Chapter 38
Xehanort fell on his bed. His spell was interrupted and it broke his connection with Sora. He tried to get into his brain, tried to lie to him. But he couldn't. He failed. And Sephiroth himself was standing over his bed, with a smile on his face.
"You are supposed to be dead." whispered Xehanort.
"What died was simply a hallucination. You would think lava would put me down?" said Sephiroth.
"You bastard." said Xehanort.
"Chernabog played you for a fool. He played all of us a fool, myself included. But do not worry. I will surpass the Black God, and I will be the one true king of this planet. And I will use this planet as a vessel to travel the "multiverse."" said Sephiroth.
"Multiverse? Bah! Dimensions? Bah! You are delusional!" sneered Xehanort, breathing heavily.
"Hey, at least I get to live. You on the other hand old man, you never stood a chance against the darkness. Your legions of Heartless are now mine to command. I will play safely with Chernabog and convince him to form a partnership. I have plans." said Sephiroth.
Xehanort breathed heavily. "You cannot be serious!" he cried.
"Please fool. Everyone else died. Scar was killed by a mere tiger. The Horned King was killed by a mere cure spell. Frollo stupidly fell off Notre Dame. It seems that his lust for that young woman got the better of him. What makes you think he's been gone for a while now? And as for Hades… he still lives, but what can he do?" said Sephiroth.
Maleficent and Hades then appeared and they were grinning wickedly.
"Bada bing! So Xehanort is about to die. Cool. I got a special place for him in the underworld. So sorry old man. This is why I was hanging out with you losers in the first place. I was after your soul. And it's mine." said Hades, smiling and showing his teeth.
"No! NO! I will NOT DIE!" cried Xehanort. He then screamed. "KINGDOM HEARTS! FILL ME WITH THE POWER OF DARKNESS!" After he screamed, his eyes bugged out and his head fell back on the pillow. Within seconds, Xehanort died.
Hades walked over him and rubbed his hands together. "Right about now, his soul is traveling down the highway to my kingdom down below. What a let down. I was hoping he would die in an epic battle seeing that there are people who want him dead." said Hades.
"Is souls the only thing you think about?" asked Maleficent.
"Why yes my dear. I'm the lord of the dead. And you are fit to be my bride. Come with me Maleficent. We shall rule the underworld together. After all, your dragon fire will put the souls in a bad place. Besides, I can make you immortal like myself." said Hades.
Maleficent held his hand. "Say no more. I will come with you and the underworld will be ours to control." she said.
Sephiroth turned to them. "You two are leaving? Just like that?" he asked.
"If you win, we will win the lottery of souls coming down there!" said Hades.
"And I shall be immortal. What else can top immortality?" asked Maleficent.
"Nothing. I wish you two the best of luck. And rule as long as you two are able. I'm not sure the underworld will survive my hostile takeover." said Sephiroth.
Hades and Maleficent both cackled and left the room. Sephiroth ignored them and looked at Xehanort's corpse.
"You died along with your hopes and dreams. Such a terrible fate." said Sephiroth.
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He walked outside in the courtyard of Oblivion and Chernabog came before him.
"Xehanort is dead. Then only you and I remain." said Chernabog.
"You know my plan. And I'm not going to be your puppet. I wish to make a deal with you." said Sephiroth.
"What do you have that I could possibly want angel?" asked Chernabog.
"I wish to rule this planet and use it as a vessel to travel to other worlds. You can join me and you can rule other worlds that I would not be interested in." said Sephiroth.
Chernabog cackled. "You think I would pick up the scraps? Angel, you are very pompous. Never before have I met someone as ambitious as you. But say we become allies. What would happen if I wish to rule and have you as a lap dog instead?"
"Then I'll kill you." said Sephiroth.
"How? With your sword? It will take a lot more than your powers to take me down." said Chernabog.
"Then shall we have a duel?" asked Sephiroth.
"Gladly." replied Chernabog as he formed a fire ball in his hands. Sephiroth armed himself with his sword and began to clash Chernabog.
Roxas was watching from afar, in the corners of the hallway. Denzel was with him.
"Great! They are fighting!" whispered Roxas.
"Just as we were hoping. Now we can start our counter attack." said Denzel.
To be continued