A/N: Vanitas. Zaela. And now Izu. I wonder who's next in line. I'm guessing Rasputin's next since there's no other member of the Shadowmoon left alive...wait, aren't I forgetting something? ...Oh who am I kidding? I never forget anything. Oh no! I forgot to turn off the stove! *Bolts off*

World: The Forsaken Void

I wonder through the rift portal. It's nothing but a large swirl of darkness, just the route from Hollow Bastion to the End of the World when Sora had to face Xehanort's Heartless.

I don't know how far or how deep into the darkness I am going. There's a good chance that I may never return to my home. My family...Aqua. But this is for the best. Once I defeat Rasputin, all the worlds will be at peace. Maybe not since Xehanort is still out there, but they will be one step closer. That's for certain.

Soon enough, I have reached the end of this tunnel. The whole thing shimmers and shapes. Soon enough, everything clears up. I stop to take a look around, only I wish I haven't come to this place.

Everything is nothing more then large, empty realm. The bottom is an endless purple abyss while the skies are black. The only thing in this empty realm is seven large islands. Each of them carrying a part of a village in a broken world, all in a gravitational form of a small planet. And in the center, like the very core of the world, is the large island the holds the LeiShen kingdom.

"This...this is..." I drop on my knees. I am breathless, gazing at the broken, destroyed world. I reach my arm out. "My home."

My world, the one I was born in, is now nothing more...then a Forsaken Void.

My breaths a shakey and horrified. My heart aching in sorrow. Eyes filled with tears. Right in front of me is my home world. And it's not a memorial illusion under Castle Oblivions power. It's all real. And that's the worst part of returning to my home world. This world is broken, destroyed, forsaken.

I'm about to break down into despair, but then I remember something Zaela says.

'You would give into despair, eventually crushing your spirit into teeny-tiny little pieces'

I can't give up. This is what Rasputin wants. For me to give in to my own despair. I get back on my feet, take a look at where I am at. Right now, I'm just on a small island where the portal takes place. Right in front of me, there's a blue orb that possesses dark energy.

I approach the orb and touch it. Next thing I know, I turn into a shadow mist and rush towards the next island.

The island I appear on is the Village area, or what's left of the village. There's nothing but crumbling buildings and large pebbles and stone on the shattered grounds. There are hardly any walls left for these buildings. And out of all the dozens of them, only about two or three windows are still in place on the houses, and one of them are glassless while the others are shattered.

I slowly walk by this forsaken town. This place is where the citizens of the kingdom lived. All of them were destroyed because of that monster Rasputin.

As I wonder, Heartless, Nobodies and Unversed appears. All three of them. Only those that appeared are the most powerful: Defenders, Morning Stars, Berserkers, Dawn's and Fat Ninjas, which are Nobodies that are a mix of sumo-wrestlers and ninjas. A sumo-ninja you might say.

I focus on the Fat Ninjas. The bigger they are, the harder they fall after all. I couldn't attack them from the front, just like the Large Bellies, so I focus attacking them from behind or by using magic. The other enemies focus on attacking me. I dodge out of the way and subdue them with Zero Gravija. Once they're handled, I continue attacking the Fat Ninjas until they are destroyed.

After destroying the Fat Ninjas, I finish off the rest of the dark forces. After defeating them, I continue wondering around. I remember the villagers, they were very kind whenever I played around here.

I made it to the end of the island, where another orb of darkness awaits. I touch the orb and it transports me to the next island.

The next island is a dead park. I remember this part of my world. It was a wide open grassfield with benches and a swing hanging from the tree branch. Now it's nothing more then a dead grassless field with a dead tree that's half the size it use to be, and the only branch on it is the one that use to hold the swing.

I run into some Heartless and Unversed. Invisibles, Angel Stars, Wild Bruisers and Dawn's. I start off with doing Strike Raid, then Sonic Blade shortly afterwards. That takes care of the Wild Bruisers, then I enter Fever Pitch. I jump and start attacking the Angel Stars. Two of them start charging holy energy. I cast Aeroja, which interrupts one of them, and destroys that Angel Star and the Dawns.

The Invisibles attacks hard. I could only block the dark razor blades with my holy shield. The spirit rituals is done, there's no avoiding that kind of damage. When those Invisibles return, I strike them down with my Shadow Dash. Even though there's no more enemies left, it causes me to enter Black Maelstrom.

I approach to the tree, until I'm right in front of it. I put a hand on it. The tree feels lifeless. "I remember my real mother use to take me here."

It is true. I still remember, back when I was five. She took me to the park, I play on the swing while she pushes me. Memories start flashing back as I travel through this broken world. The beauty that once washed over this world is all destroyed, shattered, consumed by the darkness.

After taking my moment in memory lane, I continue onward.

I use the dark orb at the end of the island to transport me to the next island. This is the third island. All there is here is a destroyed Cathedral. The building use to be large, but it's mostly destroyed. There's no more roof on the inside and the walls are gone from the front.

I don't really remember coming here, probably cause I was too young to go to a church or something. Who knows?

Nobodies appears on this island, and I strike them down. The Dusks weave around to avoiding my attacks and attack me back. I took some the hits, the rest I block with my holy shield then I counter with Counter Aura.

It feels a bit weird doing the power of darkness on the holy ground, even if the church is destroyed.

As soon as I destroyed the Nobodies, another wave of them appears. I get them with Magnega then do Ragnarok. That destroys the Dancers, thank goodness. When that was done, I unleash Black Maelstrom. That finishes off the Nobodies here. With that done, I move on ahead.

I reach to the next dark orb at the other end of the Cathedral Courtyard, then become transported to the next island. The next island is a forest of some sort. All there is are dead, leafless trees. Some are close, many are far apart. Probably cause there use to be other trees in between one another.

Heartless and Unversed appears in here. They are blocking my way, especially the Defenders. I knock the Defenders in the air with Quakeja, then blow them away with Aeroja. A mix of earth and air. How interesting.

I start attacking the Defenders when they fall to the ground. I be quick with my attacks before they have the chance to get up and return to their defensive positions. Shadow Screechers unleashes a deafening screech. That cause me to stagger quite a lot.

Once I recover, I heal with Curaga. "Heal!" then do Barrage. That finishes off the last of the Defenders. The Shadow Screechers charges at me. I dodge each of their attacks. Some of them, I strike while dodging. Soon enough, I defeat the Shadow Screechers.

I get a good look at the woods here. "This place...was this...?" Thinking back, deep within my memories, I remember going into a forest. At night, it's enlighten in midnight and enchanted glows. Was this place those woods?

My mother and father use to tell me they first met each other in these woods. They come here every year on their anniversary.

I hardly got to know them very well, yet I already miss them.

Once I'm done thinking back, I use the dark orb to travel to the next island. The fifth island seems to be some kind of beach. There's no sand, but cracked grounds, and the western part of the island is covered in purple liquid.

I remember this part, but it's hard to imagine the whole thing. This must be the beach I visited on the summer before Rasputin invaded my home. I use to make sand castles with the other kids, especially my friend Lauren. Lauren was a child from one of the villagers. I don't really remember of who, but I think the villager was someone close to my mother.

Nothing but Unverses appears on this island. So I take them down. The Floods are a joke, but the Dawn's, Triple Wreckers and Wild Bruisers are tough. I focus on a Wild Bruiser as I do Ars Arcanum. The Wild Bruiser dies halfway, the rest of my attack takes out another one then a Triple Wrecker.

The Dawns impales their spears at me. I dodge each of the attacks. The last one was pretty closer, shaved of inches of my hair.

"Oh it's on!" I say.

I strike hard at the Dawn's, they only manage to block and parry the first few strikes. My Keyblade swings heavily, breaking through their weapons and shields. When they're vulnerable, I destroy them.

When the Dawn's are finish, I focus on taking care of the Triple Wreckers and the last Wild Bruiser. I defeat the Unversed, then I use to dark orb at the other end to transport to the next island.

The next island I couldn't make out. But it almost looks like some kind of training area. It's surrounded by a large square shaped courtyard, the walls are very much damaged and all there is in this training courtyard are half a dozen practice dummies, four of them damaged beyond repair. A big pit with spikes on the bottom, with ropes hanging above it, one of them tied to a large boulder. A station for practicing magic. A ring where I assume is for live combat practice.

I've never really been here, this area is certainly unfamiliar to me. I was a child back then, no way they would allow a child to be wondering off on hardcore training grounds.

Nobodies, Unversed and Heartless appears. It's a large army, but that doesn't stop me. I start off with Zero Gravija. That hits all the enemies, however only the Large Bellies, Wild Bruisers and Fat Ninjas remain unharmed by the gravity effects. To take care of the large ones, I cast Firaga Burst.

Hundreds of firebolts rain down against the enemies. Those with the zero gravity effect ends up spinning out of control. I enter Spell Weaver and attack the enemies. The Wild Bruisers are defeated, and the gravity wears off. I gather enemies with Magnega then do Falling Star when they're all gathered.

Half of the enemies are defeated, then I finish the rest of them with Spell Weaver. Once they are done, I go to the end of the courtyard, where a large red orb awaits. I touch the orb, it transports me like the other dark orbs, only it takes me to the last island at the very core of this broken world.

I arrive at the very end of the bridge. I look up at the castle. After all these years, I return to my home. Not only that, but I can feel the cold dark presence Rasputin possesses. It's coming straight from the castle. He's here all right.

I sigh through my nose, slightly look down while grabbing hold of my Wayfinder. I remember what Aqua told us when she made these.

'As long as we have this unbreakable connection, we'll always be together.'

"Aqua...Terra...Ven. Lend me your power one last time." I look up, directly at the castle. "I'm going to face a powerful darkness. Be there for me. Give me the strength to banish this evil."

I drop my hand after letting go of the Wayfinder, then I march my way across the bridge, into the castle.

Once I cross the gates, I arrive at the courtyard. The courtyard is pretty large. I remember this area use to be a lovely garden. But how all the grass are black and dead.

I stand in the center as I look on top of the castle gates. Sitting on the ledge is Wingul, legs crossed, looking down at me.

"So you made it this far...Quite impressive, but nothing less I except from a LeiShen." Wingul says.

Wingul stands on his feet on the ledge, then jumps right on the front steps of the castle. I just stand there, watching Wingul. "I assume you're not gonna let me pass."

"Of course not. You know very well why I stand before you." Wingul says.

"I am well aware." I say.

"So...tell me. How does it feel to be home after all these years?" Wingul says. "You must be having mixed emotions after being away from home for so long, and then come back to see it's become the broken world it is now."

I see what he's trying to do. He wants me to drown in despair so my spirit would break. Zaela should have learned to keep her mouth shut.

"I'll admit. I'm happy that I am home. And I am sad at what it has become. But none of that matters." I put a hand over my chest, on my heart. "I have a new home. A new family. Aqua my mother, Serah my sister, and Ventus and Terra. Sora, Donald and Goofy. Leon and the gang! My are my friends. My family, and my power!"

Wingul makes no change in expression. Just stays that plain face he always make. "Bold. As expected."

"Now...you tell me. Everyone else had their reasons working with Rasputin What's yours?" I ask.

Wingul is silent at first, then speaks. "Let's just say I owe him my life." Wingul looks up, directly at the black sky. "Years ago, when I was a child, my family was taken out by a group of bandits. They would have kill me, but then Rasputin subdued them."

I raise an eyebrow. "That doesn't sound like him."

"This was back when he served the LeiShens. Before he was betrayed." Wingul says. Yeah. That's what happened. 'Betrayed'. "I'll admit, he has lost his mind in many ways. Starting with the idea of sending that Ragnarok Heartless on you."

"What about that night when he destroyed the LeiShens?" I ask

"It was a difficult time for me. The day I saw him kill the innocent. He is not the Rasputin I once knew." Wingul says. After hearing all of that, I begin to wonder why he's still serving Rasputin. "No matter to that. I will not allow you to come near to my lord."

Wingul channels powerful arcane magic. His power causes the very island to shake. I stand my ground, Keyblade summoned. Ready for anything that might come at me. Just then, the ground of the courtyard turns into a checkerboard of black and violet.

"And now!" Wingul teleports back to the ledge, and summons giant chess pieces to the board. two Rooks, a knight and four pawns. "Let the games...begin!"