A/N: After all these years, I have finally found Aqua. Happy ending...or is it? I may have found her but I am about to face what lays in store set by Rasputin. Have your popcorn ready, cause this is gonna be a doozy.

World: Realm of Darkness

I am completely speechless.

I cannot believe my eyes.

Either I'm seeing things or I'm dreaming.

Never, in all my life, would I believe that I would ever find her. Would never be able to see her again. The darkness...no. Rasputin took her away from me, ever since I was a little kid. For fifteen years, I have searched in vein for her and I never found her...until now. And now she is weak, injured, exhausted, covered in cuts, bruises and burnt marks. Probably knocking at death's door.

"Aqua!" I rush to her side. Everything all around me is completely invisible, nonexistence. Which doesn't matter since there's literally nothing all around but darkness.

I fall on my knees when I'm inches from her. I instantly hold her in my arms. She's out cold and I try waking her up. "Aqua! ...Aqua!" There's no response. She's completely out.

I hold her head straight so I can give her some water. I cast a small orb of water in my hand. I gently poor little bit of the water into her mouth. Instead of going into her mouth, it flows around her lips, down her cheek and neck. I slightly gasp seeing this.

Since trying to rehydrate her doesn't work, I set her doing then use my healing spells on her. "Cure!" My healing isn't as strong as Aerith's or Serah's, but I'm only having little choice here. "Cura!" There's no luck in restoring her strength or healing her wounds. All of that healing energy is piling up on her. "Come on! Curaga!"

Just when I begin Curaga, all of that healing energy bursts and bounces back. "Ah!" I was able to flinch back, avoiding all of that unleashed energy. My healing is not working.

"No...this...this can't be." I start diving into despair. "I'm too late." I hold Aqua close, lowering my head close to hers. "It's...it's all my fault."

I quietly sob, holding onto to Aqua for dear life. This whole thing is my fault. I was the one Rasputin is after, but Aqua got dragged into this because of me. She took the fall just because she wanted to protect me. If I wasn't so weak and powerless then, none of this would have happened.

I killed Aqua...

A tear runs down my face and drips onto her cheek. Aqua moans in a quiet tone. I hear it, I break my sobs, looking down at her with a gasp. Her eyebrows twitch as she moans, then speaks in her sleep.

"T...te...er...ra. V...v. Ven...t...tus."

She's alive...But I know I don't have a moment to waste. "Don't worry. I am getting you out of here."

I carry Aqua, I put her on my back, arms dangling over my shoulders, head over my left shoulder, holding onto her by the legs. I start walking back to the wall where I jump from. Only, the second I'm in the center of this arena, I stopped. I feel a presence...a dark, cold presence. It even gives me the shivers.

This isn't the chills. It's someone cold and dark. I know this feeling. I felt it once, before I lost my memories.

I turn around. On the balcony on the other end of the arena. There he is, looking down at us.

"Rasputin!" I say with an anger, bitter tone.

Rasputin smirks and chuckles. "Well. Well...Well. You sure have grown since the last time we met." Rasputin strokes his beard. "And I'm guessing you have toughen up. It takes true bravery to jump into the darkness to save a friend...reminds me of that same event fifteen years ago."

"What did you do to my mother!?" I growl at Rasputin.

"I haven't done anything. The girl brought this upon herself." I know that's a lie. This is clearly his doing. "I gave her the choice to do the right thing and turn you in, but she refused."

"Well, I'm here now! If it's me you really want, then take me and leave Aqua out of it! So why don't you come on down and fight me like a man!" I say.

"Indeed, you are the one I'm after. But there's just one small problem. I'm not going to fight you." Rasputin raises a hand, making moving to get ready to snap. "It. Will." He snaps his fingers.

I wondered what he means, but then all the torches on the wall lights up in blue fires. The large gates on the wall beneath him opens. In the darkness in that prison, red burning eyes are revealed, along with a deep growl. A large claw pops out of the darkness and grabs the ground. The monster pulls itself out of the darkness, revealing itself.

I am completely horrified at the sight of the creature. It's in the same body form of Darkside, only it's redish, with a long tail, with fiery fur on it's torso, wrists and ankles. It's head is beastly with a large snout, sharp teeth, horns. And in its hand is the Chaos RipperX. Which is a χ-blade made out of the Chaos Ripper keyblade (Like the χ-blade Vanitas had in Birth By Sleep would be Kingdom KeyX) And on it's chest, instead of a heart-shaped hole. It's a massive Heartless logo.

"What...the heck...is...that?" I say, speechless.

"Like my little creation? This Heartless is unlike any other. Especially Xehanort's Heartless. This monster is created out of the most powerful people that ever existed." Rasputin says. "I give you: Ragnarok! The most powerful Heartless ever made."

I am speechless, breathless. Completely shocked. I turn my eyes to the weapon on it's hand, and I'm even more shocked. "A χ-blade? ...But...that's impossible. Nobody can wield a χ-blade..." I look down. "Unless..."

Everything hits me:

LeiShen's are powerful Keyblade Wielders.

The Atlantian history states Rasputin doing experiments with the captured LeiShen's.

His attack on my world, turning them all into Heartless.

Putting them all together, I look at Ragnarok. "That...Heartless...could it really...be?"

"Oh, now you get it?" Rasputin chuckles. "Yes. This monster is made out of all of the LeiShen's who were involved on that night. Every single one of them as one, single Heartless. I made a deal with Xehanort that if he helped me get my revenge, I would help him find a way to forge the χ-blade. So I turn all of the LeiShen's into the very monster that stands before you. But the beast was proven to be too dangerous to control, so Xehanort had no choice but to lock it away...well now, I shall use it to destroy the last LeiShen!"

I say nothing. I'm just completely lost at all of this. "I would so enjoy to watch you breath your last breath, but I have important matters to attend too. Ta-ta."

Rasputin disappears into the mists.

Ragnarok raises it's χ-blade, growling. Then it roars with it's eyes turning into fire and charges at me. I act fast by casting a Ruinga at the creature. It unleashes a dense smoke. Ragnarok does a sweep to clear the smoke.

The beast is confused for I am no where in sight. I looks around for me as it softly growls.

At one end of the arena, I leap and start wall-running up to my exit with Aqua on my back. Ragnarok gets a glimpse of me and growls. The beast swings its weapon, sending a blade beam at my direction. The beam hits the wall inches ahead of me, and the impact causes me to fall back into the arena.

I'm out cold for a few, then I get up, causing Aqua to roll off. I look at the girl, then back at the beast. What am I going to do? I need to get Aqua out of here, but I can't escape with the Heartless on my tail.

I close my eyes, take a deep breath. I hold Aqua and move her in the corner. I kneel down and gently stroke her hair. "Ever since you found me, you protected me. Kept me safe from the darkness. Well...now it's my turn." I get back on my feet, turning to the Heartless with a anger look. "This time, I will protect you!" I summon my Keyblade, shout a yell then charge at Ragnarok with a burst of speed.

Ragnarok smashes it's weapon on the ground. I dodge it then strike hard at the Heartless in the head. My attack barely made it stagger at all. The creature is powerful indeed. I leap backwards and cast Firaja midair. The fire bombs makes the beast stumble back and roar. I land on my feet then cast Blizzaja. I enter Spell Weaver, then charge at it to attack.

Ragnarok punches the ground twice. First one hits me then I dark roll the second one. I continue attacking then I cast Chaotic Fusion. Ragnarok does Whirling Assault, doing furious sweeps and slashes then finishes by smashing it's χ-blade on the ground, breaking it and causing spikes to raise. I cast Curaga to heal myself. After healing, I continue attacking then I next do Falling Stars.

Ragnarok does Devil's Breath. It inhales deeply then exhales a fiery breath. I get caught in the fire when Falling Stars ends. When the burning flames ends, I unleash Spell Weaver. Ragnarok does a few swings, but my moving around during Spell Weaver helps me avoid the hits.

When I'm done with Spell Weaver, I use my Genie Charm to activate the D-link. I give Ragnarok a combo round of Thundaja, Waterja then Arcane Rain. For Arcane Rain, I channel arcane power, dozens of Keyblades appears in the air, coated in Arcane energy, and using my telekinesis, I launch them at the Heartless.

Ragnarok does Death Throes. It coats itself in flames then spins, launching dozens of flaming bolts all around leaving a fiery patch on the ground they touch. I keep my distance and avoid the flames, constantly casting magic spells against the Heartless.

After the thirtieth, the last three, flaming bolts, the Heartless ends its ability. That's when I charge in and attack swiftly at the Heartless. Up until I unleash Three Wishes. Ragnarok roars in agony from the Three Wishes. It does Hell's Abyss, impaling it's χ-blade into the ground. The entire ground of the Arena starts cracking.

I continue attacking Ragnarok while it's charging power. A few hits, casting Sparkja, doing Shadow Dash, entering Star Surge. Attacking it then doing Hurricane Flare then casting Quakeja. Ragnarok unleashes Hell's Abyss, causing fire to blast out of the cracks, which is everywhere. Not even my dark roll can help me avoid the attack.

I heal myself with Curaga, then continue attacking until I enter Elemental Mastery. I strike at Ragnarok. The Heartless does its punches, then does it's Devil's Breath ability. I give him a taste of Shadow Dash. "Too Slow!" I was able to avoid the fiery breath with my dark sonics. After that, I do Gaia-Explosion then unleash Elemental Mastery.

It's a showdown between me and Ragnarok. Striking at each other. Ragnarok strikes, but I block the attack, holding it back. I struggle to hold the attack, the beast is strong. I look up at Ragnarok while it looks down at me snarling.

Everything around me seems to have frozen, as I enter a thousand yard stare with a shocked expression. Beyond that beastly face and monstrous growl, I can hear their cry for help.

'Help us! Please!'

'It hurts so much!'

'Save us!'

'The pain...'

'Please...free us.'

"They...they're suffering." I say without breath.

I must have dropped my guard, cause Ragnarok strikes at me with an uppercut. That sends me flying and I crash against the wall. I fall to the ground, beaten down and coughing. Ragnarok approaches before me, growling. I look up to see it's raising its χ-blade at be.

I makes the strike, only midway, a flash of light blasts the beast from behind and it roars in pain. I'm confused, then I look to see it's Mickey shooting the blast of light. Ragnarok growls as it turns. It swings it's weapon at Mickey, but he parries it and lands on the ground.

"Mickey!" I say.

Rangarok rushes in front of Mickey. It strikes, only to have it blocked when Goofy jumps in and blocks the attack with his shield. Then powerful lightning strikes the Heartless, caused by Donald.

"Donald? Goofy?" I look ahead to see Sora leaping towards Ragnarok. He gives the heartless a powerful strike. "Sora?"

The four of them occupy the Heartless. "Big brother!" I turn to see Serah rushing towards me, with Ventus and Terra behind her. Serah kneels down and does some healing on me. "What were you thinking? Diving into the Realm of Darkness?"

When she's done with her healing, she helps me stand on my feet. "I had no other choice, Serah. You know that."

Serah doesn't say anything Terra looks to the side. "Aqua!" He runs. Ventus is on alert hearing that name, then he follows Terra. Serah and I follow them. Terra is kneeling with Aqua in his arms, Ventus is bent down looking at her. "Aqua. Wake up! ...Aqua!"

"It's no use." Terra and Ventus looks at me. "She's gravely injured. She's probably mostly dead by now."

Ventus and Terra are horrified to hear that. "We need to get her out of here!" Ventus says.

"You think I haven't tried?" I look back at the battle of Ragnarok. "That beast is too fast. I can't even outrun it."

"Well we have to do something!" Terra says.

"Right. We have to fight it." I turn to Serah. "Serah. Stay with Aqua. Do whatever you can to keep her alive."

Serah puts on a serious face then nods.

Meanwhile, in Radiant Garden, Leon and the gang are still fighting off the Heartless in the Dark Depths. Riku is struggling to keep the portal open. At some point, he suffers major pain and starts to lose control. He keeps his stand, but the portal starts depleting, very slowly.

"Come! On Sora! Hurry up!" He yells in his struggle.

Our battle against Ragnarok is hard. Mickey distracts its vision while Goofy blocks the attacks Donald attacks within range with his magic. Sora, Ventus, Terra and I attack from the sides and the back. Ragnarok strikes its χ-blade around at us. Whenever it does, we block. Ventus was too weak, so Terra and I help him block the attack together.

The beast suffers major damage from each of us, but it's not enough to defeat it. On it's weaken state, the Heartless grows stronger. The Heartless roars so loud and fierce, it shacks the very world. The beast is coated in Hell flames. It's now stronger, faster, more powerful then before.

Ragnarok rushes towards Mickey and strikes him. Mickey was sent flying against the wall. "Mickey!" I shout.

Donald and Goofy are in quite a shock to see that. "Your majesty!" They both shout.

Ragnarok grabs Goofy. He yells in worry, that earns Donald's attention. Ragnarok holds Goofy in his face. "Put him down!" I say, striking the beast by the feet. Ragnarok looks down growling. It kicks me, sending me flying until I hit the wall.

Ragnarok pulls Goofy back, aiming at Donald. Donald can see what's gonna happen next. "Uh-oh." Ragnarok smashes Goofy on Donald. they both lay on the ground dazed. Ragnarok rests the tip of its χ-blade behind them then swings it, sending them to Mickey.

I get on my hand and knees, seeing the situation. Sora leaps towards Ragnarok from behind, but the beast senses him. He makes a swift sweep strike. That parries Sora's attack, causing him to stagger midair, then Ragnarok punches him.

Sora crashes against the wall and falls. "Sora!" I shout. Ragnarok looks down at Terra and Ventus. Ventus seems nervous. Terra is armed, defending himself. Ragnarok inhales deeply then does it's Devil's Breath on them. Terra stands his ground, resisting the burning flames. Ventus yells in pain as the breath knocks him back. Ragnarok ends its ability then kicks Terra back. "Terra! Ventus!"

This is horrible. But it gets worse when the beast turns to Serah, who's trying to heal Aqua. Ragnarok draws it's χ-blade over its head, backhanded aiming at the ground, then impales it, sending a wave of spikes at her direction. "SERAH!"

Serah looks up hearing my call, but it's too late. The rave of earth knocks her and Aqua in the air. They both crash land on the front line of the rest of the rescue party. "No..." I whisper.

The group starts to recover from their attacks. Ragnarok approaches before them. They all look up to see the Heartless is in front of them. Ragnarok draws its χ-blade back, roars fierce as it charges then becomes enhanced in flames. It makes the strike, but was shortly interrupted by a hard blast of twilight energy from the back.

Ragnarok turns, to see me standing in place, in a fit of rage. "You took my people! My mother! My friends! The ones that I love!" I start to become coated in a fusion of light and dark auras. "Do you have ANY idea how THAT makes me FEEL!?"

Ragnarok snarls as it gazes down at me. I stand glaring up at the monster as my anger burns. Everyone else is horrified, especially Terra. This reminds him too much of his own and master Eraqus's burning anger in darkness and light.

Overwhelmed, I unleash a blast of twilight energy, yelling in rage. I even grow two wings. A white one on the right and a black one on the left. I have entered a brand new Command Style. Not a regular. Not an advanced. But an...no, the ultimate Command Style.

Twilight's Dawn.

Everyone shouts at me.

"Patrick!" Serah shouts.

"No!" Ventus shouts.

"Don't do it!" Terra shouts.

"Give me back MY FAMILY!" I yell.

Ragnarok roars then charges towards me. I charge as well, in a sonicboom. When we're face to face, Ragnarok strikes, but I block the attack using the Keyblade with both hands. I yell as I let go on my right hand, pulling back like I'm preparing a punch. When I do, a glimmer of light appears in my hand, growing stronger, longer, into the length and shape of a blade.

I make my strike, and it was hard. Hard enough to cause Ragnarok to get knocked back. Serah and the others are speechless, with shocked expressions, at what they are seeing.

I stand, attack positioned, with two Keyblades: The Black Angel on my left hand, and my father's Keyblade, the Royal Heart, on my main.

Ragnarok recovers from the impact. He smashes it's χ-blade down at me, but I block using both weapons. The impact causes a force of wind to blow, then I repel the weapon, causing the Heartless to stumble back. While it's staggering, I unleash my Command Style ability: Starburst Stream. I attack with heavy swings, one strike, then two strikes together, then another two in a sweep, uppercut with my off-hand Keyblade, then I finish the ability with two X strikes, downcut first then uppercut second.

Ragnarok roars in agony from the attacks. Everyone could not believe their eyes at what they are seeing. "N...no way." Sora says.

"What is this power?" Terra asks.

I next do Soulstoke Spin. I attach my two Keyblades together by the ends of their hilts, like how I would do for the Razor Gale in the Lightning D-link, only this time it's coated in twilight energy, then I spin the two Keyblades like a staff as I strike the Heartless.

Mickey gets a good look at my fighting styles. "That power...could he really be...?"

As I attack Ragnarok, it manages to make a couple of hits on me. A swing from it's Keyblade then a punch in the stomach. I lost my grip on the Keyblades, then quickly regain them.

'Faster!' I thought.

I attack Ragnarok, four times through the Keyblades then kicking it hard twice, then I cast Dark Radiance. I smash the ground with both of my weapons, causing hundreds of tiny purple gems to raise. I raise my Keyblades, with the tips touching in the form of an upside down V, and a small orb of light shines, shooting five beams. When the beams touches a gem, dark beams goes directly at Ragnarok.

Shortly when that's done, I do Elemental Cross. It's very similar to Cloud's Cross-slash, but the strikes are in:

First fire with main

Second water in off

Third earth in main

Fourth wind in off

Then Earth and Arcane with both in an X slash. I continue attacking Ragnarok. The beast still stands, and attacks me as well. 'Even FASTER!'

At the speed of sound, I attack the Heartless with a fifty-hit combo. That's when I reach my full power and unleash Twilight's Dawn.

I am overwhelming in twilight energy. I hold my two Keyblades, in the form of an X, grab the hilts that are touching. I raise them, unleashing a burst of twilight energy as I shout. The two Keyblades starts forging, with magic, into a χ-blade.

At the speed of light, I rush towards Ragnarok, and split into two forms. One of light and one of darkness. My light form rapidly rushes towards Ragnarok, just like Riku's Dark Aura but with light energy instead of dark, while the dark form does its attacks in a mix of Dark Splicer and Shadow Dash. After a while of this, the two forms soars high, spinning as we merge back into one.

I hold my χ-blade aiming down as I dive at high speed. I unleash a massive explosion of twilight energy when I slam to the ground. That is the end of the Twilight Dawn, but I still remain in form.

Ragnarok is knocked back from the impact, crashes against the wall even. But the Heartless quickly recovers. It growls then roars as it charges. I rush towards it at a burst of speed. We both draw our χ-blades back. Serah and the others are shouting in horror as they watch this sudden death assault.

At the exact same time, we both strike with all of our power and strength.

We now stand, frozen in place, back to back. Serah and the others are all watching, eyes frozen as us, expecting for one of us to fall. But after a minute, a χ-blade drops.

Ragnaroks legs shakes, then it collapses onto its knees, then elbow and hand, then it's body falls dead.

"Is it...over?" I ask in a breathless whisper.

I turn around, looking at Ragnarok. The Heartless becomes coated in mists of darkness, soon to be engulfed in a dome of darkness. Then a glimmer of light appears on the top of the darkness as a giant heart is released.

The darkness fades until there is nothing left. Still shocked, everyone else looks at up. I just look up, staring at the heart that's no longer there.

My Twilight's Dawn form ends, the wings vanish and the magic that holds my two Keyblades together fades. My strength is suddenly drained. I drop the keyblades, they vanish, then I fall back.

My whole world turns dark.