Chapter 63: A faithful reunion

The white void had been disoriented for a bit with Subaru, Sora, and Rem all looked around with their guards up. After a moment of disorientation from the white void, the trio manage to see one another once again. Subaru and Rem both turned towards Sora to see that he has returned back to his adult form, indicating that the Keyblade Master has returned to normal. Both Subaru and Rem went to hug the boy, surprising him at first before smiling, happy to be back with them.

"Master Sora, it is good to have you back."

"Yes, I'm glad to be back my apprentice."

"Sora-kun!"

They stayed hugging for a moment before eventually all three realizing that they all got back their memories. Subaru and Sora both turned towards Rem and hugged her, both of them happy that she got her memories back. Rem was caught off guard by this since she didn't expect the two keyblade wielders to hug her yet she smiled while having tears in her eyes. She saw how painful and guilt the two had since they were the only ones to remember her. This hurt since even Ram forgot about her yet she was happy that the boy she loves and her friend were able to still remember who she was prior to Lye Batenkaitos and Regulus Corneas' attack. Despite this, she was happy to be back with the group.

"I'm so sorry Rem...I wish that I could've done everything in my power to save you."

"It's not your fault Master Sora, it is mine. If I wasn't so reckless...maybe then I could've prevented it."

"Both of you, stop. I'm just happy to be back with you guys."

The three hugged for a bit before finally they stopped with Rem smiling at the two boys, seeing just how much they miss her. She looked at Sora and just went to kiss him on the cheek. Sora's face turned red for a moment before he smiled at Rem, happy that she got her memories back. The trio took a moment to process everything before both Sora and Rem turned towards Subaru, both of them recalling that Subaru has the ability known as Return by Death. Subaru noticed the two looking at him and was confused for a moment until he recalled that their amnesia selves had read his book of the dead.

'...shit.'

Subaru didn't know how to deal with this. He was worried that Satella would try to kill them yet he knows from the previous loops of amnesia Subaru that she will be coming.

'I would need to figure something out about Envy but first...'

"L-Look Master Sora, Rem, I kn—"

Before Subaru could even say anything, Sora and Rem hugged him to which he thought to himself,

'I-I guess it's my turn.'

Subaru was surprised for only a few seconds before accepting this, knowing that both his master and his friend care deeply for him. He smiled for a moment before he felt tears coming from his own eyes, now knowing that for sure he has someone he can trust with the secret that is his ability to Return by Death.

"Master Sora...Rem...I-I...I really am sorry...had I been much stronger...much smarter then...I wouldn't have to loop back and..."

"It's okay Subaru, no need to beat yourself up for it."

"Yes, Sora-kun and I are here to help you."

"...thanks you two. My dearest friends."

The three all got their hug and stayed there for a bit before finally they separate with Subaru saying to them,

"It's going to be a bit hard but I ask if you all don't tell the others about Return by Death, especially Emilia-tan. The last thing I want is...for her to know or my parents. The last thing they need to know is that...I have experienced death."

"Subaru, you do need to tell them at some point."

"Yes, I agree with Sora-kun."

"I know I know but after the royal selections. That way all the stress Emilia-tan is dealing with doesn't double when I tell her this...horrible secret."

"Okay."

Both Rem and Sora were worried for Subaru's sake since they know he can't really tell anybody about Return by Death due to the witch. Rem was extremely angry with the Witch of Envy due to the amount of damage she had caused but when she recalls what happened in the witch's tea party, she can tell now that the witch's cult was created not by her per say but by some crazy followers.

'I wonder, what is the connection of Emilia-sama and the Witch of envy?'

Rem thought about this but her thoughts were interrupted when her and Sora both looked at Subaru, seeing him looked off on the distance with a serious facial expression. The boy summoned his Rebirth keyblade, surprising Sora and Rem since they never noticed their friend wielding such a weapon.

"Subaru, is that—?"

"Yup, I call it Rebirth, Master Sora."

"That is a pretty cool design."

"Yes, it is Subaru."

"Thank you Rem, Master Sora. Now..."

Subaru looked forward and pointed at a random direction while saying,

"So. Did you get to see what you wanted to see...Louis Arneb?"

Subaru softly asked that to the one who had proceeded to read through the Books of the Dead and had reached this place and subsequently disappeared, Natsuki Subaru...no, Louis Arneb. Sora and Rem were alerted by this with Rem being able to detect Louis due to the witch's scent she gives off, causing her anger to slowly boil. Once Louis appeared, she was wearing her usual white robes with her face showing fear. Rem wanted to kill this sin Archbishop despite looking like a young girl. Before Rem could do anything, Sora stopped her as Subaru approached the girl. As he was approaching her, he paused himself since there was something that was on the boy's mind.

"Master Sora, how exactly did you lost your memories? I don't think that you of all people could've easily just lose to a little petite girl like this Sin Archbishop."

"Hehe well..."

'Want to be happy. Want to be happy. Want to be happy. Want to be happy. Want to be happy. Want to be happy. Want to be happy.'

A little girl thought this since the memories her brothers have been giving her has not done anything to her. The only thing they give is sadness since she hasn't found the perfect life that would make her smile and happy. She continued to think to herself the same thoughts over and over again, wishing to be happy. She had been like this since the day she was born, being the youngest of the three gluttonies. Lye Batenkaitos and Roy Alphard both did their best to help her yet she dislike the two. She views them as idiots since they are not truly helping her since she is envious of them. She continued to look through all the memories her brothers had given her until one memory caught her attention. A girl with blue hair and part of the oni race had a memory of a boy who is from another world.

'This is...strange. A boy from another world. Hm. We do wonder what memories he has within him. The name is...Sora-kun.'

Having this in mind, the little girl stood thinking about how this boy could be interesting, being from a different world. For a long while she had been curious to know what memories this Keyblade wielder has, making her believe that this Sora could actually help make her happy. She waited for a long while before finally someone arrived at the hall of memories, causing her to look with curiosity. She waited for a moment before seeing that it was someone familiar looking.

'Why does that boy look familiar to us?'

The little girl awaited for a few seconds before the boy spotted her, causing him to approach her in a friendly manner. She watched as the boy got on his knees to check on her.

"Well who are you?"

"..."

"Come on, I'm a friendly person. Here, are you hungry?"

"Food? Here?"

"Yeah, um let's see what I got here."

The young girl watched as the boy was pulling something out of his pocket, getting the girl's curiosity to skyrocket. After a bit, the boy pulled out what seemed to be a dish though she was unsure what it was called.

"What is this called?"

"Well if I recall from what little chief showed, I think it was called... Chocolate Mousse. It's really good, try it."

"Um...okay."

The girl took the chocolate looking food and gave it a chance, a bit unsure since this was her first ever food. As she took her very first bite, her eyes open wide with a genuine smile appearing on her face.

"Hmmm! This is sooo go~od!"

"Glad to hear that."

The boy says this with a smile on his face. As the boy smiled, she looked at him and started to say,

"We appreciate this sooo much, Sora-kun."

"...wait, what?"

Sora was a bit caught off guard by the manner the little girl spoke to him, causing him to step back a moment. The girl was a bit unsure on why Sora did that until she eventually realized that he noticed how she acted.

"Pardon us, we might have startled you Sora-kun."

"Why do you speak like Rem."

"Well..."

The girl was having trouble focusing on the conversation since the memories of Rem were causing some problems to her. The amount of "love" the blue haired oni has for the Keyblade Wielder, causing her to somewhat start lusting towards the boy. Since this is a problem, she took out the memories and tossed them to the side. Sora was unsure what she was doing yet he didn't see it has a threat for now. He kept his guard somewhat up but in a manner that he still looked friendly. After the girl tossed away the memories and threw them away, she looked at Sora and could tell that he is confused on what just happened.

"Pardon us once again, we seemed to have recognized you."

"Yeah...what did you do? Why did you sounded like Rem?"

"Sora-san, we apologize in advance but my brother gave me the memories, which is why we were able to recognize you."

"Give you the...memories? Wait, are you saying that—"

"Yes, we are the Sin Archbishop of the witch's cult, representing Gluttony, Louis Arneb."

"What...?"

Sora took two steps back with his instincts of hearing the word Sin Archbishop caused him to summon Kingdom Key. Louis was amazed by this like a child would be to something new, causing Sora to be hesitant since he can see that she is genuinely surprised and isn't faking this emotion. The boy looked at his weapon then towards the young teenage girl before asking if she wanted to hold the weapon.

"Can we?"

"Y-Yeah...sure."

Louis was excited by this since this is the first time she gets to touch something from the outside world, something she only experience through memories but not through her own hands. Sora set the keyblade down and allowed Louis to approach the weapon and hold it, surprising her even more just how much power the keyblade contains.

'Wow...this power is...amazing!'

Louis continued to observe the weapon for a bit, swinging it a little since she was stunned on how light the weapon is despite how much power it contains. Sora watched and found it a bit cute on how Louis is acting like a child who was given a new toy to play. This made him ponder on why someone like Louis is a Sin Archbishop. Before he could give it anymore thought, he noticed Louis setting down the Keyblade gently before looking at Sora.

"We thank you for allowing us to look at this weapon, Sora-san."

"Sure."

Sora smiled since he didn't sense any hostility though what threw him off was when Louis went to hug him. The boy would have been unsure what to do had this not happen to him before a long while back with the children of Arlem village. He patted Louis' head for a moment before noticing her messing with his left hand. At first he wasn't sure what was going on until right after when she stepped back and started to close her eyes.

'What is she...?'

Sora was pondering a question yet his thought process was interrupted once Louis began to speak.

"Yes! YES! This one is truly happiness! So many adventures the Keyblade wielder had undergone. So many friends connected to him. We are so intrigued by what we see!"

"Um Louis, what is going on? Are you okay?"

"Eh?"

Louis opened her eyes and looked at Sora, seeing that he is confused yet what was alarming was him mentioning her name. This caused her to say,

"Wait, do you know who we are?"

"Um...yes...?"

"Wait but how? Did the ability not work?"

Louis checked again the memories to see that she does have the memories of Sora, the Keyblade Master, yet the fact that the boy was able to remember everything is an unusual anomaly. Trying to figure things out, she eventually looked at Sora and tried to eat his memories again, yet the boy had summoned his Kingdom Key to defend himself.

"Now Sora-san, why are you being so hostile with us?"

"You were approaching in a threatening manner."

"We apologize for that, we were just excited to see someone remember after having their memories taken."

"Wait...did you took my memories?"

"Well...we tried but Sora-san seem to remember."

"Yeah...but still that isn't something you should do."

"We know...but we want to be happy."

Louis knew that if she tried to fight Sora, she would just lose since her brothers didn't stand a chance against him. Since she wanted to possess the body of the boy, she knew that she would need to be extremely careful. She continued to speak in a calm manner in hopes of lowering Sora's guard, waiting for the right chance to create a double that'll control Sora's body.

"We know that our brothers can be a bit stupid but they don't mean to harm Sora'san's friends."

"They took away Rem's memories! They made everyone but me and Subaru forget about her!"

"Not through their own fault. They wish to help us...we are trapped here...forever..."

"Wait...what?"

"Yes...we just want to be happy..."

Sora could tell that something was up but at the same time he also could see that she is telling the truth. She continued to explain to Sora all about her problem, having been born in the hall of memories and only being able to experience things through the memories her brothers collect for her. This did caused Sora to feel bad for the young girl, wishing that he could help her yet he is aware of her being a Sin Archbishop of Gluttony as well. This prompted him to slowly lowered his guard while asking,

"Why are you a Sin Archbishop then?"

"Well we were given the title by someone, someone we all fear."

"Who?"

"...can't say but Sora-san must know first that we apologize."

"Apologize? For wh—?"

Sora was interrupted when he felt something trying to possess him. Louis smiled though her smile had a sinister look behind it. Sora caught on to this and tried to free himself from whatever was trying to control him.

"We are sorry Sora-san but we want that power of yours."

"..."

Sora continued to struggle until all of a sudden he started to glow, causing Louis' smile to fade away into fear since she didn't know what was going on. Sora was also confused yet he continued to keep fighting until eventually he lost conscience. Louis tried to take the opportunity to take control of the Keyblade Master's body only for a bright light to shine all around the hall of memories. Louis was startled by this and was trying to run away from the light at first, not knowing what it was until she noticed that it wasn't harming her. Once the light faded away, she saw that for some odd reason, Sora changed into a young boy with a different attire to what he was wearing. She attempted to wake the young Sora up but as she tried, the young Sora suddenly vanished from the hall of memories.

'What just happened?'

Louis was left confused since she doesn't know what happened to Sora yet she was disappointed since she knows whatever the light was, it destroyed her other self.

"We will just have to wait...wait for us to be happy once again..."

Louis waited once again, tired of just sitting there and doing nothing. She knows she could interact with the outside world through her brothers yet that isn't the same as being outside like them. She continued to wait there, looking through the memories of Sora, finding it interesting all the adventures he had gone through and even finding some of the enemies the boy had faced interesting.

Replica Riku being one since he is a fake to the original and desires to be original, away from the original Riku's shadow. She finds Vanitas an interesting case since he is a part of someone known has Ventus and of Sora. She does find some of Sora's allies interesting like Riku himself, Terra, and Roxas. The most interesting in her case being Roxas since for some reason Sora has Roxas's memories, allowing her to see what he experience.

"All these people Sora-san has met, we find them quite...entertaining."

As she continues to view Sora's life, she could tell that someone has entered her hall of memories. At first she thought it was Sora once again yet when she took a look, she realized that it was Natsuki Subaru, someone who has caught her attention.

"Oho? Onii-san is...umm, Natsuki Subaru was it?"

Natsuki Subaru to her was not to Louis' taste regarding apperance since she had a sense of values cultivated in her, the beauty of which a vast majority of humans pictured would precisely be the face Louis would seek. If anything, Sora had a more appealing face than Subaru yet she was a bit curious on the boy from what she saw in Sora's memories, seeing that the witch's tea party was iffy along with a castle from the Keyblade Master's memories. Before continuing to speak, she made sure to first avoid speaking about Sora to Subaru, knowing how hot headed he can be yet all she could tell is that he was confused and silent.

"..."

"This place? This place you see, is the cradle of Od Lagna...the hall of memories. The place where the souls of dead people are filtered. As it's rare for a person to come here maintaining one's self, you shall be welcomed, onii-san. We, have too much boredom at hand, you see."

"..."

"Awa! Sorry, Sorry, name giving was still left, isn't it! But do forgive! After all, introducing like this while being sober doesn't happen often in this place, you see!"

"..."

"Well then, guess it's introduction one more ti~me! We are Witch Cult Sin Archbishop, representing Gluttony, Louis Arneb."

"...!"

"Don't know if it'll be for a long time or short time, but please be caring, okay, onii-san?"

Subaru saw Louis has a threat and pulled out his Starlight keyblade, wanting to take down the sin Archbishop of Gluttony. Louis noticed this and quickly was able to dodge all of Subaru's attacks, seeing that although weaker than Sora, he isn't someone she wants to mess with either.

"...!"

"Eh? Of course we do know? Lye and Roy...onii-chan and nii-sama, right? Ah, Ah, don't get so excited, onii-san! As the two are just devoted to their little sister, you know."

"— —!"

"The two of them devouring here and there too, part of it is for our sake. They lack brains and don't have a grasp on our preferences at all either, but they are being considerate. Probably, isn't it but it can't be helped, isn't it. After all, all three of us never even been together."

"— —!"

"He~h!"

Louis continued to dodge Subaru's attacks until all of a sudden, the boy used magic which caught her off guard. A bolt of lighting spawned out of nowhere and hit her back side, causing her to lose balance and end up getting hit by Subaru's keyblade in her chest. As she was sent flying back, Subaru quickly approached her and had his keyblade at her face.

"— —!"

"Pardon us, we just wanted to get to know Natsuki Subaru."

"— —!"

"Please don't make such an anxious face. Subaru."

"— —!"

Subaru did not like the way Louis spoke, having been remeniscent of Sora's speaking manner. Just has he was going to swing his weapon once again, she took this opportunity to sneak attack him by kicking him in the gut before gaining some distance.

"Natsuki Subaru also remembers someone we have eaten. Could Natsuki Subaru and Sora-san be special due to being from a different world?"

"— —..."

"Oh? Yes, Sora-san was here...though something weird happened."

"— —?"

"Yes...but first..."

Louis caught Subaru off guard since she went to the boy's arm to take his memories, wanting to test a theory of hers. As she completes the process, she sees that she had gained Subaru's memories but she didn't take a deeper look into them since she wanted to confirm one important thing.

"Does Natsuki Subaru remember us?"

"—."

"Hm. Even Sora-san remembered us. Could it be the keyblade's power?"

Louis pondered for a moment since she doesn't know why Sora and Subaru weren't effected by the authority of gluttony. She looks into Subaru and Sora's memories to check if there is something special within the two. As she checks, she verifies that Sora is special since he was able to neglect Sirius' wrath authority and even the witch of pride's authority for a bit. This made her curious on Subaru since he is different to Sora. Has she skims through the memories of the boy, something causes her to be a bit shocked.

"Wait...Onii-san, why are there memories of dying?"

"!"

"No, that's not all. That's not all, onii-san. It's of course strange to have the Memories of the time of dying. Plenty odd, you know. But, it's strange. After all..."

"— — —"

"After all, in the Memories we ate, there's nothing like the Memories of killing onii-san, yet onii-san has the Memories of getting killed!"

That was something abnormal about this due to the fact that unlike Sora, there was no origin. What was occurring was a mysterious paradox. The influence of Natsuki Subaru's Memories, the repertoire of words originally she was not supposed to be aware of increase. It was a paradox.

"What is this!? What's the meaning of this!?『Memories』are different from delusion, you know!? The sediments stuck onto the Soul, can't be distorted or bent as how one pleases! That's why! This is the world onii-san witnessed ~tsu! This is, the history onii-san tasted! This is, the story of onii-san, only onii-san knows ~tsu!"

Putting her fingers into her very long golden-colored hair, Louis detonated her flaring impulse. Not even for a single second could she remain without hurling it instead of simply stockpiling this impulse. The very instant she did so, Louis Arneb erupted. Erupting and scattering across in all directions, her mind was fractionated into tiny fragments.

"New...new new new new new new new new! New sense of values ~tsu!"

Her entire body transfixed by lightning, she was unable to think of anything else but that. What else could this be possibly called, should it not be called destiny. What name, should possibly be affixed to these emotions.

"Onii-san, could it be you're the same as us? Aren't you a Sin Archbishop?"

"— —"

"Though we have never met directly, Petelgeuse said so! That the Factors were supposed to have reached. That since the positions of Sins were filled, eventually everyone would gather! That vacant seat is the seat belonging to onii-san...belonging to me, is it not?"

"— — —!"

"Ahahahahahahahahaha! Don't get angry, don't get angry please, onii-san! Don't make us perplexed, any more than this, onii-san! At this point, our mind is at its absolute limit, this small chest is about to burst open it really hurts. Ah, ah, ah! Amazing, amazing, amazing!"

Tapping continuously, striking the temple of her own forehead with her fingers, Louis chewed the Memories down to its very bones. Difficult to believe in. Unable to be believed in. The margin of having it believed in, existed only in a fortuitous meeting with none but Gluttony. Since Louis could jointly own the same Memories, she could believe in Natsuki Subaru's progression...No, she could not believe in it, but savvy it as fact. For this was the journey, Louis Arneb had traversed as well.

"Ah, what Pride! Unfair...unfair unfair! Unfair unfair unfair unfair unfair unfair unfair unfair unfair unfair! ーーMm, wonderful ~tsu! Onii-san, you really die again and again, again and again and again, isn't it!"

"— — —"

"Wa~h, amazing! You're really dying! You're dying so miserably, onii-san! Again and again, you're dying without any method of succeeding, onii-san! Even something like this is possible, right, onii-san!"

A round of applause, a standing ovation, congratulations for taking birth.

"Welling forth inspiration! Receiving stimulus and innovation! Onii-san, so you came from a place not here, not anywhere huh! Ah, we can't even think, anymo~re."

Spouting sentiments without confining her momentum, Louis, who was unreservedly immersed by it making no effort for resistance, suddenly recognized that potentiality...No, she inclined her ears towards her inner voice. To know a scenery unknown, to have taken birth in a world untold, all were finest quality full courses which would fulfill the hunger called the inquisitiveness of Louis' ■. However, the speciality of Natsuki Subaru which was deserving of utmost attention was,

"...Memories of Death."

Not supposed to exist. Absolutely unattainable, there existed the memories of Death and beyond. This was principally dissimilar to something like near-death experiences, which were like cheap test tours. A phenomenon established due to the Soul shattering, life slashed into a thousand fragments, the lifeline terminating in its true essence. The other side of the River of Three Crossings, the border of the living world and netherworld, which was impossible to rebound from. Neither swimming through it nor striding across it, the Memories of redoing the life supposed to have been robbed away.

"Return by Death...Amazing amazing, onii-san! Truly amazing! We've been moved deeply. We admire it from the bottom of our ■. You really can do something like that. Overcoming Death, with complete freedom!"

"— — —"

"No no, no need to be modest. We are serious, you know? We really do find onii-san to be enviable. After all, something like the memories of Death, nobody possesses it no matter what ~tsu."

"— — —"

"Also also, why is it so? Why are you all composed despite getting Memories stolen by us? What specialness is it? Soul's save? Backup? Invariance? Makes no sense makes no sense!"

Within the struggling, writhing Natsuki Subaru existed numerous, multitudinous Memories of the time of dying. That was stimulation Louis, by no means, managed to acquire. Furthermore, to continue to die interminably, the power with the ability to stockpile death was the target of her jealousy.

"— —Want it."

Louis desired the power of Return by Death, not for it being capable of repeating death but the ability to redo everything. Being able to make everything how she wants it. She could undo any mistakes she makes and create the perfect life. She could see every possibility and choose whichever outcome she wants.

"We can, live the greatest life!"

"— — —"

"What should be done? What should be done in order to steal it? If onii-san's Return by Death is an Authority, then it can't be stolen by just eating. It's different from things that come attached with Memories and Names. Witch Factors are the antithesis of Od Lagna, after all! It won't come detached easily! That's why..."

That is why, was an Authority to be stolen, there was no choice but to steal the Witch Factor itself. However, even Louis was unaware of a method to steal as far as Witch Factors. Until now, never had she wished for an Authority belonging to other Sin Archbishops. That kind of a bunch was disgusting to even come in contact with. However something got her attention.

"Onii-san, the Authority of the killed Petelgeuse and Sirius, you're using it...?"

The Unseen Hand present within the Memories had weakened in both numbers and range from the original, but indubitably was the power utilized by that lunatic. The other was a completely different usage of the authority from Sirius, being more of a defense and strength increase but also something he can't use for long. In other words, that was none but proof that several Witch Factors were being stocked in the interior of Natsuki Subaru.

"We will absolutely, no matter what, get our hands on Return by Death. Onii-san's Authority, is our hope. If that can be obtained, we will..."

"— — —"

"We will, be able to live our own life ~tsu!"

"— — —"

"The method for that, is right there...the method, for that ~tsu."

"— — —"

"~hk! How arbitrary! Something like Return by Death is nothing so good? A person possessing it can't understand the feelings of a person who doesn't possess it ~tsu! What shall be done, in order to steal the Authority...wrong. That's wrong, it's wrong anyway, as it's wrong, certainly it is wrong, as it's too wrong, we're saying it's wrong, because it is wrong ~tsu! Gluttonous drinking ~tsu! Gluttony ~tsu!"

Clapping her hands mightily, potently, Louis widened her eyes. Unraveling her sharp fangs, she applauded suggesting how clear-headed herself was. Before one could notice, the means and objective switched positions. Louis' objective was not to plunder because she wanted to Return by Death, because she could amusingly live the greatest life by obtaining Return by Death.

"—It'll be fine if we, just become."

"— — —"

"It'll be fine if we, just become onii-san. If we become onii-san and have him be consumed by the Authority of Gluttony...we can integrate Witch Factors. Since if it's onii-san, then they can be stocked."

Saying so, Louis plucked her cheeks with both her hands, continuously, forcefully, tempted into violence. Not an endearing gesture, but excruciating, she did so wielding the intention of injuring. For what purpose. To tear apart her flesh and blood, and dividing herself, that was the purpose.

"You know the Three Great Witch Beasts? It's said that those, are monsters created by the owner of the Witch Factor long before us. We too, can do something similar. We didn't do that because there wasn't really any meaning in doing so...but, you see."

"— — —"

"—If we think of doing it, then we can do anything."

The speech of the slowly spinning Louis, was overlapped and enunciated. The phenomenon of hearing the same voice doubled, was not some kind of auditory hallucination or mishearing. That was in accordance with the occurrence happening, for there appeared two of the same people, with the same voice, with the same tone.

"Got surprised by onii-san's Memories but, Arneb is a star of the constellation of the hare, huh? It was also astonishing that onii-san and the others were the ones to destroy the Great Rabbit too. But, if that's the case then it doesn't become too much of a surprise? How come we multiplied, or is it onii-san's great delight that cute Louis-chan multiplied? No, huh. No, eh. So onii-san is the type who doesn't sexually desire little girls. Hmm, is that so?"

Observing the opponent who was frozen in place, with his eyes widened in astonishment, Louis linked her shoulders with the existence standing immediately beside her—namely, the same Louis. Separating the Witch Factor into two, Louis Arneb multiplied into two. This was a stunt perhaps Lye and Roy, who feared losing their selves upon the utilization of Solar Eclipse, those two were not capable of. To know it was possible to duplicate oneself, also tied together with forfeiting the true essence of one's real self. However, that did not apply to Louis, whose self had been established as vague from start. It was possible to have one Louis, two Louis, and so on. With this, Louis Arneb obtaining Natsuki Subaru's Authority was.

"— — —"

"Eh? What?"

"— — You'll, ■ ■ ■."

"Well? Did you get to see what you wanted to see, huh?"

Subaru spoke with confidence while Rem and Sora watched from the sidelines, seeing that their friend is speaking to Louis Arneb, the Sin Archbishop of Gluttony.

"—Ah."

Louis started to recollect her memories of dying over and over and over again, some painful, some swiftly, but suffering overall. This feeling of death overwhelmed her.

"No, NOOOOOooooooOOOOOooOOoOOoooo~tsu!"

Louis started shaking in complete fear, having experience death so many times made her afraid of it, completely breaking her spirit.

"Don't want to die! We, don't want to die! Hate it, hate it hate it hate it hate it, hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it! Hate it! Hate i~t ~tsu!"

Swinging her head, collapsing onto the bare ground, Louis frantically appealed while drawing back. Assimilating with that existence, Louis had personally experienced Death. She had tasted it. By being taken in by the Soul who practiced Return by Death by her own volition, she had experienced Return by Death first-hand, which turned back even time.

"Something like that… something like that, can never be withstood! That anguish! Sense of loss! No way can it be withstood! Impossible! Impossible impossible! Absolutely impossible! Hate i~t!"

Louis had saw all of Natsuki Subaru's original deaths along with Sora and Rem, all three would agree that Subaru had suffered even worse deaths than what she experience, with the rabbit death being the worst out of all of them.

"Someone who can withstand that, is not human! Monster! A monste~r ~tsu! The human heart, cannot withstand something like itself dyi~ng ~tsu!"

'Wanted to be happy. Wanted to be happy. Wanted to be happy.'

A wish that she once long for so long had now faded away into something completely.

"Don't want to die."

'Don't want to die don't want to die don't want to die don't want to die don't want to die don't want to die don't want to die don't want to die don't want to die don't want to die don't want to die don't want to die don't want to die don't want to die don't want to die don't want to die don't want to die don't want to die don't want to die don't want to die don't want to die don't want to die don't want to die don't want to die don't want to die don't want to die don't want to die don't want to die don't want to die don't want to die don't want to die don't want to die don't want to die don't want to die don't want to die don't want to die don't want to die don't want to die don't want to die don't want to die don't want to die don't want to die don't want to die—.'

"That is why, when you were trying to eat me, I told you. That you'll definitely regret it."

Sora and Rem both watched with the two having mixed feelings of the situation. Rem having regained her hatred for the witch cult, viewed Louis has a threat but when she sees her in a state of intense fear, having experience death over and over and crying, not wanting to die like a normal girl, it caused her to see that this specific Sin Archbishop is different from the others. Sora was a bit mad at Louis for having tried to possess her and was grateful that the power of the Keyblade was somehow able to interfere with her yet he felt bad for the little girl, not wishing anybody to be in such a state of pain. The only one who didn't care for Louis' state was Subaru, having to see all the trouble Louis had caused not only for him but to his friends and to the woman he loves with everything he has, Emilia.

"Hey."

"Eek~hk!"

"...You're too scared."

Subaru continued to look at Louis, watching her sobbing like a child while Sora and Rem were unsure what he was up to. With Keyblade in hand, Subaru pointed it directly at the girl before saying in a serious manner,

"Louis Arneb, you lose."

"..."

She widened her eyes, frozen, upon the verification of defeat that had been slammed right before her. She looked down while Subaru continued to speak with Sora and Rem listening in,

"You may know as well if you were a part of me but the ranks which you all...Sin Archbishops name yourself as is common with the seven deadly sins. "Seven deadly sins" is a pretty english term for chuunibyou purveyors but there also exist the "Seven heavenly virtues" which are something close it."

The seven deadly sins being Pride, Envy, Wrath, Gluttony, Sloth, Lust, and Greed. The Seven heavenly virtues being Chastity, Humility, Temperance, Patience, Diligence, Charity, and Kindness. Subaru was aware of this in great detail while Sora was vaguely understanding of the concept. Subaru continued to speak in a slightly disgusted tone of voice,

"But you all...you violated that."

"Eek, eek, eek..."

"Subaru—"

"Hold on Master Sora."

Sora looked at Subaru with a concerned facial expression, worried that Subaru is letting his hate for Louis slightly controlling him.

"You lose, Louis Arneb."

"..."

"So recognize that and release anything and everything."

Louis, Sora, and Rem all three looked at Subaru has they noticed what he said. Louis was still shaken by what had happened to her yet she looked at Subaru with more fear than before. Subaru continued to speak,

"You should be able to free all the memories and names that were eaten, right? Well come on, release every single one of them. They all deserve to be return back to the people who lost them, to the people who need their honor restored, their loved ones to remember again, and those to awaken from the coma they are in."

Sora and Rem agreed with Subaru that Louis should do that with Rem being more in support of this since she experienced firsthand how that is. Sora also supports this but he worries that Subaru will do something feisty. Louis looked at Subaru for a few seconds before looking at the ground.

"If we do that, then what?"

"..."

"Do that, then what?"

"..."

Subaru stayed silent which caused Louis to repeat the question a few times, each one growing more increasingly worrying. Eventually Subaru finally responded to what Louis said by saying,

"Release the great number of people, you have eaten. If the names return, then even the honor of the people who've already died can be restored. The people who are alive, can even reunite with their families. If you would do that, then I will let you..."

"—Off the hook, you say? If we do that, then onii-san will let us off the hook? Off the hook, you say? That can't be, isn't it! That isn't possible!"

Energetically lifting her face, Louis shouted with a blazing glint in her eyes. Her two eyes glaring at Subaru, they immutably remained soaked in fear, twinkling darkly. With those dark twinkles in her eyes, Louis forcefully rocked her body back and forth,

"It isn't! It really isn't, it isn't after all, it indeed isn't, we're telling you it isn't, as it isn't, as we know it isn't, that's why! Onii-san will not let us off the hook! Absolutely certainly! After all"

"— —"

"Onii-san, destroys his enemies! Absolutely crushes them until the very end of the end! Without any exception! Completely thoroughly! Closes it with a perfect game! He can do that! Then there's no way he wouldn't do that! There's no point in him not doing that!"

Subaru looked at Louis for a moment before saying in a serious and honest tone,

"—I will not save you."

Subaru shall not extend his hand, to Louis Arneb. He views her as someone who shouldn't be redeemed. Despite how much fear he sees that Louis has in her, he will not extend his hand to someone like her.

"—Ah."

"I will, not save you. Neither will I pity you."

"Subaru."

"Yes Master Sora—"

Subaru felt a smack on his head from the keyblade of Sora. This caused Subaru to be caught off guard by this since he wasn't expecting his master to do this once again. Even Louis stopped rocking her body back and forth when she saw this.

"What was that for?"

"You shouldn't let your emotions get the better of you. I get that what she did to me and you is bad but look at her, she is scared."

"B-But Master Sora, she—"

"Let me handle this."

"...okay."

Subaru put away his keyblade and walked towards Rem, letting Sora take control of the situation. As Sora was approaching Louis, Rem said to Subaru,

"I understand how you feel. If I were in your position, I would probably act the same way."

"...thanks Rem."

Rem nodded, hoping this would cheer Subaru up since she would act the same towards Louis, if not worse since she views every witch cultist as a threat to her and those she cares about. The two looked has Sora kneeled to be on Louis' level before extending his hand. Louis at first was scared since she doesn't want to die. The Keyblade Master noticed this and quickly went to hug Louis in hopes of helping her. She was extremely scared at first by this, thinking that death was trying to grab her until she looked to see that it was Sora, someone who is trying to be friendly towards her despite all that she has done to him and his apprentice.

"Why? Why Sora-san nice to us? We did bad things to Sora-san, to Subaru, to Sora-san's friends."

"You are not evil, are you? What is it that you want?"

"Don't want to die!"

Louis hides her head on her knees, causing Sora to change the question a bit.

"No, well I don't think anybody wants to die, not even Subaru despite the...horrible ability he has. Aside from wanting to live, what do you want?"

"...want...to be happy..."

"Okay. And what exactly will make you happy?"

"Huh?"

Louis was a bit confused on what she was asked, not understanding the question. Sora noticed this and quickly explained his question to the scared girl.

"What I mean is that something makes us all happy, like how Emilia makes Subaru happy. Like how my friends make me happy. How some people are happy with those they care about. And others are happy with things they got like objects and stuff. So what would make you happy?"

Louis stood silent has she stopped rocking around and began to think carefully on what would make her happy. She had always wanted to be happy by having the perfect life.

"We want to be happy, have a happy life. A perfect life."

'A happy life.'

Sora started to realize how difficult this was going to be yet he was determined to help Louis, knowing that there is some good in her despite what Subaru had said and despite what she had done to them. He smiled at her before offering his hand once again, continuing to be friendly with the girl.

"Then let me help you achieve that goal, to be happy like you want. Live a normal and happy life of your own."

"B-But Rem and Subaru don't approve. Subaru wants to kill us."

"I wouldn't say that, he is just...a bit of an angry person sometimes."

"Did you really had to phrase me like that?"

Subaru looks to his master with a bit of an annoyed look which Sora awkwardly laughed the question off before returning to focus on Louis.

"He will come around but right now the focus is on you and the goal to help you be happy."

Louis looked at Sora's eyes and could see that he has not only forgiven her but also is putting her has his top priority. This caused her to tear up and cry while hugging Sora, just feeling completely overwhelmed by her own feelings. Subaru slightly felt bad yet he still was mad at Louis for having caused so much harm to him. Rem was also a bit mixed on what she is seeing yet she had a smile, always enjoying seeing her Sora being a kind hearted boy. After a moment of hugging, Louis managed to calm herself down. She got up with Sora before she spoke in a calm but honest and kind manner,

"Thank you, really thank you. We wish we could help release everything but...we don't know how..."

"What?"

Subaru and Rem both said this in unison has the group is caught off guard by the information they heard from the girl. This caused them to be unsure on what to do now since they were hoping to reverse the effects of Rem and Julius. As they were thinking this, Rem started to question something.

"Sin Archbishop, what happens to me now?"

"What does Rem mean?"

"Since we recovered our memories, does that mean everyone else remembers me?"

"Rem is a special case. Rem reunited with the memories lost, meaning Rem are in the same position as Julius. Rem and Julius have the memories but not the name."

"Ah...understood. Is there a way to get my name back?"

"Not sure. Not sure. We wish to help but...we are not sure."

Louis tried to get the name of Rem to see if there is someway she could yet when she did that, she could feel someone familiar approaching them. Knowing that the three are in danger, she looked at Sora before hugging him once again. Sora was caught off guard but before he could react, she said to the boy,

"Thank you, for forgiving us. We hope to see you again Sora-san."

"Wait wh—"

Sora was interrupted when himself, Rem, and Subaru were all three sent out of the hall of memories, leaving Louis with a familiar being.

"—Listen listen, um, isn't this a bit from what was supposed to be?"

"..."

A voice echoed in the Hall of Memories before revealing another Louis.

"Us..."

"That's right, us. Because we got the short end of the stick, its us who had been waiting here in vain. Which one will play the trial version of the greatest life by becoming onii-san, was the play environment properly arranged? Came here to report that, is it?"

"..."

"...? What happened, us. Making such an expression huh. First of all, what about onii-san? Being here means, got into this place by reading the Book of the Dead again, no?"

"..."

"Besides, what's with this being all crouched earlier? Why looking serious now? Hey, hey hey, the goal was properly accomplished, right? Though we failed on this end, we were supposed to have fulfilled the role, isn't it. Amazing amazing, got in pretty cleanly huh. Onii-san geez, didn't take notice at all. Of the us inside of himself!"

Louis continued to stay silent, not having anything to say which worried her other self.

"Hey hey, what happened, us! Talk about various more stuff, let us hear it! Saw it, right? Heard it, right? Scented it, right? Touched it, right? Tasted it, right? –Natsuki Subaru's Authority eh!"

"No..."

"...Huh?"

"No."

"Huh? What's with that."

Louis was at a complete lost when she heard this, not understanding why her other self said no in such a manner.

"What's with that. What's with that what's with that, what does this mean. With what purpose, with what idea, with what plan with what thought, hey!?"

"..."

"This is different from what was supposed to be ~tsu! What happened, us!? What's, with that reaction! Attitude! Response!"

Being rejected in such a way caused Louis to start having a slight panic attack, finding this situation completely wrong.

"It sure is strange. Strange, how strange, isn't it strange, pretty strange, it is strange, as it's strange, quite strange, as it's too strange, as we're saying it's strange!"

"..."

"What about the strategy? The plan went well, didn't it? The plan was to become a Factor and get inside onii-san, and put wickedness to work, wasn't it? It was a job really well done. Onii-san was frightened, after all! Onii-san completely thought, that Natsuki Subaru was the closest person to him!"

Louis made no response to the plan which Louis recited and its progress.

" –No matter how many times, tens of times, hundreds of times! The arrangement was to challenge until the Authority of Return by Death has been looted, isn't it! What's wrong after failing a bit! It'll be fine by stealing onii-san's Memories again and trying again no matter how many times it takes. Let's mutually exchange roles and challenge, no matter how many times how many times it takes! Failures, can be recovered from!"

"No!"

Louis shoved her other self away, showing that she will not allow this to happen.

'Harming Onii-san, forgiven by Sora-san, we won't accept this.'

"It can't be...aiming to monopolize the Authority?" The Louis that had been stuck in the hall of memories said, catching the other Louis' attention.

"..."

"Since the Authority of Return by Death was obtained successfully, erasing onii-san immediately and aiming to enjoy it by oneselves? Leaving us as is, too."

"T-That's wrong ~tsu!"

"This is no joke ~tsu! Something like this, as if it can be excused...!"

The Louis that had stayed in the hall of memories began to grow impatient with herself, only having the mindset of wanting to be happy. Although the one that was Natsuki Subaru still desires to be happy, the way she wants it has shifted in a different way.

"As if we'll let someone like you, monopolize our means to become happy!"

"That's wrong! That's wrong that's wrong that's wrong that's wro~o~o~o~ng! That's not it! That is not it! That's definitely not i~t!"

"As if we can believe that! We never thought, that we'd be betrayed by us. As expected of us, isn't it, us! That's right. We get it, we get it. Hm hm, we do get it!"

"No! Don't get it at all! Don't get it at all! Don't get our feelings at all ~tsu!"

"No, do get it indeed! After all, it is about us. That's right. If it's for the sake of becoming happy then we'd be willing to do anything, and must do anything! Joyfulness, is something which keeps on keeps on declining by the slightest thing!"

"What if, we carelessly schemed wickedness? If that's done to us by us, who have attained Return by Death, then no matter how much the struggle we can never win, isn't it! Amazing! Really put thought into it, isn't it!"

"Don't want to die! We don't want to die!"

"Don't say such utterly obvious lies! Don't want to die? Why? How come? If it's unneeded then hand it over to us! What a filthy desire to monopolize...can't even think that it's us!"

"We don't want to die! We want to live! We want to be..."

'...happy'

Something inside Louis had shifted when she completed the thought process, having thought back on the memories she saw of Rem, Sora, and Subaru. Each one was vastly different with Rem having an inferiority complex due to what happened to Ram yet still wanting to live after Sora gave her life meaning. Sora's entire life feeling many emotions but not letting the negative ones win, always staying positive no matter what, regardless of the situation. And lastly Subaru, despite having the ability to redo everything through his death, despite possibly having Echidna's help to get to the perfect future, he still refused. He valued everyone's life, including his own which made everything come into perspective.

'Care...for ourself...then we will be happy?'

As she was in this train of thought, she heard her other self say,

"Natsuki Subaru belongs to us. This, thieving cat."

"The only one who understands Natsuki Subaru is us. This, foolish girl."

"—Let us taste it too~tsu!"

Seeing this caused both Louis Arnebs to fight each other, both having different reasons. As conflict began, the result would be no victors.

Sora, Subaru, and Rem all three returned to the real world with Sora's body having returned back to its much older state while Subaru and Rem were both looking at their outfits, seeing no change. As they were getting their focus back from being kicked from the hall of memories, the three looked around to see Kenichi, Kishida, and Beatrice all three barely holding their own against Lye Batenkaitos and Roy Alphard. Sora quickly pulled out his keyblade and jumped into the mix, saving Kishida and Kenichi's life just as the two gluttonies were going to kill the two knights. Has Sora does this, the two along with Beatrice were surprised at first before realizing that Sora is back to his older form.

"Wait, does that mean that—"

"Yup, that's right Kishida, I have my memories back."

Kishida, Kenichi, and Beatrice all looked at Subaru to see the confident smile he had before both Kenichi and Beatrice went to hug the boy. As they did this, the knight turned towards the blue haired oni to see if she also regained her memories.

"Did Rem regain her memories?"

"Yes."

Kishida was unsure on what to say since he still doesn't remember her prior to losing his arm yet he smiled since at the very least she got back her memories. He smiled and with his remaining hand, he gave a thumbs up to which Rem responded with a thumbs up as well. As they are all happy to reunite, the five of them watch as Sora was able to push back Lye and Roy all on his own, showing the skills of a Keyblade Master.

The two gluttonies were not prepared for this and were slightly overwhelmed for a bit from Sora's high fighting skills before attempting to use solar eclipse to escape the fight. Sora noticed this and quickly he switched keyblades from Kingdom Key into Crystal Snow before using the new keyblade's formchange to completely overpower the two.

"This time I will beat you!"

Sora was determined to defeat the two, knowing that this is the only way in order to take care of one problem. Just as the keyblade wielder was going to deliver the finishing blow, a giant heartless that resembled the phantom attacked him, catching Sora off guard.

"Master Sora!"

Subaru shouted has he pulled out his Rebirth keyblade to join in on the fight, determined now with his new strength and knowledge to help save everyone from the dead end Louis put them in. As he is running into battle, he notices the phantom turning its attention towards him and charging. Subaru smiled before turning towards Beatrice while shouting,

"E*M*M!"

It took a second before Beatrice had processed what the boy had said, causing her to quickly create a barrier to protect her contractor. As she does this, the phantom tries to attack Subaru yet nothing happened. The boy smiled before pointing his keyblade at the phantom while shoting,

"Thundera!"

The bolt of lighting Subaru summoned is created and gets send towards the phantom, managing to do a bit of damage. Sora quickly recovered from the attack before charging at the heartless, managing to finish it off with one extraordinarily powerful attack. As Sora takes down the phantom, the group looked around to see that the two gluttonies had escaped.

"We can't let them escape!"

"Don't worry Subaru, we will catch up with them. For now, we should regain our strength for a bit."

"Okay."

The group agreed with this and quickly sat down to relax for a moment. As they were resting, Emilia arrives as she is worried for Subaru's sake only to notice that they are alright.

"Oh. Seems like you all are okay."

"Yes Emilia-tan, we are okay."

"That's good to...wait, repeat that again."

Emilia had a small pause before asking for Subaru to repeat himself, confusing the boy for a moment.

"That we are okay."

"No No you dunderhead, before that."

"Who calls anyone a dunderhead anymore this day and age."

"Wait then did you...?"

"Yes Emilia-tan, I, Natsuki Subaru, your one and only knight has return!"

Emilia had a smile on her face for a moment before approaching Subaru to hug him, showing her love to her boyfriend for a brief moment before starting to punch him in the chest multiple times.

"Idiot! Idiot! Idiot! Idiot! Idiooot!"

"Wh-What was that for, Emilia-tan?"

"That was for worrying me so much you big dummy, dunderhead!"

"Hehe...sorry about that but for sure, I'm back and for good this time."

Subaru says this with a smile, happy to be back with Emilia looking at him with a pout for a moment before having a few tears streaming down her eyes, having been so worried for his sake. She hugged him tightly with Subaru returning the hug, knowing just how much stress he put her through.

'Man, look at how far we have gone, Emilia-tan. Since the day we met, I fell in love with you. I have been happy with you and...you were there for me, well Louis but still, you were there for my forgotten self.'

Subaru could remember the loops that Louis had failed in his steed, seeing the one that really caught his attention.

("Subaru, Remember. You're ok, you are Natsuki Subaru, my knight. You're clueless about the world and broke beyond compare, You get along with everybody and...you're. You're...my boyfriend!")

("I want to protect you at any cost...I didn't want you to die...That's why...")

Subaru smiled fondly on how Emilia took care of him, even admitting that he is her boyfriend despite how that still embarrasses her to say. He smiled fondly before a thought came to mind.

'You are my light, Emilia-tan. You have been the thing that has made me more than happy. That's why I have to do this.'

"Emilia-tan, there is one last thing I have to do. Something super important."

"What is it?"

Emilia was not sure what Subaru meant by what he said until he started to kneel down while he summoned his Rebirth keyblade, surprising Emilia since she had never seen his new keyblade. Has he was on his knee, he lowered his head while lifting his keyblade to her in a respectful manner,

"You saved my life over a year ago. You have been by my side when I needed you the most and have been there even when I forgot everything. That is why I want to say this now, do this now while I have a chance...while I also have the courage to...will you, Emilia-tan, marry me, Natsuki Subaru?"

"Wh-Wh-What?!"

Within a second Emilia's face had turned beet red while Subaru hid his red face, feeling slightly embarrassed by this too yet he was very determined to say this. Kenichi was caught off guard by this since he didn't believe the day...the day he would witness his son proposing to a girl. Sora just looked with a smile on his face, seeing that his apprentice had done. The group all looked at Emilia and Subaru but mostly at Emilia, wanting to see her response. She noticed this and got even more embarrassed by this, somehow managing to burn even more red in her face. She wanted to disappear, feeling embarrassed by this sudden proposal and yet she knew she had to respond.

"I...I...I..."

"Y-Yes Emilia-tan...?"

Subaru said in a nervous voice, trying to keep a level head yet in his mind, it is complete chaos.

'Did I fucked up?! Should I have waited for a better time? Damn it Natsuki Subaru!'

Emilia was trying to respond yet she couldn't. This made her think that of a way she could respond since her voice was having trouble forming words. She took a deep breath before she lowered Subaru's keyblade to grab his face before she was the one to kiss the boy in the lips, showing that this is her answer. The two had the most reddish faces ever made yet this moment was incredibly special for them, making it irrelevant that they are embarrassed.

The two kissed for a moment with Sora, Rem, Kishida, and Kenichi cheering while Beatrice just looked with a smile on her face, happy to see her contractor finally getting the girl he had been fighting for so long. After they finish kissing, Emilia takes a moment to herself, trying to calm herself down while Kenichi approached his son to pat him in the back in a proud like manner.

"Son, you have one hell of a timing."

"Haha...I know dad, though wouldn't mom be mad if she knew about this?"

"...best to keep this quiet for now then."

"...yeah...probably for the best..."

The two realize just how screwed they are since Naoko would probably get mad at the two for not having her witness such a moment. The two having agreed to keep this quiet, they turn towards the group and wait for a minute before Emilia returns. She was a bit calm yet she had a smile on her face, indicating that she is happy about what had happen, making Subaru extremely happy. Once the group reunites, they are about to speak until suddenly a couple of nobodies appear.

"We need to get to Julius and to the others."

"Agreed. Subaru, take Beatrice, your dad, and Emilia to help Julius, I'll go help the others with Kishida and Rem by my side."

"Understood Master Sora."

The two keyblade wielders agreed to this and quickly split up into two groups, one to help Julius with his fight against Reid while the other helps out Ram, Shaula, and Elsa. As the two groups had split up, a mysterious figure looks from the distance with a curious look.

"So, those three got back their memories? Hm. Seems like things are going different from what the book had stated...something is wrong."

The mysterious figure started to figure out that things were going off since the world was set one way only for all of a sudden fate to be change. This caused him to be curious on Subaru and Sora, suspecting one of the two responsible for this.

Sora and his group managed to find Ram, Shaula, and Elsa's position with the help of Emilia, the group noticing Ram being able to be on equal terms with Replica Riku, Terra-Xehanort having a slight advantage on his fight with Shaula, and Elsa barely keeping up with the Organization member. Rem looked at her sister and had a smile on her face, proud to see her sister in battle.

'Nee-sama.'

Although she doesn't view herself has a replacement to Ram, she also doesn't view Ram has someone she needs to surpass either. Thanks to the combination of the two Rems, she has balance in herself. While she thought of this, Sora noticed Ram's group fighting their best, causing him to get out of his formchange before reverting the Crystal Snow keyblade into the Kingdom Key keyblade. As this happened, he gained the rooms attention by yelling out,

"Hey!"

The fights all stopped when they heard this with the three Organization members surprised, Ram was happy to see this but not has much as Elsa, feeling an overwhelming warmth in her heart when she saw the return of the Keyblade Master. Ram, Shaula, and Elsa took this distraction has an opportunity to reunite with the group, showing that they have the advantage now with numbers. As the group was all ready to fight together, Sora lowered his keyblade before looking at his team with a serious facial expression.

"Kishida, Kenichi, and Shaula, I'll need you three to help Subaru and Julius. Just in case they need some help."

"Are you sure? We can help here." Kishida said to which Sora responded with,

"I know that but something tells me that Subaru and his group will need help."

"Alright. Anything to help my friend."

"Anything to help Ma~ster!"

"Anything for my son!"

The three agreed to this and left off, leaving only Rem, Ram, Elsa, and Sora in the room with the three Organization members. Just has it seem the fight was going to continue, Sora had turned towards Rem and Ram to tell them,

"You two should go on and find the two Sin Archbishops of Gluttony. They can't escape."

"Wait Sora-kun, but what about—"

"Don't worry about me, Rem. I got Elsa to help me out."

Rem looked at Elsa, having conflicted feelings since the original Rem side completely distrust her especially when seeing how the failed loops played out yet the other Rem had actually grown to somewhat trust the bowel hunter. Although she was conflicted, she nodded to show that she trusted Sora's judgement with Ram also nodding to show the same amount of trust. As the two left, Sora and Elsa both stood side by side. While the two oni sisters were leaving, Rem waited a moment before she told Ram,

"Stop for a moment please."

"Hm. What is wrong Rem?"

"I just need to tell you something, nee-sama."

"Nee-sama? Wait..."

Ram's eyes were on of surprise and happiness has this confirmed to her that Rem recovered her memories. Rem smiled before saying in a happy tone while having tears in her eyes,

"I've missed you, nee-sama. I know you still don't remember me but—"

"That doesn't matter Rem, I'm just happy you got your memories back!"

The two sisters hugged with the two having tears in their eyes, having been somewhat reunited with Ram being able to now speak with the original Rem though she will miss the Rem she was with for over a year.

"I will miss the other Rem...my other little sister."

"You don't have to nee-sama, that Rem and me fused minds and memories, meaning that we are both in one."

"That's good to hear. I would hate to lose either version of you."

"It's all thanks to you, nee-sama, that I got my memories back. Thank you."

The two sisters hugged for a bit longer before returning their focus on the task at hand, taking down the Sin Archbishops of Gluttony. While the two oni sisters had went off to find the gluttony duos, Sora and Elsa both stood tall and confident towards the three Organization members. Replica Riku took a moment before having a smirk towards Sora before pointing his weapon at the keyblade master while saying in a cocky like tone,

"You really have some nerves, thinking that you can take all three of us down with just a mere assassin."

"Riku..."

Although he was a replica of his best friend and was siding with darkness, he still wish to help him out. Sora lowered his weapon for a moment before he said to Replica Riku,

"I don't want to fight you, Riku. I still want to help you."

"Huh? What are you talking about? I don't need help!"

"We are still friends."

"You know we are not! You are only saying that because I look like him! You don't care about me! Everything about me is borrowed, as long as Riku is around...I'll be nothing more than his shadow!"

Replica Riku got himself ready to fight, angry with Sora for attempting to befriend him, thinking that it is because he looks like Riku. Before the fight broke loose, Sora turned towards Terra-Xehanort, wanting to know something.

"Are you Terra or Xehanort?"

"You could say we are both."

"If you are in there, Terra, you have to fight it."

"Hmph. That is quite a foolish thing to say. I'm not the real Terra and even if I was, he wouldn't be able to hear you."

Sora just looked at him with a serious facial expression before turning towards the Organization member, being able to tell that it is Xion.

"Xion, can you hear me?"

"..."

"Come on Xion, I know you are in there."

"...hk!..."

Xion was struggling has someone had caused her to remember who she once was, something Sora was hoping would happen since it confirms that this Xion can still be saved. He looks at Elsa to make sure if she is alright.

"Think you can handle this?"

"My My, do you doubt me, Sora Dear?"

"N-No, just want to make sure you are ready for this fight."

"I'm ready, that's for sure."

Sora nodded at Elsa to which she did nodded back before the two were ready to fight the three Organization members. Replica Riku broke out the fight by charging directly towards Sora, wanting to take the boy out yet Elsa intervened, clashing her weapons with Replica Riku's sword.

"Tsk!"

"My My, you are quite strong. Let's see if you can keep up with me."

"That won't be a problem for me!"

Replica Riku spoke in a confident manner has he started to attack Elsa, taking the offense first while Elsa was on the defense. As this was going on, Sora charged at Terra-Xehanort only for Xion to jump in, forcing Sora to change his focus from Terra-Xehanort to Xion. This didn't bother the keyblade master since this gave him the chance to see if he can help this Xion has well, despite Xion being a data replication of herself.

"Come on Xion, I know you are in there! Fight it!"

"...hk!"

"Think about Axel, think about Roxas!"

"That's enough of that."

"Huh?"

Sora heard Terra-Xehanort speak, noticing that he closed in the gap between the two and was prepared to take the keyblade master down. The boy was able to barely dodge the attack though he received a hit to the gut by Xion's Kingdom Key, causing him to be send a few feet away. Sora quickly recovers from the attack, seeing that if he is going to fight both Terra-Xehanort and Xion on his own, he is going to need to use a more powerful keyblade.

'I could use Ultima...no, I don't want to use all of my strength like that. Maybe this one will help.'

Sora stood up for a moment, having his kingdom key glow for a few seconds before seeing that it change into the ever after keyblade. Terra-Xehanort noticed this yet he wasn't fazed, being confident that he is strong enough to beat Sora regardless of what keyblade the boy uses.

"Change your keyblade all you want, the outcome will be the same."

Terra-Xehanort and Xion together charged at Sora with Terra-Xehanort more than confident that they are going to succeed. Sora looked at the duo and smiled as he went into another formchange, this time going into the element form, more specifically the mirage staff. As he was on this form, he was able to use the staff created by his keyblade to move around with ease, creating light shields to block both Xion's and Terra-Xehanort's attacks. The two were caught off guard by this before trying to use their abilities to attack from long range. Sora noticed this and quickly teleported out of the way, leaving a light version of himself there. Xion and Terra-Xehanort noticed this for a moment before spotting Sora in mid-air.

"You won't escape so easily."

Terra-Xehanort quickly points his No Name keyblade towards Sora to fire a couple of dark balls while Xion fired a powerful beam of light. Sora was aware this was going to happen, causing him to teleport once again. This happened a couple of time until Sora eventually managed to teleport behind the two Organization members. Both Xion and Terra-Xehanort were prepared to attack the Keyblade Master in close range until he started to point his staff at the two.

The two Organization members didn't really think much of it until Sora fired many lights towards the two with all of his light apparitions of himself. This caught the two off guard since they weren't expecting this, causing the two to defend themselves the best they can only to be overwhelmed by the attacks. As this was happening, Terra-Xehanort eventually exploded with darkness, having had enough of this. He broke free from the attacks before going towards Sora with complete anger.

"This ends now!"

Terra-Xehanort charged directly at Sora and was about to hit him until the boy summoned a tower with two light apparitions of himself appearing to help him out. As the tower was created, the three Soras all point their staffs up to create a large ball with Sora shouting "light" before the ball started shooting light all around the area. Elsa and Replica Riku both noticed this and quickly dodge the attacks with some hitting Replica Riku's right arm. Terra-Xehanort and Xion dodged majority of the attacks with a few hitting them. After this happened, Sora went out of his formchange and switched back to his Kingdom Key, seeing that he needs to be careful with the amount of strength he has left.

'I should be careful, the more I do that kind of ability, the more chances I give them to overpower me.'

As Sora was thinking this, he turned towards his back side to block off Replica Riku's sneak attack. The two boys looked at each other with Sora having a calm facial expression while Replica Riku looked at his opponent with anger in his eyes.

"I'm going to beat you!"

"I don't want to fight you, Riku."

"Stop saying that!"

Replica Riku and Sora stayed in a blade lock for a moment before he teleported behind the boy to try to sneak attack him once again only for Sora to easily block off his attack once again. As he does this, Sora goes on the offense. As Sora was pushing back Replica Riku, Xion was preparing to join in on the fight once again only for flashes of memories to appear about Axel, Roxas, Riku, and Sora. This causes her to have a headache, making her unable to fight for that moment while Terra-Xehanort looked at Sora with anger.

"This boy is quite a nuisance. It's time to end this farce."

The Organization member prepared to send a powerful darkness ball only for Elsa to attack him. He was able to deflect her attack yet he was not expecting her to be a bit strong, strong enough to slightly push him back. As she threw a barrage of close range attacks with both her blades, she started to say,

"Focus your attention on me."

"Tsk."

Elsa continued her quick attacks, trying to overwhelm Terra-Xehanort yet he wasn't fazed by the attacks. He viewed Elsa has beneath him in strength, making him less concern that he's in any danger. While this is going on, Sora and Replica Riku continue to attack and block each other, both being on equal terms for a bit until Sora finally started to take the fight serious, seeing that reasoning with the replica version of his best friend isn't going to happen. As Sora went all out, he quickly overwhelmed Replica Riku with a barrage of attacks. Replica Riku was angered by this and quickly teleports all around Sora in an attempt to land the finishing blow.

Sora was stunned by this for a few seconds before quickly dodge rolling around, attempting to dodge all of Replica Riku's attacks. As he was able to do this, Replica Riku teleported above Sora to slam his sword to the ground, causing an explosion all around him. Sora noticed this and quickly used Reflega to create a shield around him, allowing him to protect himself from the explosion. As he did this, Sora waited for the right moment before landing a couple of powerful blows onto Replica Riku's body, managing to do enough damage to ware him down. As Replica Riku was in one knee, he looked at Sora with anger in his eyes before shouting,

"I won't lose! I won't! I'll be a real person, someone that is not Riku. I'll be my own person!"

Sora took a moment to process what Replica Riku had said, hearing him say he wants to be his own person, the tone he spoke in, reminded him a lot on Louis. The two wanting someone yet their approach to that lies on a dark path. Sora wanted to lower his guard and help the boy that looked so much like his best friend yet he couldn't since he could feel Xion regaining her composure and preparing to face him once again. Just has she was about to charge at Sora once again, the boy tried to reason with her,

"Xion, come on I know you are in there. You need to remember who you are. We are friends, I'm also friends with Axel and Roxas, your friends!"

"Ro...xas...Ax...el...?"

Xion's mind was being torn apart since memories unknown to her started to flood her entire mind which caused her to scream in agony before the hood was removed to reveal Xion with white hair instead of her usual short black hair and with yellow eyes. Sora was horrified to see this since it can only mean that she had been norted. Xion had tears streaming down her eyes before she ran away. Sora wanted to give chance yet Elsa had appeared in front of him as she was dodging Terra-Xehanort's attacks. Seeing that he needed to help her, he jumped in and assisted her in facing off Terra-Xehanort.

"Two against one. Sounds fun."

Terra-Xehanort said this with a confident tone, not afraid to take on both Sora and Elsa at the same time. As the two were facing off the powerful Organization member, Replica Riku just watched has he gathered his strength, angry at not only Sora but at himself.

'How am I still this weak?! Wasn't I suppose to be strong in this world?! Why?! Is it because I look like Riku? Have his skillsets and not my own unique ones? Why?!'

The replica thought about this long and hard, wanting to find answers yet all his mind could hear is what Sora had been saying to him.

("I don't want to fight you, Riku. I still want to help you.")

("We are still friends.")

'Why? Why be friends with a fake like me?!'

This was something he couldn't understand until finally something came to mind, memories that were buried inside of him finally coming to surface.

'Castle Oblivion.'

Something helped him remember all that happened there, having recalled how the two fought together to protect Namine despite the amount of times he instigated a fight between the two. He looked at Sora and Elsa fighting side by side against Terra-Xehanort.

'I need to...'

Sora and Elsa continued to go on the offense with everything they got, Terra-Xehanort pushed the two back with one attack before pointing the No Name Keyblade at the two, ready to fire a powerful dark beam until Replica Riku surprise attack him.

"What?!"

'I need to...redeem myself.'

Replica Riku looked at Terra-Xehanort while thinking this, having his full memories and the good side of him restored. Sora and Elsa were both stunned by this yet Sora was the only one who smiled, seeing that he was somehow able to get through Replica Riku.

"What are you doing?"

"Helping...a friend."

Replica Riku said this with a little struggle but also a little confidence, knowing that this is the right thing to do. Before the battle could continue, he looked at both the Keyblade Master and the Bowel Hunter to say to the pair,

"Go and chase down Xion, before it's too late."

"Wait Riku, what about—?"

"I'm not Riku, I'm just a replica...but I'll build my own name after I redeem myself for all the damage I have caused."

Replica Riku charged at Terra-Xehanort and started their battle after having finished speaking, confident that he can at least by Sora and Elsa some time to get to Xion. Sora wanted to help Replica Riku yet Elsa grabbed his shoulder.

"We have to get to the other one."

"But Riku—"

"His mind has already been made up. We have to let him follow his path."

Sora didn't want to leave Replica Riku behind yet he knew that he needed to get to Xion first. The two ran outside where they saw Xion standing on the edge, ready to jump.

"Wait Xion! Don't jump!"

"...S-So...ra..."

Xion looked at Sora with distorted facial expression before falling off the balcony, causing Sora and Elsa to try to save Xion yet they weren't fast enough. As they watched Xion fall, a sudden bright light engulfs the area for a bit before revealing Xion in her final form.

"X-Xion..."

"Sora Dear, we need to protect ourselves."

As Elsa says this, she notices Xion trying to slam the keyblade shaped weapon on her right hand towards them. She realized this and quickly was able to push Sora out of the way while also avoiding getting hit herself. As this happened, Sora summons his Kingdom Key and quickly enters battle. He looked at Xion for a moment before having a flashback to when Roxas was forced to fight off Xion in this form, giving him a bit of information on how to beat this form of her but also it filled him with guilt since he doesn't wish to take Xion down.

He closed his eyes as he thought about how he needs to still fight with everything he got, despite the fact that he wants to save Xion. Once he got his mind focused on the fight, he opened his eyes before jumping into the fight. He was able to use his glide ability to move away from Xion's attacks, seeing how deadly they are. As he was gliding all over her, she started to swing her weapons all around in an attempt to hit the Keyblade Master yet he was able to dodge each attack with some ease. Elsa watched from a distance, amazed by Sora's ability to fly all around.

'My My, Sora Dear, you always seem to amaze me.'

She thinks of this as she smiles before getting her mind back to focus, attempting to see if there is a way for her to help the Keyblade Master. She paid attention to her surroundings with the only thing she could think of is jumping on one of Xion's keyblade like weapons and using it to get closer to her in order to land some kind of damage. She got on the ledge and quickly waited for the right moment to jump on one of Xion's weapons. She waited and waited until she saw her opportunity to jump. As she does this, Sora and Xion were both distracted with each other to see what Elsa was up to, giving the Bowel Hunter an advantage. She ran quickly towards Xion before using her most powerful blade to stab the Organization member.

Although this did barely any damage, it did distract Xion long enough for Sora to quickly go on the offensive. He closes in on Xion and manages to land a strong hit to her left side of her head with Kingdom Key, causing her to let out a sound of pain for a brief moment while also being to distracted with that to attack Elsa. This gave the Bowel Hunter a chance to use Xion's right hand weapon to run back to the balcony, seeing that she succeeded in distracting the Organization member. As she fell on her left side after barely making the jump to the balcony, she quickly got up and looked to see that Sora was able to handle the rest. He landed on the balcony before looking back, seeing that Xion was not happy with that attack.

She put both her keyblade like weapons together while pointing them to the sky for a moment before causing large light beams to appear all around the Pleiades watchtower. Sora knew that he had to do something or Xion would destroy the tower. This forced him to charge directly at her for a moment before gliding has fast as he possibly can. As he was closing in on Xion, she swung her left keyblade towards him. He noticed this and dodge the attack only to notice one of the beam of lights created by her heading straight for him.

He quickly focused his attention on the beam of light and quickly managed to block it off with sheer will power. As Sora does this, he points his keyblade towards Xion before firing his own beam of light. As the light hit Xion's face, this disoriented her for a bit, giving Sora the opening he needed to end this fight once and for all. Although he knows that he needs to end this, he pleas for Xion to snap out of the state she is in.

"Xion, please!"

"..."

"I don't want to fight you."

"..."

"Sora Dear! Watch out!"

Sora noticed Elsa's warning and quickly dodged the attack. This indicated to Sora that he must take down Xion at this point, knowing that if he continues down this path, Xion will destroy the tower. Sora had a sad look on his eyes before he quickly made his way to Xion while holding Kingdom Key with both of his hands. As he held his keyblade with a tight grip, he closed in on her before slicing the Organization member's chest area. As he does this with all of his strength, Xion glowed for a moment after having taken the fatal hit before reverting back to her original form.

'I'm...so sorry Xion...'

Sora thinks this with guilt burning heavily in his heart. He watches as Xion begins to fall, prompting him to quickly glide towards her and grab her before she falls to her death. Once he returned to the balcony, he held Xion has she was disappearing.

"Xion...I'm so sorry...I didn't wanted to take you down."

"I...know...but there is...something you should know..."

Sora looked at Xion with sadness yet he nodded to show that he is listening to her. She noticed this and smiled for a moment before telling the Keyblade Master,

"There...is someone...pulling the strings...someone you should...be careful for..."

"Who is it?"

"I...don't know...but just be careful...this person is dangerous..."

"I-I understand."

Xion smiled at the boy before disappearing, causing Sora to have a few tears running through his cheeks, feeling sad since he wished that he could've saved Xion. As the body disappears in the light, Sora stood silent for a moment before he felt something warmth. He looked to see that it was Elsa, she was hugging him. He was shocked for a moment before he smiled, accepting the kindness the Bowel Hunter is giving. The two stayed like this for a moment before the two get up.

"What will we do now, Sora dear?"

"...We need to check on Riku."

Elsa nodded to this and quickly the two ran back inside to see how Replica Riku is dealing with Terra-Xehanort. As the two go inside, they notice that both Organization members are gone with the only trace being the No Name Keyblade. Sora and Elsa approach the keyblade to see that it is fading away.

"Do you think your friend beat that big fellow?"

"I don't know...but I want to believe that he did. Riku is tough."

"Now what would you like to do, Sora Dear?"

"Well...we need to beat the trials so I think we should end this all by beating the next trial."

"So shall join Subaru's group?"

"Yes."

"Alright. Lead the way, Sora Dear."

Sora and Elsa both start to make their way up the stairs to reach the group but as they were doing this, someone had been watching this.

"If only you knew what transpired here."

The mysterious figure says this in a slightly annoyed facial expression.

Replica Riku was giving it his all against Terra-Xehanort, trying to not only atone for all that he has done but also trying to beat his opponent yet their strengths were vastly different. Replica Riku was weaker than Terra-Xehanort yet he was faster, which made the two stuck in a stalemate. During the fight, Terra-Xehanort began to question his opponent,

"Why do you fight me? You know you are just delaying the inevitable."

"I'm going to win, regardless of the odds!"

"Hmph. Foolish boy."

Terra-Xehanort did not hesitate to easily knock Replica Riku down with just one swing of his No Name keyblade. As Replica Riku was on the ground, he tried to get up only for Terra-Xehanort to set his foot on his back. As he was struggling, Terra-Xehanort looked at his former ally with nothing but pity and disgust. He pointed his keyblade at Replica Riku's head while saying in a serious tone,

"Any last words?"

"Grr...I...I won't...give up...I refuse...to stay in his shadow!"

Replica Riku continued to fight with all of his might, managing to use every inch of darkness he could find within him to power himself up. This was enough to slightly move Terra-Xehanort yet he was still stronger. He grabbed Replica Riku's head and then threw him towards a wall, causing him to hit the wall with brute force. He fell on his knees for a moment, trying to recover from his injured back. Terra-Xehanort approached Replica Riku with his keyblade glowing.

"You say these things but all you ever will be is a replica. You aren't even the real version of the replica. Like me, you are just a data version, a fake but in your case, a fake of a fake. There is no future for you."

"I don't care...I'll keep fighting!"

With sheer willpower Replica Riku got on his feet and got into his fighting stance. Terra-Xehanort smiled at this since he was impressed by Replica Riku's willpower yet annoyed at how futile this entire fight is. The two had a paused moment before their fight continued with Replica Riku used everything he had in an attempt to do some damage to his opponent. Terra-Xehanort took all of these attacks and was fine by them, completely unfazed by them.

"Is this all you got? Pathetic."

Terra-Xehanort waited for a bit before eventually overpowering his opponent with one hit. He dodged Replica Riku's sword rather easily before managing to hit the boy in the chest with his keyblade. This was enough to send the boy flying into another wall, this time injuring him to the point where he couldn't stand. As he was laying on the ground in pain, Terra-Xehanort was going to end this fight by killing the traitor until he sensed another presence around. This caused him to turn around towards the new person in the room.

"Hm. Who are you?"

"An observer."

"Hm."

Terra-Xehanort observed this person, seeing a petite girl that only had a cloth covering her. He could sense immense power within this girl. This caused him to charge at the petite girl without hesitation, seeing that this girl is a threat. He was right since the moment he was about to swing No Name keyblade at the petite girl, he all of a sudden dropped his keyblade as he felt his life draining away.

"You are pretty strong, but you are not interesting."

"...why you..."

Terra-Xehanort looked at the petite girl with anger before he disappeared, having been taken out by an unknown yet powerful entity. As this happened, Replica Riku looked at the petite girl with a surprised facial expression.

'H-How? How is she...th-this strong?! She didn't do a single thing and yet...'

Replica Riku was caught off guard by how strong this girl is. He attempted to get up yet his body was so damage that it just hurt the boy for the most part.

"Hm. You are very interesting."

"Wh-Who are you?"

"An observer."

"I-Is that so? Then why would an observer get involve?"

"What is your name?"

"Ri—actually, I do not know."

"You said you wanted to be your own person. I shall help you with that."

The petite girl smiled at the data boy for a moment before having a smile in her face.

"You were never in this fight."

"Wha—?"

Before Replica Riku could say anything, he felt his body restored. He was caught off guard by this since he doesn't have a clue what happened to him. He looked at his body for a moment before wanting to question the petite girl.

"What did you do? What are you?"

"Your memory must be lying to you. You weren't in battle, meaning that all injuries from what your memories said never happened."

"What...?"

Replica Riku was completely confused by this, not sure what exactly is going on yet he can tell that the petite girl is way more powerful than anything he has ever seen so far. This caused him to have a lot of questions in his mind yet there were only two that he deemed the most important to ask.

"Why did you save me? And also, who are you?"

"I find you...fascinating."

"Ok...and who are you supposed to be?"

"An observer."

"*Sigh* Could you tell me your name."

"Ah yes, my name. It is not of importance...but if you are willing to join me then I will give it to you."

"Join you? For what?"

"Will you join me?"

The petite girl extended her hand towards Replica Riku, giving him a choice on whether he would join her for whatever she wants or reject her. Although he didn't trust the girl, he did owe her his life for saving her.

"Will you make sure I'm my own person?"

"Certainly."

"..."

Replica Riku stood for a moment before looking at his sword, seeing how this weapon is not his own original weapon but of the original Riku. This caused him to close his eyes and take a deep breath.

"Okay. But at least tell me your name."

"Pandora."

Replica Riku nodded, a bit intrigued by what he heard. Pandora grabbed the boy by his shoulder while saying in a calm and soothing voice,

"You and I were never here."

As Pandora says this, both herself and Replica Riku disappeared, leaving behind the No Name keyblade that was fading away. Someone watching from the shadows had observed the entire scene that played out.

"Well...this isn't good."

Two brothers were running down the hall for a while, both of them completely caught off guard that Sora had not only returned to his older form but that his power was also restored. The two ran and ran for a bit until finally finding a stopping point. With the two stopping in unison, they both turn around to see if they are being followed yet they weren't. This prompted the two to rest for a few minutes to recover their stamina before having a conversation on the events that had transpired.

"We are disappointed in brother~tsu. We had this until brother screwed up."

"Our fault? How is it that brother blames us for brother's mistake?"

"The Keyblade wielder is too strong for us, brother. We thought brother would go all out~tsu."

"We did. It's brother's fault that we got sloppy. Brother always wanting to fight opponents and give them chances to fight back!"

"We are not at fault for brother's flaw of always messing up! At least we are looking out for Louis' sake~tsu!"

The two gluttonies got hostile towards each other, the two blaming the other since they know each other's flaws. Roy likes to just attack everything and want to eat everything without seeing if what he is eating will be good for Louis. Lye on the other hand gives his opponents too much of a chance to fight back for the sake of him finding good "food" for Louis. As the two prepared to fight each other, there was a momentary pause. Having mentioned Louis, they realized that for some reason their connection to her had been cut off.

"Do you feel that, brother~tsu?"

"Yes, we feel that. What happened to sister?!"

"WE DON'T KNOW~TSU!"

The two brothers were worried for Louis' sake. Despite how Roy doesn't show it has much, he does care for Louis while Lye is extremely devoted to their shared sister. Seeing that their sister is not being able to be contacted or connected to, they start to panic. As they were panicking, the two eventually sensed that there was someone nearby. They turned to see that there are two figures approaching them.

At first they thought that they were hallucinating since the way the two figures looked were the same until the light allowed the two figures to be revealed. The two gluttonies smiled since they both knew who the two new "foods" were. Roy was tempted to charge in right away yet Lye grabbed his arm, stopping him. Roy looked at his brother annoyed before staying put, knowing that Lye wants to enjoy this.

"Rem! We are happy to see you again~tsu!"

"..."

"You both look delicious!"

"...Witch cult bastards."

"Hm. Does Rem remember us~tsu?"

"I remember everything, and I mean everything."

Rem looked at Lye with a serious and a threatening gaze, causing him to be surprised but at the same time excited. He smiled before saying in an excited voice,

"We are happy! This is the first time we see someone that remembers us~tsu!"

"Disgusting Witch cultist!"

"Hm. You two are going to die here."

Ram speaks has her two dream eaters start to stand next to Rem and Ram, showing the two gluttonies that this fight is a four on two. Roy just looks at the dream eaters for a moment before looking at Rem and Ram, wanting to eat the two before his brother does. As both gluttony boys prepare to fight, Rem and Ram both converse.

"Will you be okay, nee-sama?"

"I have my pets to help me and I still have one last elixir from Sora-sama."

"Okay nee-sama."

"Don't worry Rem, I'll be okay and should you be in trouble, I'll have one of my pets to help you out."

"I appreciate it nee-sama...but I need to beat that Sin Archbishop of Gluttony on my own."

"Just don't push yourself too far on your own."

"I won't. I had nee-sama's training."

Ram looked at Rem for a moment, having noticed what she said. This made her feel proud for her sister before looking forward with a serious facial expression, knowing that this fight will be a bloody one. She got her wand out and pointed it towards Roy to indicate that the two of them will be fighting each other.

"Hmph. You are going to die like a pig."

"You look tasty. This should make for a feast!"

"Hmph. Al Fula!"

Ram began her fight against Roy with her two dream eaters providing defense to her. As the fight between Ram and Roy started, Lye and Rem starred each other down for a moment, both of them having opposite feelings of their fight. Lye is excited to face off Rem and hopes he can eat her once again after having proven to be gourmet before meanwhile Rem wants to kill Lye. Not just because of his association to the Witch cult but also because he is the reason Sora and Subaru both suffered. Natsuki Subaru's book of the dead helped her see just how horrified both Sora and Subaru were when her existence was erased by everybody except the two of them. Seeing now that she can get her revenge on Lye, she got herself into fighting position while saying,

"My name is Rem, maid to Roswaal L Mathers and Sora-kun's lover!"

"Sin Archbishop of the Witch's cult, representing Gluttony, Lye Batenkaitos~tsu!"

With the two having said their introductions, the two charge at each other with everything they got, both of them beginning their intense battle to the death.

Author's note:

1. So I did cut a few things off since I felt like they aren't necessary for this chapter at least but I can confirm that we will see the wedding at some point.

2. If you are wondering, Subaru right now with his new keyblade is has strong as Ansem (KH final boss fight). If you add in Beatrice, then he is in the KH2 levels.

3. When this arc finishes, there is an important interlude that will connect on how things will go for Arc 7.

4. Although this chapter wasn't my longest (Due to a few things), it is one of my favorites to write.

I'll keep giving it my all to make the story be good.