making any sense!" said Sting angrily.
"Please, don't fight!" Lector said.
"Right, we have to take this thief to the guild," said Erza, and then she noticed that the other mages of Fairy Tail were looking at the blond boy as if they noticed something strange about him. "What's wrong?"
"I don't know why, but I have the feeling I know that boy," said Lucy.
"You too, Lucy-san?" said Wendy, implying that she had the same feeling.
"Good, I'm not the only one, then," said Gray relieved.
"I have the same feeling…" said a puzzled Carla.
"Me too, but his face doesn't look familiar to me," Happy said.
Erza was confused by the statements her friends made, but when he took another look at the boy who landed in front of them, she realized that she also had the same feeling. It was strange since it was the first time she saw him, so how could she and her friends know him? It didn't make any sense.
"Oh, crap…" said Gray.
"What is it, Gray?" asked Happy.
"Look at his belt…" said the black-haired mage, and the others looked at the boy's belt.
"A silver crown…uh oh…" said Lucy.
"He's one of the Light Guardians," said Carla.
"That's the guild of those warriors called Keyblade wielders that Sorcerer Magazine mentioned, right?" said Rogue.
"That's right," said Erza.
"Oh, you're a friend of Sora-sama?" said Yukino looking at Roxas.
"Yeah," replied Roxas, who was still kind of annoyed because of Natsu's kick. He didn't remembered Yukino, so he supposed Sora met her when he returned to Fiore a few days ago.
"You know Sora, Yukino?" asked Lucy surprised. "Well, I suppose you heard about him seven years ago."
"Yes, I know about him, but the last day I worked as a Royal Guard he was in Mercurius and I ran into him," answered Yukino, and then she smiled. "I mistook him for an intruder, but he didn't give it any importance and forgave me. He's very kind."
Lucy smiled. "Yeah, that's Sora for you."
"He and Princess Hisui have a good relationship, right?" asked Yukino, and this sparked the interest of the blonde Celestial Mage.
"Did something happen in the castle between those two?" asked Lucy with a curious smile.
"Well, I never saw the princess so happy to see someone, and it was the first time I saw her smiling after what happened after the Grand Magic Games," Yukino replied. "Why do you ask?"
"Hey, leave the gossip for later," said Gray. "We have more important things to do right now."
"Oh, sorry," said Lucy smiling a bit embarrassed, and then she looked at the Fire Dragon Slayer. "Natsu, I think you owe someone an apology."
"Right, uh…sorry, about that," said Natsu looking at the Keyblade wielder.
Roxas sighed. "It's all right, but you should think before doing something like that. Sora didn't like very much getting kicked by you either."
"Oh, I forgot about that," said Happy.
"He did the same to Sora?" asked Carla. "When did that happen?"
"It was before he joined Fairy Tail," Lucy replied. "Natsu thought he was attacking me, so…well, you know."
"You're an idiot, Natsu," muttered Gray.
"You and I will have to talk later," said Erza glaring at a scared Natsu, and then she looked at Roxas. "I apologize too for what he did. My name is-"
"Erza," said Roxas, and then he looked at the other members of Team Natsu. "And you are Natsu, Happy, Wendy, Carla, Gray and Lucy."
"I see Sora told you about all of us," said the redhead mage.
"Well…" said Roxas, and before he could say anything, the blond mage called Sting put his arm around the Keyblade wielder's shoulder.
"Hey, the name's Sting Eucliffe, nice to meet you," said the mage grinning. "I noticed you don't have a mark of a Mages Guild, so would you be interested in joining Sabertooth?"
"What!?" said almost all the people in the area.
"So straightforward…" said Wendy.
"Hey, Sting…" said Rogue before being interrupted by the Exceed.
"Yes, you should join Sabertooth!" said Lector looking at a stunned Roxas. "I'm sure you'll like our guild a lot."
"Yes, join Sabertooth!" said Frosch.
"Frosch, you too…" said Rogue surprised.
"Sting-sama," began Yukino, "did you wanted to come here because you knew there was a Keyblade wielder coming too and you wanted him to join Sabertooth?"
Sting laughed. "You got me, Yukino."
"Seriously?" thought Roxas and the mages.
"Well, Lector told me that he heard a rumor about the Lacrima thief," said Sting.
"I heard that Fairy Tail, Lamia Scale and Blue Pegasus were helping a guild called Light Guardians finding that thief, so I thought that the person stealing the Lacrima was someone really dangerous," Lector explained.
"Then I remembered that Light Guardians is the name of the guild that Sorcerer mentioned, a Keyblade wielders Guild," said Sting. "That explained why you were the only three guilds helping them. You guys are the only guilds in Earth Land with a Keyblade wielder."
"So you think that by capturing the Lacrima thief, one of them would have considered joining Sabertooth?" asked Rogue, and Sting nodded.
"Don't you remember when we saw how awesome Sora-san was when he was fighting against those dark monsters?" said Sting. "It's been seven years since that, but I still remember how strong he was, and the other two who arrived after him were also really strong."
"Yes, I remember," Rogue said.
"Then, don't you think it would be great to have a Keyblade wielder in our ranks?" asked Sabertooth's Guild Master. "I heard that the Light Guardians Guild has ten members, so we have seven Keyblade wielders to choose."
"He's treating them as if they were collectibles…" said Lucy.
"Well, I'm sorry, but I already declined an offer to join another guild," replied Roxas. "I joined the Light Guardians three days ago, and I'd like to wait longer until I join another guild."
Sting sighed in disappointment. "Well, I can't make you do it, but I hope you can reconsider my offer someday."
"Although, if you really want a Keyblade wielder to join Sabertooth, then maybe you'd like to know that there are two members of the Light Guardians that are interested in joining a Mages Guild," said Roxas. "Their names are Terra and Aqua. You should try luck with them."
"Terra and Aqua, huh? I'll remember that, thanks pal!" said Sting smiling. "By the way, you didn't tell us your name."
"Roxas," said the Keyblade wielder.
"It's a pleasure, Roxas-sama," said Yukino bowing. "My name is Yukino."
"Rogue," said the man with messy black hair.
"I'm Lector and this one is Frosch," said the Exceed with the blue vest. "It's nice to meet you, Roxas-kun!"
While the mages of Sabertooth introduced themselves to Roxas, the members of Team Natsu were all looking at the Keybearer with pensive expressions. They could swear that they heard that name before, and then Carla remembered something that Sora told them during his first visit in Fiore.
"Wait, didn't Sora tell us that his Nobody was called Roxas?" the white Exceed said.
"Are you serious!?" said Gray astonished. "He's that Roxas!?"
"No way," said Happy shocked.
"Do you really think he's Sora-san's…" said Wendy, who was also really surprised.
"Sora said he wanted to find a way so Roxas could live without using his body," said Erza as she looked at Roxas with a slightly shocked face. "It looks like he could do it."
"He doesn't have the mark of Fairy Tail on his hand," Natsu pointed out.
"Shouldn't you be more surprised that Sora's Nobody is here?" said Lucy. "Well, he shouldn't be a Nobody now…"
"I see you realized who I am," said Roxas, and Team Natsu looked at him. The mages of Sabertooth were talking to each other, so the Keyblade wielder took that opportunity to walk to where the mages of Fairy Tail were to talk with them.
"Yes, and it took us by surprise," said Lucy. "Say, you're not a Nobody anymore, right?"
"Nope, I'm my own person now thanks to you know who," said Roxas.
"That's great, although I expected you to look different," said Gray while touching his chin.
"You though I'd look more like Sora?" asked Roxas, and the Ice Mage nodded. "Well, that has an explanation, but it's…"
"A long story?" asked Lucy smiling.
Roxas chuckled. "Yeah, that's right. You should ask Sora to tell you the whole story, so we can avoid situations like this one."
"We'll leave that to Lucy," said Erza.
"Why me!?" thought the blonde mage dumbfounded.
"I don't know if I will be able to understand all of it," said Natsu crossing his arms. "It's already difficult to remember everything he has told us up to now."
"Don't think too hard, Natsu, you might hurt yourself," said Happy.
"Anyway, it's nice to finally meet you, Roxas-san," said Wendy bowing.
"Still as polite as ever, huh?" said Roxas.
"Sorry, I can't help it," said Wendy smiling embarrassedly.
"Wait," began Carla, "how do you know that? Did Sora tell you?"
"No, it's because I was aware of everything that happened around Sora while I was merged with him," Roxas answered. "You could say that you also talked with me. Surely you thought you had met me before when you saw me, right?"
"Oh, so it was because of that," said Erza touching her chin.
"Hey, isn't that some kind of privacy violation?" asked Gray a bit disturbed.
"Don't worry, it's not like any of you told him something embarrassing," said Roxas kind of amused. "Not that I remember, at least."
"So that's how you knew that Natsu kicked Sora," said Happy in realization. "You also received that kick."
"Yeah, although Sora was the one who felt the pain that day," said Roxas.
"Hey, stop talking about that!" complained Natsu.
"Roxas!" said someone, and the Keyblade wielder looked behind Team Natsu and saw the God Slayer who was with him before he went after Giriko. The other members of Lamia Scale were also with her. Sting and the other members of Sabertooth saw them too and walked to the group was.
"Lyon, so you actually came," said Gray looking at his rival.
"I wasn't going to let Fairy Tail do all the work," said Lyon. "Surely you would have destroyed the cave instead of catching the thief."
"Say that again!" said Gray as he took his clothes off.
"You want to fight, huh?" said Lyon, and he also stripped like Gray.
"Put your clothes back, you two!" exclaimed Lucy.
"Hey, Wendy!" said Chelia happily.
"Chelia!" said the Sky Dragon Slayer smiling, and then she noticed the silver-haired boy who was behind her. "Oh, Riku-san, you're here!"
"Hey, Wendy, it's good to see you," said Riku smiling.
"I see you came here right after Levy and I talked with you," said Lucy with a smile, happy to see Lamia Scale's Keybearer.
"Chelia, could you defeat that golem?" asked Roxas looking at the pink-haired girl.
"Yup, it was a piece of cake," said the girl smiling. "Could you catch that thief?"
"No, but I could recover the Lacrima he was going to steal," said Roxas pointing at the bag who was near the mages of Sabertooth.
"Nice job, Roxas!" said Sherry.
"Hey, what is Sabertooth doing here?" asked Lyon looking at Sting and his guildmates.
"You would be surprised," said Carla.
"They are here because Sting wants to recruit a Keyblade wielder," said Happy.
"Hold on," said Yuka looking at Sting. "Do you want to a Keyblade wielder in your guild?"
"Yeah, they asked me to join," said Roxas, much to Team Lyon's surprise. "But as I said, I don't want to join another guild, at least not yet."
"Besides, we offered him to join Lamia Scale first, so you can't have him," said Sherry.
"Hey, you already have one!" said Sting annoyed.
"Yeah, you can't have another one," added Lector. "That's not fair!"
"Are you looking for a fight!?" shouted an angry Toby.
"C'mon, dog face, show me what you've got!" said Sting.
"Here we go again…" Yukino said. This made her remember when all the Mages Guild that participated in the Grand Magic Games fought in Mercurius to decide which guild she joined, although they were just joking. She noticed that the mages of Fairy Tail weren't participating in the quarrel, and it surprised her. She would've expected that at least Natsu started fighting too.
"What is it, Yukino-san?" asked Wendy, who noticed that the Celestial Mage was looking at her and her guildmates.
"Nothing," replied Yukino. "I thought you were going to start fighting too. Don't you want another Keyblade wielder like Lamia Scale?"
"Well, Roxas said he didn't want to join a Mages Guild yet, so we have to respect his decision," said Erza.
"Besides, we already have the best Keyblade wielder of them all," said Happy proudly, and the other members of Natsu's team smiled at what he said.
"I agree with you there," said Lucy.
"I wish he would stop by Magnolia more often, though" said Natsu.
"Me too," said Wendy shyly.
"You know he's really busy," said Carla.
"But it would be great if could come with more frequency," said Gray. "Or perhaps we could be the ones who visit him instead."
"You mean go to the world where Sora's guild is?" asked Lucy surprised.
"That's right," said the Ice-Make Mage. "After all, we'll have to find a way since I want to take part in that tournament he mentioned. I've already been training for that competition."
"Really?" asked Happy impressed.
Gray nodded. "We don't know what kind of tournament will be, but surely we'll have to fight against Sora and the other Keyblade wielders, and I'm looking forward to that."
"Perhaps I should start training too," Erza said with a thoughtful expression. "I still haven't had the opportunity to fight against Sora, and I'd like to see what Aqua can do too."
"I'd really like to go to another world, but I don't want to fight against Sora or any other Keyblade wielder," said Lucy.
"Yes, I don't think I'll participate either," said Wendy.
Since Team Natsu talked about the tournament and the mages of Lamia Scale had a quarrel with Sabertooth's Guild Master, Roxas approached Riku to tell him about the Lacrima thief.
"Hey Riku," said Roxas, and the silver-haired boy looked at him.
"Hey, what's up?" said Riku with a small smile. "I see you've made a few friends here."
"Forget about that now," said Roxas. "There's something you should know about the person who was stealing the Lacrima."
"Oh yeah, Chelia told me that he with a man with brown spiky hair, and that he had sharp teeth," said Riku. "It looks like Maleficent didn't send Pete this time."
"There's something she didn't saw," Roxas said with a serious expression. "When I went after him, the two of us fought, and he could transform part of his body into a weapon. His legs had what it looked to be chainsaw's chains."
"Into a weapon?" said Riku puzzled. "Wait, are you saying that he's a Demon Weapon? That he's someone from Shibusen?"
"He told me he was Demon Weapon, but he's not from Shibusen," said Roxas. "He mentioned he hated that academy, so I don't think he's affiliated with them. I was going to capture him, but before I could do it, a Corridor of Darkness appeared under him and he could escape."
"We should ask Shibusen about that guy," said Riku. "Probably they have heard about him."
"Right," said Roxas as he looked at the mages. "Let's say goodbye to them and return to Radiant Garden quickly."
-TLG-
Nothing much to say today, so I'll start to answer the reviews right away
To The Dark Dragon Emperor: I already answered you with a PM, but for those who don't know either, the FMA of this story is FMA: Brotherhood.
To EvanderAdvent: Xion will have some inner conflicts during her stay in Amestris, but it won't be with the Homonculi. Yes, that was my plan, if I spare him, I'll put him into a coma to not change the plot of FMA too much. I think that list would be too long, but I can tell you that RWBY, Bleach, SAO and Digimon will be part of this story.
To Anthony627AA: That's good to hear, it's very possible that I'll rewrite that story, so I'll be glad if you read it too! Thanks for the support!
To Thunderqueen-nat: Sora will have to be very careful with his armor when its repaired if he doesn't want to end up like Ed and Al. Well, I think Armstrong is very funny, even if he's too sentimental and clingy lol.
To StarTrail: I know, but I feel that short chapters won't tell much, so I prefer doing long ones, 7000 words at least. Sorry that Roy and Hughes didn't appear in this chapter, but I assure you that the Flame Alchemist will be in the next one!
To kingdom hearts guy: Sure, I hope you like this chapter too!
To Ventusblade: Sure, I'll send those three on a mission together in a future chapter. Lea still has to join the guild after all.
To animelover276: You don't like it? I'm not very much into Disney as I was years ago, but I thought it would be nice to add a few Disney worlds.
To Sunny Lighter: Well, he freaked out a little with Sherry in this chapter, I think she's the one who changed the most after the time-skip. Aqua and Ventus' mission at Andy's house will be in the next chapter, so if you have an idea don't doubt in telling me.
To Ultima Z: I'll put him into a coma so the story doesn't change much, although Sora and Xion won't stay in Amestris for too long since I don't want them to interfere with the FMA events too much.
To Undertaker5: Good to hear! The Black Blood will be something really important for Sora at a certain point in this story, so it's good to mention it now and then. I'm glad you like those teasing moments as much as I do! Regarding FMA, Father won't appear, but Scar might. Sora will have to visit Amestris a second time to pick up the repaired armors after all.
To KH-Hardcorefan4483: I saw the first episodes of FMAB and Ed is short, although it's true that he grows considerably in the second half of the anime. Even so, Sora and Xion are 17 and Edward is 15 so the two Keyblade wielders would be taller than Ed even if he wasn't short. The Toy Story part takes places after the second movie, but way before the third one. I'll have to watch Rosario+Vampire to see if I can add it, but now I'm trying to finish High School DxD. Yes, he can still use his Drive Forms, but according to this story, he's troubled by his Anti Form, so he's reluctant to use them.
To kitty1872: What do you mean too modern? It's because this takes place in 2024? I made that because of SAO, so its timeline concurs with the timeline of my fanfic.
To Bluebird42: I hope you liked this chapter, then! I think I'll spare Hughes, but I'll put him into a temporary coma, so the plot of FMA isn't altered.
To KeybearerSky13: I still haven't decided if Roxas will join a Mages Guild. Terra and Aqua will be the next Keyblade wielders who will join different guilds.
To Drag0n-0f-Shu: Welcome to , then! Look forward to the next chapter, the FMA part will continue in chapter 14.
To quackerq123: Yes, there will be more animes in this story.
To TehZach1993: Sora will encounter two Homonculi during this first visit. I think I'll end up sparing him, so sorry if you don't like it :/
To keys of fate: Thanks! I hope you liked this chapter too!
To : You mean the Pokémon Special crossover, right? It's very possible that I'll start writing it again, but I have to finish the Digimon one first. I don't think I'll start writing a KH/Tangled crossover, but I could add Tangled to this story.
To Great fan-M: (1) Sheska is recreating Marcoh's notes, so the FMAB part takes places around chapter 7 I think. She needed five days to do that, so it was a good opportunity to make Sora and Xion go to Amestris. (2) I don't know xD, and that's not all I've planned for the story. As I said at the beginning of the chapter, I censored a lot of things, so feel free to guess what the hidden words are.
To OrionGold: If I let him live, I'll make sure it won't affect the FMA story.
To Red Diz: Yes, there will be a tournament, and SAO is part of this story; however, the SAO cast won't participate since, well, they don't have their skills outside that game. Besides, Roxas can't summon a second Keyblade since Ventus has his heart back.
To kingdomkey0703: I've heard about that anime lately, is it good? I'll have to watch it before deciding if I'll include it in the story.