Chapter 138: The Heart That Lost Its Light

Daniel slammed his fist down on the desk, making the Aversion Endless flinch as a response. The leader of Little Devon shown his rage to him, the infected Keyblade Master and the Wielder of Dawn as the four of them stood in the broken down front room in the Little Devon house, where wires still sparked, the floor felt soaked and the roof was half way from being repaired. Kyle was currently mending his attention to Hikari's wounds while Max, Goofy and Donald aided with the reconstruction of the defences and the town. "Let me get this straight! I've lost half of my people, Scott and Takura are now lost to us, most of MY town, that I had spent four years creating and hiding from the Order, is now almost destroyed and Ventus is now captured by the Order because you couldn't tell that the Kairi that you had saved from Radiant Garden was just the Colonel's pawn?!" He was full of rage; he slammed on the desk again, only to break from the amount of strength.

Sky remained leaned against the wall as he watched Daniel rage. He huffed at his attitude. "Raging isn't gonna bring them back." He told him, his words remained cold.

Daniel only growled in response.

Brian groaned from his actions. "Don't blame this all on me! You and Kyle were too busy drinking rum to notice that there was an Unbirth in town-" He said with annoyance.

"You were too busy kissing said Unbirth while everyone else was fighting and then killed said Unbirth right in front of Sora, causing him to destroy most of my town with his orbs of light." Daniel quickly countered, quickly glaring back at the Light Heartstruck as he chuckled. "What are you laughing for?"

"Well." Sky smirked as he turned his attention to the Aversion Endless. "I should really thank you, Brian. You managed to break the piece of Sora's heart that I've had trouble destroying. Not matter how strong I tried to make him angry or jealous or break their connection, it only came back stronger but thanks to you, I'm on the verge in staying in control forever."

Riku only glared at his infected friend. "Don't make me hurt you, Sora." He told him darkly.

Sky rolled his eyes at the comment. "Don't flatter yourself, Riku." He looked at him as if judging his motives. "You couldn't even see ten minutes ago."

"Because you snarky remarks are going to stop the Order and save Kairi." Riku shot back.

"Enough!" Daniel told the two islanders before looking back at Brian. "What happened?" He demanded, glaring back at his younger brother.

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During the Order's attack.

After Brian and Steve had fled from Daniel's demonic form, he had battled through multiple amounts of Unbirths through the pathways in town, from saving the residents from attacks to prevent them from coming down the pathways. He needed to reach his friends; he needed to help them through this attack. He had to make sure that the Colonel didn't get his hands on Kairi. As he and his chocobo ran through the streets, he could see the Little Devon Academy begin to form ahead, or what was left of the campus. Out of the pathway, he halted as he spotted someone waiting in the centre of the campus area with his sword being used as support for his posture. Brian stared at the figure as he spoke his name in such a venomous tone. "Colonel Devil."

Colonel Devil looked up at Brian's appearance. "Well if it isn't my dear traitorous son." He commented, stepping forward and disposing of his weapon. "So we face once again."

Brian glared back at the Jealous Endless, his eyes filled with hatred. "Why are you here?" He questioned. "After all this time you've chased me, why have you attacked now?" he questioned.

"I'm here to give you one more chance to fix things here." The Colonel told him. "To come back to the Order where you belong."

"And why would you think I'd come back?" He shook his head at him, trying to keep his anger in check of the older Endless. "I escaped for a reason."

"Yes. You and Nikolai." He chuckled slightly as he added. "I know Nikolai misses you. Always running off when your journey began." He turned his helmet and removed it from his head, holding a serious, worried expression. "But he hasn't been himself lately." He mentioned, smirking as he pretended to ponder on the reason why. "Not that I mind his new appearance, he had made his decision. But I did wonder why he chooses the Order instead of siding with you like he always wanted. Perhaps you can fill in the details." He enquired.

Brian simply summoned his staff as a response.

"The point is, Nikolai has realised the truth." The Colonel stepped towards the teen, not afraid of the Aversion Endless. "You may not like the life that has been given but travelling through time to change it is an idiotic journey. Your journey has properly caused more damage than the entire Order had. Do you really feel proud about that?!" He looked at him in disbelief.

Brian remained silent once more, keeping his glare firm.

Colonel Devil shook his head as he turned away from the teen. "You can keep that expression on Brian but I know that you don't care what happens tonight." He shots back around, looking back at the teen. "You left your time for two reasons. To avenge your broken master and to prove that you could be the hero and not the stereotyped Endless but as soon as you reached this time, your list began to grow, did it not?" He smirked as he watched Brian's glare break, seeing that he was conflicting with his memories. "You wanted to save your friends in the resistance, you wanted to fight for the loss of the Devon's Angle, and you wanted to recuse Nikolai from us. But there was never anything for you in return."

"I never asked for anything in return." Brian spoke up, his glare returning. "I just wanted to save my friends from their future hurt and pain."

The Colonel stared back at the teen before he chuckled. "What about when your memory was cleared?""

The teen remained quiet.

"The youngest brother of the Devons. Easily overshadowed. You always thought about number one." He remained him, watching the Endless look away with shame. "Money. Girls. Fame. You had everything to live in comfort."

Brian looked down at this. "I didn't." He said quietly, mostly to himself. He looked back up at the Colonel only to feel his head and heart to cloud, the slight of Devil's claw glowed brightly within his sights.

With his claw pointed at the teen, the Colonel moved forward once more. "Was it the countless girls that you messed with in search of this happiness? No. Was it you francization of being with the Princess of Heart? No. You're jealously is a unique one. After all, all you wanted was your light." He chuckled, closing his fist tightly, making the teen drop to his knee. "So why should you have to lose your light while the Keyblade Master keep his? You wanted what Sora and Kairi shared. You wanted to share that connection with someone special to you. To say that your lost light was special would be an understatement." The last comment was spoken as if it was a joke.

The last comment had made Brian's rage rise rapidly, breaking through the Colonel's control over him. He aimed his staff towards the enemy and fired a powerful meteor like spell towards him. He made no actions to block or dodge as he took the attack head on, the ball of fire consuming him completely. As soon as the smoke cleared up, Colonel Devil stood just as strong as he did when the meteor had struck him, undamaged. Brian aimed his staff at him once more. "You have no right!" He said darkly. "Now you can stuff your idea of me coming back to the Order!"

"Now Brian—" The Colonel tried to calm him down, watching Brian's claw glow rapidly.

"Shut it! I'm talking now!" He told him, earning a smirk from the Endless. "I've never wanted to be in the Order! Yes! I miss her. More and more every day when more memories of her begin to formed. Yes! I'm jealous of what Sora and Kairi share, maybe I even had feeling for her, but I will never betray them-"

"But you would break them up though." The Colonel quickly pointed out.

"I said shut it!" He shouted, shooting at the Endless once more, only to see his attack deflected this time around. "You didn't come here for me! It's you! You always have a hidden agenda!" He pulled his staff away as he looked at him. "What are you planning? How did you get here? Why now?" He questioned, wanting to know the mysteries.

The Colonel didn't answer at first, only a wicked smile grew on his face. "But Brian, you didn't even see what I had done for you." He waved his claw over; the sense of sparkly purple powder covered the Aversion Endless. His eyes dropped before he fell to the down, hearing Steve's calls of worry as his consciences slipped away

…..

…..

….. "Huh?"

His eyes opened the scenery of the old campus once more, feeling tired and weak as he pushed himself off the ground as he held his head. "What happened?" he ogled as he looked around the campus. "Where are you?!" He spoke out loud as he searched for the Colonel.

"Haru."

Brian froze from the sound of her voice, slowly looking towards the sound of the voice. His heart stopped from the sight of the person in front of him, a part of him not believing his eyes. In the distance, he saw the one he missed most.

Her short black hair with blue hinge struck out to him with her light armoured attire, keeping some of the white mage features. Her blue eyes shone brightly and she grinned happily back at the Aversion Endless.

"Aiddie." He didn't waste any time to get back on his footing as he raced over to her, looking at her as if she was a ghost. "Is that really you?" He placed his hand onto her shoulder, he could feel the shock throughout his body and a part of him felt as if he was dreaming but he only looked at the girl with affection.

Aiddie smiled. "You're really here." She smiled happily as tears fell from her face. She pulled Brian into a strong embrace, giving the Aversion Endless an overdue hug, her head resting on his shoulder. "I miss this."

"Me too." Brian spoke, his heart beating fast from the embrace. A part of him still seemed to be in disbelief but he ignored it as part of the shock that his friend was back.

No, she was more than that.

"Aiddie. There's something I've gotta tell ya." Brian said to her before pulling away from her, looking at her with pure affection. "I don't know why I didn't say what I needed to say to you when we were travelling. I guess a part of me didn't want to lose you at a friend." His mind flashed back to the night by the campfire. Even when he had lost his memory, the sense of a campfire would feel his dreams. The night that he and Aiddie had made camp, he had nearly confessed his feelings but decided against it for some ridiculous reason he couldn't remember. "But when you was lost, when you was missing, I regretted not telling you-" He sighed as he looked back up. "Aidde. I love you."

"Haru-" Aiddie's eyes grew worried at the confession.

"I know what you're going to say." He quickly stopped her, grabbing a hold of her hands. "I know that you're used to going through life on your own, having that feeling that no one, not even the Captain and Hikari, understood how it is to be you. And I properly won't know how to walk in your shoes fully either." He rubbed the shaken hands for comfort, calming her down slightly. "But I want to let you know that no matter what, you are not a Nobody. You can't be an empty shell when you hold my heart." He smiled at her, waiting for her to make a reply. "I'll be here for you. You're not alone anymore."

Aiddie placed her arms around his side; a shy nervous look was showed on her. "I don't know about any of this stuff." She told him nervously.

Brian smiled warmly as he leaned forward slightly. "Just do what feels right."

From his words, Aiddie looked into the Aversion Endless' blue eyes, her eyes was filled with nerves but shared the same sense of affection. Slowly, Aiddie leaned in and placed her lips to Brian's, giving him a slow, affectionate kiss. Brian let her be in control, keeping everything slow, he was just glad that Aiddie kissed him, after everything they had been through, he could finally kiss the girl he missed most. Once again, he felt the feeling of disbelief rushing through him, a feeling he once again pushed away as he made this moment out.

"What's going on?"

He felt Aiddie pull away from him as the two of them turned to the tone of voice. Brian was only stuck by confusion as he saw Sora slowly come towards them, his eyes sore and red, tear stains down his cheeks, looking at the two of them in confusion. How does Sora know Aiddie? As he turned to face Aiddie, preparing to ask where she had met Sora, only to feel his heart drop as he looked at the girl in front of him.

Aiddie didn't stand in front of him. Kairi did. He watched the red head approach Sora, talking to him as if nothing just happened.

Brian could only stand there feeling confused and broken. So Aiddie hadn't come back, he had been tricked by whatever the Colonel had placed on him. A spell. He thought. As he looked at Sora, he could feel the sense of betrayal and hatred in his eyes, now his entire being felt broken. He had betrayed his future master by kissing the one his heart went to, thinking that it was his light. But why would Kairi kiss him, she had already told him in Pride Lands that she wanted to be with Sora, so what changed from then to now.

His eyes widened before looking at Kairi trying to explain things to Sora. He remembered back at Radiant Garden, he had shortly seen Sora carry Aiddie in his arms instead of Kairi, only after saving her from the Colonel's capture.

Only meaning that it was either Aiddie or Kairi.

It was a pawn.

Realising this, Brian quickly huffed at whatever comment Kairi had just said as he quickly reached over to "Don't listen to-" He tried to warn him.

He had never been knocked out that fast by Sora before.

When he came to, his mind had cleared up from the spell fully now. As he leaned up, he should see Kairi shouting out to the departing Sora, he could only guess that the fake Kairi was telling him that she had chosen himself over him. Brian's claw pulse as his body filled with anger. Not only had this pawn tricked his friend into thinking with a broken heart but he had been tricked, his heart wishing for Aiddie to return. In the blind fury of his anger, he emerged from the small house that he was buried in and attacked the pawn with a strong fire attack, watching the pawn drop to the ground. "To think that confession remains wasted." He spoke darkly to the fallen body as he struck it again, thinking one more strike should reveal its true form.

He could only curse himself as he saw Sora standing in front of him once more.

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Brian sighed sadly at the story told, his mind focusing on Aiddie, her bracket resting in his pocket. He turned around to look back at Sky, seeing a saddened look on his face. "Sora…" He apologised. He only watch the Endless shake his head as he departed out of the house.

"So that's your story?" Daniel crossed his arms as he glare at the Aversion Endless. "You're going with that." His voice was filled with disbelief.

"I just wanted her back…" Brian sighed, pulling the bracket out and treasured the items in his hand and claw.

Daniel's rage returned as he smashed his fist against the wall, forming more sparks from the broken wires. "So you let my town get destroyed for some mute girl?!" He looked at him in shock.

Brian jumped up from his seat and leaped onto Daniel, knocking his brother down to the ground as he struck him in the face multiple times. "Shut up!" He shouted at him, hovering over him as his eyes was filled of rage and despair. "You can lie to me! You can push me around! You can even keep those little secrets that you know about me! But there is one thing you never understand, the feeling of watching your light disappear in front of you!" He punched his brother again before feeling Riku pull him away, dragging him away.

Daniel wiped his mouth as he pushed himself up from the ground. "She's dead! She's been dead for the last two years!" He raged back. "You let yourself get tricked by the Colonel and because of your stupidity; the Order had got into my world. The Order killed your brother!"

Riku held Brian back as he looked at the two brothers with concern. "Guys!" He tried to calm them down.

"You know what?!" Daniel looked at Brian with pure hatred. "If it wasn't for you and Aiddie, Angel would still be here and now Scott is gone too!" He began to shake, his clothing beginning to trench with water.

"I didn't do a thing!" Brian pushed himself out of Riku's grip, moving out of the way as he stormed out of the room. Before he left, he halted as he smiled back at his brother. "By the way, I told everyone that we're from the future. Better start explaining!" He hinted over to Riku before slamming the door behind him.

The Aversion Endless stormed away from the house, waiting until he had enough distance until he yelled into the sky as loud as he could, unleashing his anger as he was engulfed himself in flames, dropping to his knees as he slammed his fist in the ground. He couldn't believe that Daniel would suggest such as thing. He shared just as much despair as the leader did when Angel and Scott had fallen, for him to inculpate him and Aiddie of their deaths was unquestionable. He wasn't sure the last time he felt his anger.

"You look upset."

Brian controlled his fire burst around him as he looked up at the Light Heart Struck, looking down at him as if he was a small insect. "What do you want?" He soaked.

"That proof." Sky reminded him as he turned away from the knelling Endless. "As much as your grieving form entertains me, you have a deal to keep up too."

"Right, your physical proof!" Brian gritted his teeth as he jumped up to his feet, digging into his pocket as he marched over to Sky. "Here!" He forced Sky's hand in front of him and placed the item in his hand. "Take a look."

Sky looked down at the item, losing his breath as he takes the item in. "This is-"

"Kairi's Charm." He nodded as he watched the Endless trace the detail of the charm. "The visions I showed you, one of them showed that exact charm. A broken charm put back together by a broken heart." As he watched Sky's interaction, he noticed his eyes change from his golden yellow colour to as blue as the sea, only for a mere second though. "If you want more proof, I can easily search for—"

"No." Sky stopped him, giving the broken charm back to Brian as he began to walk to the Devon's House.

"Wait!" Brian called out. "Are you gonna help?" he asked him.

Sky halted as he turned around. "Just to set things straight, I'm not doing this to save Kairi. If anyone is gonna end her worthless life, it's gonna be me." He told the red head before heading back into the house.

Brian smiled at this, shielding his eyes as he noticed the sun begin to rise in the sky. "Dawn…" He muttered. If they were going to change their dark future, the time to act is now.

A/N: Some brotherly fights. The next chapter is the big one guys! One of those chapters we have been waiting for. I hope that you enjoy this one.

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