Okay, another day and another chapter.

Disclaimer: Sounds redundant, I know, but the Kingdom Hearts series, Dissidia: Final Fantasy, and Dissidia Duodecim are products of Square Enix.

Chapter VI: The Twilight Eclipse

Sora and his companions headed farther into the depths, surprised to see multiple stationary forms of the Mysterious Girl. At the middle of the formation, Serenia addressed Terra"Um, forgive my curiosity, but what Keyblade is that?"

The brunette replied"I can't say for sure, but the one who gave it to me said something about being another one similar to this."

The next room the heroes entered housed a small chamber where Sora and Rosa saw what looked like a much younger version of the Mysterious Girl. Rydia approached the being, which came to life after Rydia fiddled a bit with the panel beside her.

"What are your oders?" inquired the small girl.

Rydia was astonished, but turned to a sealed door on the other side of the hallway"Can you open that?"

"Affirmative" nodded the small Mysterious Girl look-a-like. She pressed a button by the side of the door before turning back to Rydia.

Sora was asonished"She's artificial!"

Rydia regarded the small figure"Could you wait here?"

"Understood" nodded the small artificial humanoid.

As Sora and his friends moved onward, they came to the Crystal Chamber. Lightning was puzzled"How the heck are we supposed to know which of these are from your world, Kain?"

"We'll have to go trial and error" replied the Dragoon.

As most of the group proceeded to figure out Cecil's world's crystals from the others, Sora took a moment to teach Serenia some basic spells outside of restoractive magic.

"You'll want to stick to basic Blizzard, Thunder and Fire magic until you're ready to the next stage. Cura is a stronger version of Cure, but I don't think you're quite ready for that" said Sora to his daughter.

"I get the elements and all, but how do I know when I can safely cast the stronger spells?" inquired the small red head.

Sora replied"Magic takes energy, if you're not careful with it, you'll find yourself too tired to cast even a basic spell. Besides that, I don't know for sure."

Serenia flushed"Okay, I'll keep that in mind."

"Hey, we found the eight crystals from Cecil's world" said Terra, approaching the pair.

Sora beamed"All right, now all that's left is to take out whatever is controlling this moon."

The trip down was met with no encounters, so the group headed down through the crystal like areas of the moon's depths. At the bottomost flight of steps, the team found themselves in front of what looked like a huge coccoon with a pulsing wall on the front.

Sora readied his Kingdom Key"This is it."

"So the master of all those Maenads lives here" murmered Golbez.

"Well, what are we waiting for?" Lightning pointed her gunblade at the pulsing substance and fired. When the bullet connected, a spell sapped some of her vitality.

Sora slashed at the substance with his keyblade while Serenia and Rydia cast spells on it. Under the sheer pressure, the door-like substance faded away. On the other side was what looked like a bluish humanoid.

"What the heck?" whispered Lightning.

The being spoke"As you have seen, I am the creator of those crystals. You see them as embodiments of wisdom, but that's not their sole function. They record the evolution of all living things."

"You expect us to believe that junk?" demanded Lightning.

"No, and I must say that the inhabitants of the blue planet below has not reached a sufficient level of evolution. That's why the moon hasn't stopped" said the being.

Annoyed at the injustice, Sora cast Fira at the moon's Creator. The being retaliated with Flare, which Rosa healed while Rydia summoned Bahamut to cast Mega-Flare on the monster.

The mysterious Creator staggered for a moment before speaking"I too was born on a blue planet, but it was abandoned when our resources were depleted. So my people fled on a spacefleet in search of a new home. But our ability to survive was blunted by the artificial environment we lived in. This moon is the last of the fleet, I am the sole survivor."

"Why didn't you just find a way to co-exist with the people on Cecil's planet?" exclaimed Serenia.

The Creator replied"It is irrelevant. I created the crystals and scattered them to various planets to record the evolution of the beings there."

"Why don't you stop the moon and leave that blue planet alone?" persisted the young red head.

"Forget it, anyone who won't listen to reason has to get their butt kicked" said Lightning.

The Creator cast Meteor on the heroes, which Rosa and Sora countered with healing magic. Terra and Lightning charged, but were knocked back by Flare Spells. Noel slashed at the monster, while Serah shot arrows at the blue enemy.

The Creator cast another Meteor spell, to which Kain retaliated with a jump attack. Ceodore followed that with a thrust to the monster's thigh. Sora unleashed his Ars Arcunum combo on the Creator, just before Serenia followed with Strike Raid.

Battered, but undented, the Creator spoke"How should my people have evolved? What mistakes did we make? That was what I sought to research through the crystals and the Maenads, which were created to eventually harvest the crystals I had scattered. Urgh, sorry, my brain is going heywire! Agh!"

Before the heroes' eyes, the Creator transformed into a large monster which ressembled an angel-alien hybrid. Sora and Serenia struck at the monster with Strike Raid, which was blocked by an invisible field.

Suddenly, Cosmos contacted Cecil"Use the Crystal, it will break the barrier around the monster."

Cecil did as Cosmos instructed and took a crystal out of his pocket, which shone suddenly with magic. The magic seeped from the crystal and surounded the enlarged, transformed body of his group's adversary. Instantly, the barrier broke.

The unstable monster imploded onto itself before letting loose a powerful explosion spell on the heroes. Rosa healed the group with Curaja, while Sora, Kain, Ceodore and Golbez engaged the monster.

The gigantic monstrosity cast another explosion spell, which Sora and Serenia dodged. Terra slashed at the Creator, which cast a spell on him in the process. Sora tossed a Strike Raid at the monster, which countered once more with Explosion and conjured illusionary forms of itself to attack the heroes from behind.

Rosa healed her allies, while Golbez attacked the monster with Meteor. The monster again countered with Mutiply, which Terra and Lightning countered with a X-strike. Rydia summoned Bahamut to cast Megaflare on the Creator.

The monster hit the group one more time with Explode, which Rosa and Ceodore healed with a joint healing technique. Kain jump attacked the moon's Creator, just before Sora dealt a fatal blow to the monster with Arcs Arcanum.

"I... am falling apart. The moon's falling apart... You must flee" gasped the Creator, just he seemed to collapse. Just as the alien predicted, the room started to shake.

"Let's get out of here!" cried Sora.

The heroes dashed up the first three or four flights of stairs before running into a dark brown haired man, who was in the process of inspecting the moon's crystals.

"Raines!" exclaimed Lightning.

The man turned around"It's been a while, and yes. I am Cid Raines."

"What are you after? The moon's about to collapse!" shouted Sora.

"Just got what we were after" sneered another voice, as a crimson clad wraith in human form appeared, Cecil recognized the monster in it's female form"The Cloud of Darkness.."

"We cannot be so easily extinquished" snarled the Cloud of Darkness in her usual third person dialect.

"Enough you two, we don't have time to mess around" interjected Kuja, who'd hidden himself earlier.

Just then, the monstrous form of the moon's creator appeared and cast an explosion. Kuja sneered"Our welcome was overstayed."

The two Chaos Warriors and Raines teleported from the area while Sora and the others fought the seemingly revived monster. The Creator's monster form was so unstablilized, that it collapsed again after taking a beating from Sora, Kain and Cecil's blades.

After a bit more running, the group ran into the Maenad look-a-like. Rydia inquired"What are you still doing here?"

"I waited like you asked" replied the smaller girl.

Rydia glanced back to see the room behind them collapse before addressing the small humanoid"Come with us."

Accompanied by the smaller version of Maenad, the team rushed as farther still as they could, as the Creator gave chase once again. The Maenads in the area stood before Sora's group and faced the monster. One of them addressed Cecil"Watch that child, she's our future."

Sora and his group gratefully rushed back to the room where they freed Bahamut from enemy control. At that instant, the Creator caught up to them. Sora turned and slashed at the monster's face.

The Creator exploded not onto himself, but Sora as well. While Rosa healed Sora, the last of the bigger Maenads showed up and addressed the monster"How could you? You're our father."

Sora watched as the Maenad cast Meteor, killing herself and fatally injuring the monster. The Creator gasped as his body began to implode into thin air"Thank you all."

Sora and his group ran up the stairs to the top floor of the Depths as fast as they could. As soon as they got there, they used an interdimensional elevator to return to the surface.

"Serah and I will go tell Vaan what's happening so he can get his ship off this exploding mothership" said Noel.

Sora nodded, then raced back into the Lunar Whale. Roxas greeted them"How was it?"

"This Moon is falling apart, it was really the remains of an ancient spacefleet" said Sora.

Roxas shrugged"Well, now that's over. I'll go get Xion and we'll retrieve the Radiant Light. Sora, you might want to return to the Ragnarok II."

"You don't have to say it" said Sora.

"What about me?" inquired Serenia.

Sora addressed his daughter"You'd best stay on the Lunar Whale while Roxas and I retrieve our ships."

Within minutes before the 'moon''s collapse, the heroes escaped and flew down to the Blue Planet below on their respective ships. Ventus, who went with Sora to his Gummi Ship, remarked"That was a close call, huh?"

"No kidding, but now we've met more of our enemies' numbers on our way back" sighed Sora.

Ventus shrugged"Ah, what the heck? We can probably handle them."

In the sealed dimsension, Kuja deposited the crystals he found into Yoran's hands"I trust you are satisfied?"

"Yes, this plan is coming on quite nicely. Though it pains me to involve the worlds in such a manner, it's the only way to locate forbidden the secrets of the World Order" sighed the mysterious Keyblade Master.

"Might want to be careful there, Sanhille. We don't want too many of our organization to know what a softy you really are" remarked Arlene.

Caius stood on one side of Sanhille's chamber in thought, while Weiss sat about devising his own plan. One of his group, a large man with what looked like a blue maine spoke"So what next?"

Weiss smilled"Be patient, soon, all shall burn."

Lumaria, who stood nearby to observe the mysterious ex-soldier, went over to where Caius stood"It seems Weiss is getting overzealous, which is of course no different then I at one point."

"Let them play their little game. I, however, will take no farther action for the time being" replied the purple haired man.

Sanhille, who stood in front of his throne-like chair, marched over to where some of his group was talking"I don't want the World Order scarred too badly, or at least irravocably plunged into darkness. Perhaps I will show you what I'm capable of sometime."

"You mean you wish to spar? I'd be delighted to show you what I can do" smirked Arlene.

The man replied"Yes, sometime, though I'd rather reserve my strength for the impending hunt for the Stone of Secrets, which lies somewhere in a hidden world.

With that, Sanhille walked back into his command center, where he found Droul"May I ask how your mission was?"

"Piece of cake, I got the pendant like you asked" said the blond Gambler, handing it to the mysterious warrior.

Sanhille nodded, then went to a nearby window as he felt the power of light throbbing inside him from the touch of the pendant. The man grimaced'I only hope the worlds will forgive me this tresspass. My quest for true light will ensure complete tranquility'.

A few days passed as Sora, Cecil and the rest of their companions went back to Cecil's planet and rebuilt the damage caused by Meteors from the Moon. The group gathered inside Baron Castle's throne room to discuss their next move. Golbez went on the Lunar Whale to his father's poeple's moon to asess their condition.

Kain, who'd gone with Ceodore and a few others to aid in the reconstruction, joined them with the Quarter-Lunarian accompanying him. Cecil addressed the Dragoon"How is everything?"

"Reconstruction is progressing at a slow pace, but will get done eventually" replied the Dragoon.

Lightning shrugged from where she stood"Well, as long as this place remains safe."

Cecil addressed Sora"The Warrior of Light told me a bit about a mysterious man who's trying to unveil true light onto the worlds, did you find out something yourself?"

Sora nodded"Yeah, that guy's name is Sanhille. But we don't know where he is."

Serenia piped up"Oh, I just remembered. I had a strange dream before I left the Land of Departure. It showed some strange creatures fighting against everyone, a man with a unknown Key, and at it's end was a strange armored creature. It was almost like I was seeing the future."

"Seeing the future can cost a Seeress her life where I come from. You're not a Seer are you?" frowned Noel, concerned.

"Noel, let's not scare Serenia" sighed Serah.

Sora shrugged"Well, if we're working together, we won't get beaten by any villain."

Cecil pondered for a minute before speaking"This 'Yoran Sanhille' sounds unpredictable, even the thirteen-cycle war wasn't anywhere near as bad, or perhaps it was worse."

A Baronian Guard suddenly entered the room in a panic"Sire! Come quick!"

"Calm down, what's happened?" inquired the Paladin.

The guard replied"We saw a flash of light just now, and the sun seemed to turn a strange color."

Sora turned to leave the room. Cecil, Kain, Ceodore, Serenia, Tyler, Ventus, Terra and Lightning went with him. Outside, Tyler shrugged"What's up with that? I didn't see anything. What about you, Serenia?"

The red headed teen paled as she looked astonishingly at the sky. What looked like the sun and another orb moved towards each other, and the sky turned into a color ressembling that of Twilight Town's sky.

"That must be the eciipse Cosmos spoke of" said Sora.

Lightning scowled"So now what?"

Tyler's eyes widened as a strange orb-like tattoo appeared on his wrist. Everyone else in the vicinity found themselves marked by the magic of the mysterious eclipse.

Sora was shocked"What's this about?"

"I don't know, but this this unlike any i'Cie mark I've seen" frowned Lightning.

Cosmos's voice suddeny addressed the heroes"The curse has begun, but there is still a way to save the situation. Those marks appearing on your bodies are no i'Cie symbols, but were used as a source of greater power during the Keyblade War centuries ago."

"What else is known about the curse?" inquired the Warrior of Light.

Cosmos replied"Other then granting you forbidden conflicting powers of Light and Darkness, ons is most vulnerable to petrification or crystalization while under the unnatural light of the Twilight Eclipse."

"How are we supposed to fight it?" demanded Lightning.

"It is the sort of curse that can span for as long as the Twilight Eclipse lasts, which may not be until Sanhille achieves his goal. You are immune to the darkness effects from the Twilight Brands through your hearts. Others may not be so fortunatel, as either will succumb more easily to darkness or light" said Cosmos.

"Are Light and Darkness both that dangerous?" frowned Terra.

Cosmos replied"Yes and no. But more important, you must defend the worlds from invasion from evil once more, and find the Stone before he does. Other, unknown worlds, will make themselves known throughout this desparate hour."

Sora sighed"It's up to me."

"Not necessarily, we'll split into three groups and decide which teams will fufill what role. We'll solve this mystery one way or another" said Lightning.

Cecil nodded"All right, then I'd suggest that Sora lead a team. I will form another group, while Quinn leads the third group."

Quinn acknowledged"Lightning, myself and Terra will form one group. Will that be acceptable?"

"Fine with me" nodded the pink haired ex-soldier.

Kain addressed Ceodore"I trust you're ready for yet another mission?"

"I'll do my best, captain" nodded the quarter-Lunarian.

"Captain?" inquired Sora.

Kain responded"I am the new Captain of the Red Wings by Rosa's request."

"That's great" said Sora.

Kain, Ceodore, Rosa, Rydia, Edge and the small humanoid they named Cuore went over to Cecil's side. Serenia, Tyler, Ventus, Xion, Roxas, Noel and Serah went over to Sora.

Sora turned to address the two teenage Keyblade Masters"This will be a dangerous mission, sure you're up for it?"

"You bet" said Tyler.

"We want to help you" chirped Serenia.

"All right, but I will have Roxas and Xion help you with your training some more" nodded Sora.

Ceodore addressed Cecil"What's our objective?"

Cecil was about to respond when the Lunar Whale landed in front of them. Golbez stepped off"Cosmos contacted me and requested my aid."

"Nice to have you around, uncle" smiled Ceodore.

Cecil addressed Sora and Quinn's groups"Should we reunite, let it be at the crux of the mysterious curse of the Twilight Eclipse. Don't any of you die on us, the worlds depend on us. Sora, my world might be having a few anomalies caused by this eclipse, I must investigate here."

"We'll do our best, good luck Cecil" grinned Sora.

Another cliffhanger, sorry. Oh, and taking previous reviews under consideration, since Kain at the end of the After Years becomes Captain of the Red Wings and Ceodore joins him, I thought that splitting the characters into groups would be interesting for most of the fic. The Final Fantasy IV gang will be in their world maybe for a chunk of this fic.

As a result, Kain and Cecil won't be around as much in this fic as I originally planned. Sorry. As for worlds, I'll definately start using some Disney ones and a few Final Fantasy.

Hm, as for my usage of the eclipse I made up for this fic, maybe I can throw in some characters or elements from Golden Sun. That and maybe a few other non-disney and non-final fantasy elements related to Power Rangers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, or even One Piece. But I'll see.

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