Marie and her keyblade:
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A/N:
This chapter will deal with some pretty drastic things. Say bye to Aura and Marie for a while… As well as Fakey for that matter.

Chapter Forty-Eight

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Decisions and demise

The team reached their next world, which was the Olympus Coliseum. Aura remembered when she first saw Demyx strolling around here, and she sighed. She was going to miss the guy, since she really thought he meant no harm—and he really didn't. He was just really laid back and hated fighting. When they reached the entrance to the underworld, they met up with Hercules and Meg.

"Herc! You feeling any better?" Sora asked as they walked up towards them. He wasn't really feeling all that great, and Meg told them that he was pretty sure his hero days were over. Phil thought otherwise, and told the hero that it was all in his head. Goofy told them that everyone thought of him as a hero.

"That's right…Blunderboy. How can you mope on a momentous day like today?" a very familiar voice belonging to a certain underworld God said. "The Underdrome's back, and you are gonna fill the stands. After all, your fans won't settle for anything less than a certified hero."

He wrapped his arm around Hercules' shoulder, and told him he could always lose in the competitions, but it was out of the question for the hero. Sora even interjected saying he was just wanting his own selfish ways.

"Hey, I'm not a selfish guy. I'm not like those high and mighty snobs up on Olympus," he told them. Obviously, they weren't buying it, but Hades continued. "I stand for the masses! And have I got a massive idea!"

He introduced the games of the 'ultimate coliseum' and questioned who would be the Ultimate Hero, and told Hercules he had to be there or something would happen to Meg. He disappeared into his puff of smoke, and Aura already grew annoyed with the God. His two little underlings stood waiting for them to sign up, and although they didn't like the idea of following orders, they did it so that Meg wouldn't be harmed. Of course, only the men went and signed up.

"Are you not gonna sign up?" Aura asked as she looked at Marie with crossed arms. Sora came in and told her that Marie didn't like fighting in tournaments, and the blonde scratched her head.

"Don't you remember last year? I was just sitting on the bleachers and we got dragged fighting Sephiroth," she told him. Sora laughed and Marie sighed, still a bit scarred from that experience. Nonetheless, she looked over to him and gave him a hug. He jumped a bit at the sudden gesture, but returned the hug eagerly. "Just because it's Hades' personal coliseum doesn't make it any less dangerous. Good luck!"

"I'll come back, don't worry," he told her. He dug his face into her shoulder, and Aura cleared her throat. They parted from the hug, and he remembered what Aura told him about time. He really needed to think, and hopefully fighting off some baddies would help him. He waved at Aura and Marie as he left with Donald, Goofy and Hercules to see the listings board. They noticed that Auron was in the tournament, and Goofy feared they would have to face him in the finals. Hercules wondered if he was a hero, but Sora didn't know. "Well, I don't think he's a bad guy…but you're the only hero around here, Hercules. You know that."

Donald and Sora had to yell for him to stop when he started doubting himself, and the hero just sighed. They entered the coliseum once everything was set up, and the girls watched from outside. Marie looked over to Aura, who had her arms crossed and her hoodie covered her face—like always.

"Aura, why don't you fight?" she asked the brooding brunette. Aura scoffed and told her that it was just a silly competition to prove who was better, and she had better things to use her energy on. Marie sighed, and wished she was strong so she wouldn't have to embarrass anyone with her weakness.

"Then stop moping around and get to it," she told the blonde. Marie wanted to, but she couldn't wield the keyblade at the moment. Aura didn't care though. "I was talking to Sora on how time waits for no one…even if you can't wield the keyblade, that shouldn't stop you. You do have powers from Kingdom Hearts, right?"

"Yeah, but… how do you know that?" Marie asked. She was really getting irked by how much Aura knew about everything and the girl in question just shifted a bit.

"I told you how I was after Organization XIII and I know they want your power," she told her. "Or at least, if they control you they have control of Kingdom Hearts. This is precisely why you need to get stronger, Marie. You can't expect people to fight for you all the time."

"I know…"

"Do you? There's a difference between saying you will, and actually doing," she told her. Marie looked away, shamed about her inability to fight. Aura sighed, and continued watching as Sora and the boys reached the semi-finals. The fight wasn't long since they were fighting a bunch of tiny Heartless, and Sora was incredibly happy they finished.

"We made it to the finals!" he cheered. Donald was excited, and knew that if they won they would all be heroes. Goofy chuckled and knew there was a reason those two were happy, but Sora didn't want to be a junior hero forever. Hercules looked over to the door, and noticed Auron standing by it. They turned and called out to him, but the man didn't know who they were.

"I must defeat you and atone for my crimes," said Auron. Sora tried calling out to him again, but the man left. He faced Donald and Goofy and wondered what was going on, and decided to check up on him. They left the coliseum, and saw Marie and Aura walking towards Auron.

"Oh, hey it's Auron!" Marie called out. He didn't acknowledge her at all, and she wondered what was going on. She also noticed he seemed a bit angry, and Aura crossed her arms.

"He always looks angry," she noted. They watched as the man in red walked further away from the arena and towards the door leading to the underworld. Sora walked up to Marie and Aura, and Marie asked if they spoke with Auron.

"Yeah, something weird is going on," Sora said. They told the girls how they were going to investigate, and they all agreed. They followed Auron past the door and quickly hid behind a wall, with Donald almost giving away their cover. They peered over to the man standing in front of Hades, who was talking to him.

"Okay, let's review. State your crime, prisoner," Hades asked. Auron told him that the mere fact that he existed was a crime. He sounded very monotone, and Sora wondered why before being quieted by Donald. They continued to listen. "Okay, you made one lousy mistake: you exist. But hey, I'm a forgiving guy. You keep your end of the deal, and I'm willing to overlook a transgression or two," the God said.

"I understand. Defeat Hercules."

"And his meddling friends," Hades added. Auron argued that he was only supposed to fight Hercules, but Hades crossed his arms. "Oh, don't tell me you've forgotten who's in charge?" he took out a miniature statue of Auron and placed his other hand on his shoulder. "Hercules and those punks, are we clear?"

Upon closer inspection, the gang noticed that Hades was using his power to control Auron with the doll, and hid completely when Auron started walking back. They walked outside as well, but stopped to talk about what they saw.

"So that's how he's controlling him!" Sora stated. Donald called him a couple of names, but Goofy reminded him that bad names were compliments to the God. "I can't stand seeing Auron do that lowlife's bidding… we've got to help him!"

Auron walked passed them and Sora tried calling him, but the man just walked right on through. He got on the boat heading to the arena, and Hercules walked up to them. "What's wrong, Sora?"

"Auron's in trouble! It's like Hades brainwashed him!" Sora said. Goofy added the fact that he was using a statue, and Hercules placed a finger on his chin when it sounded very familiar to him. He told them that Hades was possibly using the statue to hold Auron's free will hostage.

"What do we do?" Donald asked. It was simple; they had to find the statue. It was likely that it was somewhere in the Underworld. When the team were about to walk away, Hades appeared and nearly spooked them all.

"Tell me you're not thinking of leaving, you've got a match coming up," Hades told them. Hercules filled in the position and told Hades he would fight Auron one on one, which greatly intrigued the Underworld God. He turned around to think about it, and Hercules whispered to Sora that he would stall while fighting to buy them time. The young man didn't really want to leave Hercules alone, but the hero had full confidence in him. Hades turned around and accepted the deal, but had one condition. "The Keyblader, here, and his trusty friends have to meet the winner in one final clash, whaddya say?"

Hercules agreed, and Hades expected it to be big. He promised the crowed the event of their afterlives, and Aura rolled her eyes at how cocky this guy was. Hercules mounted the boat with Hades, and they made their way towards the arena. Sora looked at everyone, and they all made their way towards the Underworld's cave.

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They made it towards Hades' chamber, and almost immediately, Sora saw the statue of Auron on the table. He ran over to it, and looked at it. "Got it!" he shouted.

He placed his hand on it and was instantly shocked. Marie gasped, and saw Goofy running up to him. "Wait, Goofy—"she was interrupted when he touched Sora's arm and was also electrocuted. Aura walked in with Donald, and when the duck saw both Sora and Goofy being electrified he ran over to help. Marie's eyes widened as she tried reaching out to him, "Donald, don't—"

But it was too late. As he touched Goofy he was also electrocuted, and Aura placed her hands on her hips as Marie watched with her hand close to her mouth. "Really? Are you guys that dumb?" Aura said as she gave out an exasperated sigh, but quickly stopped when she heard Auron's voice.

"It is not too late! Let us turn back!"

"Where is the sense in all this?"

"But… there must be another way!"

"Your deaths will mean nothing!"

"You must live!"

The electrocution stopped before Auron's voice was heard, and Sora looked down at the statue. "I get it. This is what belongs in Auron's heart."

"Gawrsh, he musta had a pretty rough life," Goofy added. It seemed like that way, but it was obvious that Auron's experiences are what made him stronger. Donald suggested giving it back to him, but before any of them could move a horde of Nobodies sprung out. Sora was quick to take out his keyblade, while everyone followed close behind.

They were just the white dusks, and while they were able to get rid of some, even more appeared. They all huddled around in the center of the room, and when the dusks got closer; a couple of dog-looking Heartless came biting the dusks. It was a bit confusing to see, but Sora didn't care. "Not what I had in mind, but I'll take it!" he told them.

"We better skedaddle!" Goofy announced. They quickly ran out of the room with Auron's statue, and made their way through the cave and towards the arena. Meg and Phil were already there, and when they saw Auron almost about to defeat Hercules, they called out to him.

"Hey, Auron! This belongs to you!" Donald shouted as Sora stuck out the statue. He threw it over Auron's head, and the statue disappeared into mist. It returned to Auron, who came to his senses, and he dropped his sword. He looked over to the team, and called out their names. They were pretty happy to see him return to normal, but a very angry God was not.

"Why those little—ugh, prisoner! What happened to our mutual agreement?" Hades asked Auron. "I can give you a clean slate, but you gotta work with me."

"Maybe you didn't hear me," Auron turned towards the God and glared at him as he gave him some words he would not forget. "This is my story, and you're not part of it."

Hades disappeared, leaving a ring of fire in his place, only to return to the arena to look at them all. He was not pleased at all, and told them that the game was over. He confessed that he wanted Hercules to lose, but told them that it was still a fair fight. Sora, Donald and Goofy laughed at his idea of a fair fight, and Hades just smirked. "Laugh all you want, because it ends here. We're gonna play by my rules."

A door opened up behind Hades, and revealed a pool of green mist. Meg screamed, and everyone watched as she disappeared from Phil and appeared floating over the misty pool. Hercules called out to her, but Hades stopped him. "Hey, I warned you right at the get-go. You don't compete, you lose the girl."

Meg stopped floating, and fell into the pool. Hercules screamed, ran and jumped in after her. Everyone just watched as he did, but Hades just smirked as the door closed behind him. "Looks like Wonderboy has dropped out of the standings."

Sora glared at Hades as he brought out his keyblade, and a barrier appeared while knocking Marie, Aura and Phil out of the arena. "Hey, what gives!?" Marie shouted.

"Oh, so sorry. Did you forget? You never signed up." Hades started chuckling while Marie and Aura glared at him. Phil was just as angry, and told Sora to kick him where it hurt. They watched as they started fighting Hades, but after a while they realized that nothing seemed to hurt him.

"We're not even hurting him!" Sora shouted. Goofy wondered why, but Auron told them that it was his Underworld. Hades laughed, but stopped when he saw the door behind him open up.

"I think a true hero should be able to help." Hercules appeared before them all glowing as a true hero should. He had Meg in his arms, safe and sound, and smiled at Hades. "I owe you one Hades. I didn't hesitate to give my life for Meg's. And then, I remembered: A true hero is measured by the strength of his heart."

He looked over to Sora, and gave him a wink. They were just glad he was alright, but Hercules gave a chuckle as he took a glance at Meg. "Hey, people do crazy things when they're in love."

Sora, Donald and Goofy started giggling at Hercules' confession, and Marie swooned over it. Aura raised her eyebrow, and was suddenly feeling nauseous at the love fest that this battle started becoming. Hades was furious at this point, and told them to stop laughing. Meg flew back to Phil, Marie and Aura on Pegasus, while they watched Sora, Hercules and the rest fight Hades.

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Marie and Aura continued to watch Sora and the others fight Hades, and so far luck was on their side. They were able to use his fire against him, and created aura spheres to attack him with. Auron was attacking him head on with his sword, and dealt some serious damage; while Donald and Goofy did their usual with defending and casting spells. The most damaging of all was Hercules, who had everything under his control. With his newly replenished self, he was fighting with all his might. Sora turned into his forms a couple of times, which greatly helped in the fight. Marie couldn't help but cheer, while Phil offered words of encouragement. Sora and Hercules attacked Hades a couple of times, with Donald healing constantly, and they were able to defeat Hades.

The God in question was seriously injured, and Sora ran to deal a last strike—but missed as Hades disappeared towards the misty pool. "It's…not over… yet!" he moaned.

As he kept walking backwards, he tripped over his cloth, and fell off the ledge and into the pool. He screamed in pain and agony as the spirits dragged him down below, and when the barrier went away Marie and Aura walked over to them. They cringed a bit at Hades' screaming, but when it stopped they sighed. Everyone stepped off of the arena and Hercules, Meg and Phil went up towards the coliseum for a bit, while Auron stayed down below for a bit.

"What'cha gonna do now?" Donald asked the man in red.

"I lived my life defending others, but now… there's no one left to protect," Auron looked up towards the air, and thought about it for a moment. "Maybe… it's time I shaped my own story."

"Yeah… you deserve it, Auron—after everything you've been through," Sora told him. Marie, Donald and Goofy agreed, and Auron gave a chuckle.

"I suppose I should thank you," Auron said. Sora waved his hands, and told him he didn't have to, and Auron turned around as he spoke, "Fine."

Sora, Donald and Goofy dropped their shoulders as Marie giggled, and Sora stuttered a bit as he spoke. "I mean, sure, you could thank us a little..."

Auron was still turned around, but told them that they should say what they mean. He faced them after, and decided to spare a few words. There was a short silence that filled the air, until Auron opened his mouth. They waited for him to say thank you, but that was far from it.

"Thanks for meddling."

Sora, Donald and Goofy dropped their shoulders again, while Aura smirked. The man wasn't so bad, and he walked up towards the coliseum as well. He was going to shape his story, but it was true that he couldn't have gotten through his last predicament without Sora and his friends. He gave a small smirk as he walked away, but Sora was left there to wonder what Auron meant by meddling.

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Up above the coliseum, Hercules and Meg were getting warmer towards each other, while Donald and Sora were bugging Phil asking if they were heroes yet. Everything seemed pretty normal, and Sora, Donald and Goofy got the pleasure of seeing themselves among the stars—much to Phil's displeasure.

"Sorry to crash the party." Everyone turned towards the entrance of the coliseum to see Marie, or rather, fake Marie. Her hair was unevenly cut short below her ears, and she seemed a bit more menacing than before. True to her words, she crashed the party and everyone got on their toes. She started running, and kicked Sora, Donald and Goofy down to the floor as she did, and quickly grabbed Marie. She brought a simple sword up to her neck, and Marie gasped. Aura was quick to take out her sword, and Sora got up with his keyblade out. She flicked her hair back and looked at everyone. "Like my haircut? I decided to get original."

"Hey, let her go!" he shouted. The fake Marie just laughed, and pressed the blade a little closer to Marie's neck. The blonde was scared to even breath for fear of getting sliced, and the fake looked at everyone.

"Now, see, I'm just here to get what I want," she told them. She looked over to Aura, who glared at the girl in return. "I know you'll come running after, so there's no need to get you."

"What is she talking about?" Hercules asked while getting into his fighting stance. Sora grunted, but Aura was the one to tell him who she was.

"She's a copy sent out by Organization XIII to get Marie, and to also collect hearts using her keyblade," Aura told them. Sora was surprised she knew so much, but now wasn't the time to be asking questions. "But from the looks of it, you can't wield the keyblade. You're a fake after all—nothing compared to the original."

"I could say the same for you…" the fake said while getting annoyed. She looked around and smirked. "But you should know that I am stronger, and I'll even give you the benefit of the doubt. I'll be waiting at the Underworld, since this place is just too bright for me, and if you can fight me, I'll let her go. But we both know that's not possible. Still, I'll let you try."

"Wait!" Sora shouted. The fake smirked, and told him she only expected to see Sora, Donald, Goofy and Aura as she left. She disappeared into her portal, and Aura growled at the fake. They had no time to waste, and Aura created a portal of her own. Sora, Donald and Goofy were shocked to see it look the same as Organization XIII and Sora was getting really suspicious, but Aura shook her head.

"There's no time, Marie is in danger!" she shouted. She was right, and Sora ran into the portal without hesitation. Donald and Goofy followed him in, with Aura running in after. Hercules, Meg and Phil were left to wonder what was going on, but quickly ran down towards the entrance of the Underworld.

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"Well, well. You made it… though I expected you to come a little later," the fake Marie laughed as she roughly grabbed Marie back with her. They watched as her blade kept close to Marie's neck, and Sora began to worry.

"Wait, stop! I'll go, just don't hurt them!" Marie shouted. She was grabbing the fake's arm, and Sora questioned why Marie would go. The blonde gave a wink at Sora, and pointed down towards her legs as she made a movement of kicking. He, along with everyone else, quickly caught on, and played along with Marie.

"Yeah…we'll let you have Marie," Sora said.

"We don't mind!" Goofy added.

"Just don't hurt us!" Donald came in after. The fake narrowed her eyes in suspicion, and wondered why they were so giving. Aura looked towards them, and put away her sword as she crossed her arms. The fake slowly lowered her blade, until it was beside her, and it was Marie's chance to strike back. She brought up her knee and back-kicked the fake in the shins, and she yelped out in pain. Marie ran as fast as she could towards Sora, and when she got near them they all took out their weapons again.

"Oh, how sneaky of you," the fake laughed. She stopped rubbing her shins, and pointed her sword at them. "But you messed with the wrong girl!"

She ran and swung her blade towards Sora, who was able to block it. She didn't seem as strong without the keyblade, but she still wasn't a push-over. Aura joined in the fight, but wasn't really able to get in a lot of attacks. One thing the fake was good at was blocking, so none of them were able to get a lot of attacks in. they got in a few critical ones, but she was able to quickly heal them. It wasn't hard for her to take down Donald and Goofy, who were lying on the floor in pain. In truth, they were all still a bit tuckered out from their battle with Hades, and it was just perfect timing on the fake's end. Still, Sora wasn't going to give up, and neither was Aura.

Marie, on the other hand, stood behind them as she grew scared. How was she going to fight if she didn't have the keyblade? She knew what Fakey was capable of, and she didn't stand a chance against her. The only thing she could do was heal Donald and Goofy, so she brought out her staff, and attempted to cast her healing spell—but Fakey was quick enough to swing her blade at her, and the attack caused Marie to shout in pain as she dropped her staff. She looked down to see that her wrist was bleeding, and right before Fakey attempted to steal her, Sora came in and pushed her away. Marie healed her wrist, and although the cut was gone, the pain lingered. She crawled over to grab her staff, and quickly healed both Goofy and Donald, who got up to fight. It didn't heal them a lot, but they were still able to go on. They all fought with the fake, but they severely underestimated her prowess.

She brought Donald and Goofy to their knees again, and this time brought Sora along with them. He struggled to get up, and Marie ran up to them. She healed them all, but it didn't do very much. With the fact that they were already tired from fighting Hades, they didn't have much energy saved up. Aura was the only one still standing besides Marie, and she kept fighting. She was able to take a lot more damage than Sora or the others because she didn't fight at all, but also because she had a high tolerance. Marie healed them again, and this time they got up… only to have them all be brought down by a binding spell the fake casted.

"How is she so strong?" Sora shouted as he tried getting out of the spell. They all struggled and grunted as they tried, but the spell had such a strong effect on them.

"Darkness will always appear everywhere you go," the fake said as she brought up her sword. "The light can only shine for so much till it eventually flickers out, and that's when the darkness comes in. In fact, I'll show you what it means to turn off the light. Those silly men need you to collect hearts, but you're really nothing special."

She brought her sword over Sora's head and lifted it up. Marie gasped as she saw her doing so, and time suddenly slowed down for her. She heard Donald and Goofy shouting for Fakey to stop, but they couldn't do anything…she couldn't do anything. Was this how they were going to end? Die by the hands of a cheap imitation of her?

"Even if you can't wield the keyblade, that shouldn't stop you. You do have powers from Kingdom Hearts, right?"

Marie looked over to Aura and remembered what she told her earlier. The girl was struggling to get out of Fakey's spell, and was doing it quite roughly. It was evident she wanted to help, but with the spell…

"You can't expect people to fight for you all the time."

She felt herself crying, she knew she was stronger than this! There was no way a copy of her could defeat them this easily. She looked up to see the fake smirking as she prepared to bring down her blade on Sora, and Marie shook her head violently. There was no way she was going to let Sora get hurt, but she closed her eyes as she kept crying.

"Kingdom Hearts, please…help me!" she cried out in her mind. Her forehead began to glow, and it started to burn a bit. This was her power…she needed it more than ever to protect the ones she loved, and it would all start with the person she loved the most. There was no doubt in her mind that she lived to protect, and she needed her heart to be strong. With this power she broke through the spell, and as time kept slowing down for her she jumped in front of Sora. She brought up her hand, and the weapon she had missed seeing appeared—her one and only keyblade. She grabbed the handle with both hands, and the adrenaline picked up as she built up all her strength to slice and push the fake away from Sora.

"W-what!?" the fake shouted in pain as she saw the keyblade in Marie's hand. She didn't realize just how strong Marie could be to bring her down to her knees. The spell unbounded and Marie fell to her knees as the keyblade disappeared, and she pulled herself into Sora for a hug. She was crying hysterically into his shoulder, and although Sora was still shocked at what happened, his first instinct was to hold the girl who protected him.

"It's okay," he cooed. Aura, Donald and Goofy watched as she cried, and they knew that it was because Sora almost got sliced by the fake. He rubbed her back, and she wrapped her arms around him. The fake eventually got up, and with all her effort picked up her blade. She started running towards Sora and Marie, and when the brunette boy noticed he brought out his keyblade and held Marie as he protected her. Unfortunately, with one last push she was able to throw his keyblade off his hand, and was going to land a strike on him.

Without thinking at all, Marie pushed Sora out of the way. Even if it hurts her she wasn't going to let anyone hurt Sora or her friends. As the blade came striking down it hit Marie and left a gash right on the left side of her chest, and she quickly fell to the floor. Fakey fell right after, but still had some fight left. Sora gasped and shouted Marie's name as he ran up to her, while Goofy and Donald did the same. He picked her up from the ground, and noticed the blood dripping down from her hand as she clutched the wound. He was panicking and looked at her eerily calmed face.

"Why did you do that!?" he demanded. There was no reason why she couldn't have used her keyblade, and he didn't understand why she didn't, "Why would you do something so crazy?!"

"I... didn't want you…to get hurt," she said in a whisper. He shook his head and told her she could've used her keyblade, but Marie shook her head as she gave a lazy smile. "There wasn't enough time…and besides…it's what Hercules says…we do crazy things when we're in love…and I love you."

She tried giving another smile, but fainted right after. Sora gasped, and tried to wake her up. Donald and Goofy noticed she was losing a lot of blood, and Aura agreed.

"Take her to Hollow Bastion, that girl in pink can patch her up. Here!" She quickly drew up a portal heading into Hollow Bastion, but Fakey got up as Sora picked Marie up bridal style. She wasn't to let them go so easily, but Aura motioned them to the portal. "Go! I'll take care of this."

They left through the portal without hesitation, and Aura closed the portal. She probably wasn't going to be joining them any longer, since she knew they were going to keep asking questions. She gave out a sigh, and threw her sword away. She brought up her hand, and out appeared her white keyblade with the golden crown on it. She was honestly tired of using a shabby sword, and was so glad to see her keyblade. She smirked over towards the fake, and pointed her sword at her.

"I told you. You're nothing compared to the original," she said. She swung her blade a bit, and chuckled. "One hit, and you're down on the floor. It's pathetic of you to even think you're superior."

She ran towards Fakey, and brought down her keyblade on her. She yelled out in pain, while Aura kept hacking away. Fakey cried out in pain again, and looked over to Aura, who kept smirking the whole time. She stopped attacking, and watched as Fakey writhed in pain. There was a bit of sadism on Aura's part, and it was something she had even from the start. The joy she got when she first stabbed a Heartless. She looked down and stared at the fake, who was breathing in her last breaths. She was unable to get up due to the pain, and just stared at Aura.

"You've gone and hurt someone I'm trying to protect, so I'm going to enjoy this," Aura said as she pointed her blade at the fake. She gave one last smirk before stabbing her, and like that, Fakey went down.

Never to speak, hear or even breathe ever again.

Sorry if it got a bit dark at the end, but it's all good. Fakey is out of the picture but it might've cost someone's life…Nah, just kidding! We get pretty fluffy in the next chapter with Sora and Marie.

Shadow1n2:
Haha, who knows! She's an epic fighter that's for sure, but I know she'll be there for Marie.
Yes, you are right, and with this problem of Marie getting hurt, maybe he might make up his mind? O:

Grapejuice101:
Next chapter will definitely have it, don't worry!

Lvl-ZeR0:
Thanks! I hope you liked fakey's death, haha.