Chapter 95: The masked man
Subaru and Waraki without hesitation charged at the self-proclaimed villain, wanting him to pay for harming Shaula and Zarestia. The mysterious villain could only laugh at this, being amused by the two knights' actions.
"Ohohoh, I wonder, what will you do?"
"Shut up and take this!"
Using a bit of darkness, Subaru threw a dark ball at the mysterious villain.
Sora was a little surprised by this since it hadn't crossed his mind that his best friend would rely on the power of darkness...then again, his concern was more that their opponent looked like he was allowing the attack to hit him.
'Something's not right.'
As he thought this, the three noticed the mysterious villain move his hand up and suddenly absorb Subaru's attack.
"What?!"
"That was some nice energy, thank you." As he finished speaking, he disappeared right before their eyes.
"What the?!"
"Where the hell did, he go?!"
As both knights were left confused, Sora immediately knew what the mysterious villain was trying to do.
"Watch out!"
As he yelled this, he summoned Kingdom Key in order to try and stop the masked man from attacking his friends from behind as they were distracted by his disappearance.
As it seems like the keyblade master is about to reach his opponent, he goes to swing his keyblade all the while the masked man tells Subaru:
"I'll use this energy with care."
The moment he finished his sentence, he moved his left hand towards Sora's direction before suddenly firing a powerful light projectile.
The attack was so fast that not even Sora was ready for. He took the hit and was sent flying a mile away.
"Sora!"
"Surprise!"
As the mysterious villain said this in a happy tone, he turned his attention towards the two knights.
"Seems like you are next!"
"You bastard...how dare you!" Subaru shouted as he pointed his keyblade at the mysterious villain. "I won't let you get away with any of this!"
"Then try to beat me, hero!"
As the mysterious villain said this, he swapped his mask into the angry one before getting into a fighting stance.
Waraki got up with an annoyed expression, also angry at this opponent of theirs since they are basically mocking them.
"Allow me, Subaru."
Waraki moved passed his friend before charging at the mysterious villain, wanting to be the one to eliminate him.
"I'll be the one to kill you!"
"Oh really? Bring it on then!"
As the mysterious villain said this, Waraki swung his sword right towards him.
The mysterious villain easily dodged the attacks from the knight, a bit disappointed from this.
"Is that it? Really? How disappointing. I thought knights were stronger than this."
"Shut up!"
As the knight shouted this, he continued to throw a barrage of attacks all the while Subaru prepared to join in.
He first used Cor Leonis to check on Sora, Shaula, and Zarestia to see if they are alright.
He can see the light for both girls however it was barely blinking all the while Sora's seems to indicate he is fine.
If anything, Sora's light was moving rapidly towards his direction, indicating that his master and best friend is back on the fight.
The mysterious villain continued to dodge Waraki's attacks before finally being bored enough to knock him back.
He dodged one of the attacks before landing a strong punch onto the knight's stomach area.
This caused Waraki to cough up some blood before collapsing to the ground.
"Tsk. Y-You...bastard...!"
"Oh! That's no way for a knight to speak! Show some manners!"
Right as the mysterious villain was about to kick the knight on the face, he had sensed Sora charging right at him.
"Oh-oh-oh! Welcome back, Keyblade Master!"
As he was saying this, he switched his mask from angry to happy before blocking Sora's attack with just his arm.
Sora gave this villain a serious look, knowing that this opponent is dangerous and could seriously kill him if he's not careful.
"I'm surprised you got up that quickly! Could've sworn that a direct hit would've done something to you. No matter, it just means we can have more fun!"
"..."
Sora remained silent as he jumped back before pointing his keyblade at his opponent.
Before attacking with a magic projectile, he recalled what had happened to Subaru's projectile.
'Right, he can absorb our attacks.'
Remembering this prompted him to put his keyblade back for a moment before charging at the mysterious villain, seeing that he'll have to fight in close range.
As he swung his keyblade towards his opponent, the mysterious villain managed to block away the attack with ease.
"Don't be going easy on me!"
As the mysterious villain said this, he continued to dodge all of Sora's attacks.
Subaru and Waraki were just left in shock when they were seeing this, finding it impossible that some random big villain to come in and be able to fight one on one with the Keyblade Master.
'Who the hell is this guy?! He can't be a normal human! A demi human perhaps?'
These questions plagued his mind for a moment before he shook himself back into reality in order to think of a plan to help out his best friend and master.
He watched as Sora was attempting to push the mysterious villain back, Subaru used Cure on Waraki to assist his friend in getting back up.
As the knight was able to gain some strength back, the two looked and waited for a moment before charging towards the mysterious villain to give Sora some backup.
Subaru and Waraki swung their weapons towards the mysterious villain on opposite directions, attempting to catch him off guard while Sora was keeping him on the defensive.
Just as the two were about to hit, the mysterious villain sensed this which prompted him to dodge one of Sora's attacks in order to turn around to block away the pair's attacks.
He punched away Subaru's keyblade from his direction while managing to land a kick onto Waraki, sending him flying back.
He once again coughed blood since he was kicked in the gut, yet he wasn't going to be out of the fight.
He managed to land onto his feet and hold his stomach to try and push past the pain before charging towards the mysterious villain.
'I...I refuse...to be out of this fight...!'
As Waraki was closing in, Subaru and Sora were continuing their attacks to which their shared opponent continued to block away their keyblades.
"Is this the best you can do?! Come on, keyblade wielders! Show me what you are truly capable of!"
As he shouted this in a cocky tone, he suddenly jumped high up to avoid a sudden attack from a Morningstar.
"Huh?"
Both keyblade wielders were caught off guard for a second before realizing that Rem has joined the fight.
"How dare you harm Sora-kun." The blue haired maid spoke with a calm yet intimidating tone of voice. Sora, Subaru, and Waraki turned towards Rem, seeing just how pissed off she was due to the aura around her was intense murder.
"Rem."
"..."
The mysterious villain looked at Rem for a second as he tilted his head before shouting:
"My! How rude of you!" He switches masks from happy to angry. "How dare you jump into a fight that has nothing to do with yoooou!"
"Shut up." Rem responded in a low voice, trying her best to keep herself in check before she swiftly charged towards the mysterious villain.
As she closed the gap between herself and her opponent, she moved her morningstar towards his face.
He noticed this and quickly avoided the attack before it could even damage his mask.
"You are feisty for a maid."
"Silence. Don't speak to me."
Rem sharply said before attempting to land a kick onto the chest area of her opponent only for said opponent to easily grab her leg before tossing her to the side.
"You should calm yourself. Fighting in such a way is no good!"
"Be quiet!"
Rem recovered and swiftly throw her morningstar once again towards the mysterious villain, attempting to land a hit only for this attack to be blocked away.
As he does this, he moves rapidly towards Rem's position before attempting to grab her face.
Sora noticed this and quickly threw his keyblade directly at the villain's hand.
This caught the attention of the villain, prompting him to grab Kingdom Key before it could hit him.
"Well, that was terrible. Are you messing with me, Keyblade Master?"
"No. I just need your attention."
"Hm?"
The mysterious villain was curious but before he could analyze what the keyblade master meant by that, he suddenly felt a strong kick onto his chest area.
"Let go of Sora-kun's keyblade!"
"Pfft...nice kick!" As the mysterious villain said this, he landed a kick of his own onto Rem's head, sending the oni maid flying into a nearby tree. "Allow me to return the favor!"
"Rem!"
Sora, Subaru, and Waraki shouted, having a feeling of anger boil their souls when seeing this.
"You bastard!" Subaru shouted as he formchange from his Rebirth Keyblade before using the shadows from his formchange attire to try and pin the mysterious villain down.
As he was closing the gap, the mysterious villain allowed himself to be caught just to see what attack Subaru will throw at him.
The second he was close to his opponent, Subaru used Invisible Providence to land a powerful punch onto the mysterious villain's face area.
This caught him off guard since he didn't see any attack heading this way.
Subaru took this opportunity to land a few follow up attacks using his shadows, each attack hitting harder than the last.
Right before he can land a finishing blow, the mysterious villain took this chance to absorb the shadows.
It was a bit of a gamble, but it managed to work as he started to gain strength.
"You are quiiiite annoying!"
"You are the annoying one!"
As Subaru attempted to stop this, he was suddenly punched away by his opponent.
'Shit!'
"Hahaha! Thank you for that lovely energy!"
As Subaru was sent flying, Sora and Waraki both took this chance to attack the mysterious villain.
Sora was the first to strike by swinging Kingdom Key with all of his strength, managing to land a strong blow onto the mysterious villain's stomach area.
Waraki chose this moment to swing his sword in an attempt to slice the mask off of their opponent's face in order to see who the culprit is.
Right before his sword had the chance to connect with the mask, the mysterious villain dodge this attack before throwing an attack that hit both the keyblade master and the knight.
"Wha—?!"
"ack!"
Both were caught off guard by this sudden attack, not expecting the mysterious villain to somehow recover from Sora's attack.
"You certainly know how to land a hit; I will say that. Though it is nothing compared to my angry fist!"
"..."
The two were knocked back for only a moment before attempting to attack the mysterious villain once again.
Right before they had the chance, the mysterious villain turned around and with a simple punch, he managed to destroy Rem's morningstar as she threw the weapon right towards him.
"Nice tryyy! But you'll have to do better than that."
As he said this while switching the masks from angry to happy, Rem looked with intense anger as her horn started to come out.
"How dare you...HOW DARE YOU HURT SORA-KUN!"
Once her mind was filled with rage, she blindly charged right towards the mysterious villain, wanting to kill him.
"Rem, wait!"
As Sora shouted this, Rem ignored him and just started her close range fight with the mysterious villain.
She continued to attack with everything she had, slightly being pressured back.
While she continued to hold her own, Waraki went to check on Subaru while Sora went to assist Rem.
As Waraki approached Subaru, the knight of Emilia had gotten back up.
'Damn that asshole! If this keeps up, he will end up killing someone...'
Subaru didn't want that since that would mean he would need to Return By Death, something that hadn't happen since the fight with Sephiroth.
He doesn't want to do that again, prompting him to get back up.
'I will beat that bastard! Whatever it takes!'
"Guess you aren't done yet." Waraki said proudly, knowing that it'll take more than this to keep his friend down.
Subaru smiled at the knight while responding with:
"Yeah, this bastard...as no idea what'll it him..."
"You're damn right! Come on!"
As Waraki said this, Subaru and him ran towards the battle.
All the while, Sora quickly protected Rem from being grabbed as the mysterious villain managed to avoid a few of the oni maid's attacks and was attempting to grab her to steal her mana.
As he managed to push away the hand, he changed his keyblade from Kingdom Key into Oathkeeper in order to deliver a stronger blow onto his opponent's chest area.
"Stay away from Rem!"
As he shouted this, the mysterious villain recovered swiftly using the mana he stole from Subaru's shadows before moving to attack Sora.
"You changed keyblades! You were indeed holding back!"
"..." Sora remained silent as he blocked one of the mysterious villain's attacks. He once again swapped masks to be the angry one again.
"You were holding back! How dare you look down on me!"
"Don't you dare speak to Sora-kun!" Rem in her oni form shouted, starting to lose herself in her rage. She charged towards the mysterious villain and clashed fists, preventing him from hurting her hero.
"Oh my! I'm facing it, the power of love itself!" As he was shouting this, he and Rem began to punch each other's fists with everything they had.
As it seemed like it was a stalemate, Rem threw another punch only for her opponent to catch it.
"I wonder what kind of power love as."
"Let her go!" Both Waraki and Subaru shouted as they closed in to try and land a hit on him.
The mysterious villain blocked away the attack from the two with one hand while still holding Rem's head with his other hand.
"Is that the best you can do?"
"Let her go!" Sora shouted as he used all of his strength to hit the mysterious villain's hand that was grabbing onto Rem's head.
This hit managed to cause the mysterious villian's hand to let go of Rem before he had the chance to drain her mana.
As did this, he formchange into the light form, allowing him to increase both his speed and strength.
This gave him a chance to land a barrage of attacks onto the mysterious villain, pushing him back.
"I won't let you hurt my friends!"
As he said this, he landed one more keyblade attack onto the mysterious villain's chest area.
This attack sent him flying a few miles away.
The mysterious villain crashed onto a couple of trees though this didn't keep him down.
He quickly got up and prepared to charge right towards the keyblade master only for said keyblade master to suddenly appear right in front of him.
"I won't give you a chance!" As he shouted this, he landed another blow onto the mysterious villain, sending him flying away once again.
Right before he had the chance to attack again, he paused when he saw a corridor of darkness appear right in front of him.
'Hm? The Organization?!'
As Sora questioned this in his mind, an organization member appeared though this one didn't show his face.
"Xehanort?!" The Keyblade Master said, thinking it could be Young Xehanort.
"..."
There was no response from this unknown Organization member, prompting him to keep his guard up.
Subaru, Rem, and Waraki eventually caught up with Sora, all three also caught off guard by the sudden arrival of an Organization member.
"What the?! Which one of those assholes are we dealing with now?" Waraki questioned, not really wanting to deal with an Organization member right now.
As they were all on guard, this Organization member pointed his finger right towards Subaru's direction.
"What? You want me?" Subaru questioned.
"..." The Organization member remained silent for a second before appearing right in front of the boy, prepared to kill him.
Sora was able to catch this, allowing him to move swiftly right in between the two to save his best friend and apprentice.
As he blocked away the attack, the two keyblade wielders noticed the weapon this Organization member was wielding.
'An axe?!'
Sora knew that nobody in the Organization wielded an axe, which made him confused on who this person could be all the while Subaru had a bad feeling about this Organization member.
'Could he be...?'
Before he could finish this thought, Sora and this Organization member began to throw attacks, countering each other.
As the two were locked in combat on equal terms, Subaru and the others noticed the mysterious villain approaching them.
"Now that was quite the attack! I'm super impressed!"
As he spoke in a happy tone, he looked at the battle going on between Sora and the Organization member.
"I wonder who is that person, taking away all the fun. Oh well, I guess you three will have to do."
The mysterious villain turned his attention towards Subaru, Rem, and Waraki, preparing to attack all three.
"That's fine. Gives us a chance to take you down!" Waraki spoke with confidence as he charged at the mysterious villain.
He watched as the knight swung his sword right towards him.
As if he looked unimpressed, he easily dodged the attack before landing a strong gut punch onto the knight.
"You are nothing compared to him." The mysterious villain spoke with a disinterested tone. "I do admire your fighting spirit, though."
He grabbed the knight's head before punching him away, nearly killing him in the process.
As he was sent flying for a moment, Subaru and Rem looked with anger towards the mysterious villain.
"How dare you harm my friend." Subaru spoke with anger in his heart, causing a dark aura around him to be created. "I will stop you."
As Subaru said this, he remained in his sage attire from the Rebirth formchange as he used his shadows to help him move swiftly towards his opponent.
Once within reach, Subaru swung his keyblade right at the mysterious villain's back.
As the attack connected, he used the shadows to assist in making sure the attack had much more force than he could do.
This attack had managed knock the mysterious villain to the ground, creating a small crater.
"Ohhh! Now that actually hurt!"
He swaps masks to angry mask once again before getting back up.
"Allow me to return the favor!"
As he goes to punch Subaru with his all of his might, the keyblade wielder quickly used his shadows emitting underneath his sage attire to create a shadow sphere to protect himself.
This sphere was strong enough to protect him from the mysterious villain's attack though it also allowed him to see that he can steal the magic properties of the shadows to get himself stronger.
'That absorption crap is only going to get worse.'
Knowing this to be a problem, he took away the remaining shadows and attempted to go for another attack only for his opponent to easily dodge the attack.
"Thank you for that sweet mana! I'll make good use of it—"
Right as he finished speaking, he was kicked on the side of his head, catching him off guard.
Subaru smiled as he saw Rem managing to land her attack, prompting him to follow up with an attack of his own.
"Canis Majoris!" Subaru shouted this, activating his wrath witch factor to increase his body's strength to such a high level that a dark and red aura started appearing around him.
He went for a punch but before connecting, he used the shadows to surround his hand as well to increase the impact of his punch.
Once his punch connected with the added bonus of his shadows from his formchange and from his wrath witch factor, the attack was strong enough to knock the wind out of his opponent.
"How do you like this?!"
As Subaru shouted this, his body strained for a moment, nearly knocking Subaru out.
'Shit! I used too much!'
Subaru coughed up some blood, yet he didn't collapse to the ground. Rem noticed this yet her mind was more focused on trying to kill the mysterious villain.
She managed to land another kick onto the mysterious villain's side to send him flying away.
"That's for Sora-kun!"
As she shouted this, the mysterious villain crashed into a few trees all the while thinking about how Subaru really surprised him with that punch.
"Didn't expect that from him...then again..."
As he was self-talking, he noticed Rem charging right at him. He pointed his left arm directly towards Rem just as she was about to land another kick onto him, he said in a soft voice:
"Reverse shadow."
As he said this, he used the shadows he recently got from Subaru's shadow sphere to counter-attack Rem right as she was about to connect her kick.
These shadows covered Rem and entrapped her, allowing the mysterious villain to take a moment from being attacked to recover some of his strength back.
"There. Need a moment."
"Like hell you are!" Subaru shouted as he quickly ran towards the mysterious villain's location. Before he could reach him though, out of nowhere he was kicked in the face.
"What the—?!"
"..."
Subaru was sent off onto the distance all the while the mysterious villain saw that the one who kicked the keyblade wielder was the Organization member.
"Interesting." He said as he was recovering his strength. While he looked at the Organization member, Sora shouted:
"Don't hurt my friend!"
He swiftly appeared in front of the Organization member before swinging his keyblade with intensity.
This attack managed to hit the Organization member, catching him off guard though not enough to do serious damage. The Organization member looked at Sora with an intense glare.
Although Sora can't see the glare, he can feel the hatred view he was receiving, prompting him to prepare his defense.
This was the right move since the Organization member grabbed his axe with a tight grip before swiftly attempting to slice his head off.
He was fast enough to block the attack, realizing from this attack that the Organization member still has a lot more strength and speed than he's showing right now.
'He's just like him.' He thought this as he continued to block all of his opponent's attacks, matching his new speed and strength.
While the two were locked in combat, Subaru slowly got back up.
'Damn that asshole, attacking me like that.' He was very annoyed by this though his focus turned back towards the mysterious villain, seeing that he was standing right in front of him. 'Great.'
"Well, that attack was not earned. You should've been harmed by my hand, not some random man."
"..." He had no comment.
"Oh well, at least I get the chance to finish you off."
Right before the mysterious villain had a chance to act, a new voice appeared.
"Stop right there, villain."
"Hm?"
The mysterious villain turned around to see that the voice speaking to him directly was Emilia, the silver haired half elf. Next to her was a recovered Rem and her sister, Ram.
"I see! So, you recovered!" The mysterious villain shouted with glee, surprised that the oni maid could continue to stand after all the hits she had endured from him.
Rem gave him a death stare as she was ready for another round with him.
The mysterious villain turned his attention towards Emilia, almost feeling like his attitude had changed.
He switched mask into one of a serious expression, indicating what he was feeling behind the mask.
The mysterious villain pointed towards Emilia's direction with conviction.
"Witch."
"..." Emilia and the two maids behind her remained silent, not phased by that comment. The only one who got mad about that would be Natsuki Subaru.
"You piece of shit! How dare you call Emilia-tan that name?!"
As he shouted this, he swung his keyblade right towards the mysterious villain's face. Right before the keyblade wielder's attack could land, he was punched once again.
"Don't lay a hand on him! El Minya!"
Another person joins the fights, it's clear from the use of Yin magic that it's Beatrice.
She had sensed that her contractor was in danger, prompting her to quickly head outside to check.
She was the mysterious villain punching her contractor had caused her rage to spark out of control.
As she fired a barrage of purple projectiles, the mysterious villain took this chance to absorb them to gain more strength and mana.
While he was doing that, Subaru got back up to notice Beatrice also arriving at the battlefield.
'Shit. This might be a problem.'
"Beako! Don't use yin magic! He's just going to absorb it!"
"Seriously?!" Beatrice shouted in an annoyed tone since it effectively means she can't help in the fight.
Not to mention she can't protect her contractor.
Subaru, realizing Beatrice's intentions, uses the shadows to move himself away from the mysterious villain and to try and reach his contracted spirit's location.
As he manages to pass by the mysterious villain, he starts to close in towards Beatrice's direction.
"You aren't running away from me, foolish boy."
Right before the mysterious villain had a chance to close in on Subaru to kill him, Emilia along with Rem and Ram got in the way.
Emilia with her strength managed to block away the mysterious villain's punch directed towards her knight while the oni twins and their combined strength landed an intense blow onto the mysterious villain's chest area.
"You won't harm my knight." She spoke with a confident tone all the while both oni twins stood in front of the royal candidate, ready to protect her.
"You scum won't come to harm anybody else."
"One step and you're a dead man."
"Is that sooooo? Well then, let's see what two maids are capable of together!"
He moved his hand towards his new opponents' direction before using the mana he got from Beatrice against them by firing the same number of projectiles the loli spirit fired at him.
Ram and Rem immediately responded to this by firing a powerful wind and water range attacks respectively.
Their combined attacks managed to break through the mysterious villain's range attack, prompting the two to move swiftly towards his position.
Together they started to go on an aggressive offense, which forced the mysterious villain to use all of the remaining mana he had gathered throughout the fight to defend himself from the two oni maids.
While Rem and Ram were holding their own against the mysterious villain with Emilia waiting for her moment to assist, Subaru managed to reach Beatrice.
"Are you okay?"
"That's something I should be asking you, in fact!" As Beatrice shouted this to her contractor, she went to hug him tightly, wanting to be by his side.
Subaru hugged Beatrice back to comfort her before turning his attention to the fights happening at the moment.
He observed Emilia, Rem, and Ram taking on the mysterious villain.
He could see that the three should be able to take him down since they are covering one another.
He turned his attention towards the battle between his master and the organization member, barely being able to see the two giving it their all.
"What are you thinking?" Beatrice questioned.
"Emilia-tan, Ram, and Rem have that bastard covered. So, my thoughts are that we help Sora with his fight."
"How do you propose to assist Sora?" She asked in earnest.
"I think I have something that could work...in theory."
"In theory?" Beatrice once again questioned.
Subaru smiled before explaining his plan to his contracted spirit.
While he was doing that, Sora and the Organization member continued to clash weapons with everything they had.
'The way he fights reminds me of someone...'
As he thinks this, he eventually notices a few portals starting to form around them.
'I see. So he's going to pull that trick.'
Sora smiled as he waited for the right moment before gaining some distance from his opponent by dodging one of his attacks before pushing himself away using the air.
'Let's see that trick of yours, Subaru, Beatrice.'
He watched as the Organization member prepared to charge at him only to sense a purple yin projectile suddenly be shot from his right side.
"...?"
As the Organization member looked at the direction the projectile fired before hearing:
"Let's see you handle this, jackass!"
"Try not to goat too much, I suppose."
The Organization member turned towards Subaru and Beatrice's direction, noticing what they were saying.
Figuring out the ones behind that attack, the Organization member didn't hesitate to throw his axe right at Subaru, viewing him as the biggest threat.
Before the axe could even hit the boy, he and his contracted spirit managed to teleport away from the area.
This caused the Organization member to quickly use the power of darkness to regain his axe before sensing a barrage of yin magic projectiles fired from all over the place.
He continued to avoid all of the attacks while he analyzed the area in search of Subaru and Beatrice.
After doing this for a minute straight, his senses quickly picked up on an different kind of attack about to hit him, prompting him to turn around with such speed to block away the boy's keyblade.
He had sensed Subaru's darkness which helped him pinpoint where he was at. Subaru was left annoyed by this since he wanted to land this hit.
"Damn you! After all that work only for you to find me."
"..."
The Organization member remained silent as he pushed Subaru back if only for a moment to get his strength ready for a killing blow.
Before he even had the chance to attack, Sora got in between the two before he swung his Oathkeeper keyblade directly at him.
Since he wasn't ready for that attack, he ended up receiving a strong blow from the Keyblade Master.
This sent him back a few feet, attempting to stand tall even though the attack did do damage.
The Organization member looked at the keyblade master, seeing that he's in a different form, one that wielders light and dark attires as well as having two keyblades.
Knowing the strength of Sora, the keyblade master, being at an all time high with two keyblades, the organization member lowered his weapon before snapping his fingers. Subaru and Sora were a bit hesitant when this happened, prompting the two to keep their guards up.
This was a correct intuition since a bunch of nobodies started to pop up all around the two.
"Nobodies!"
"..."
Subaru turned towards the direction Beatrice had ended up on and saw that a couple of dusk nobodies were surrounding her.
"Beako!"
Subaru started to glide towards Beatrice's direction, wanting to get to her before the dusk nobodies had a chance to do anything.
Right as it seems like he wasn't going to make it, a sudden knight appeared to slice down one of the nobodies that was about to attack the loli spirit.
Despite not wielding a keyblade, Waraki's attack and strength was enough to destroy the dusk.
"You aren't harming Beatrice-sama!"
As he shouted this, he blocked away an attack from another dusk nobody that was targeted towards Beatrice.
Once he managed to do this, he turned his attention towards another dusk nobody attempting to attack him.
Before this nobody even had a chance, Subaru had the chance to strike the nobody down in one hit.
"Thanks Waraki, for protecting Beako."
"Of course, that's what friends are for."
The two smiled with confidence as they eliminated the remaining two dusk nobodies before they had a chance to attack any of them.
"Are you okay, Beako?"
"Yes!"
As she said this, a couple more nobodies appeared around them.
"Seems like we have a few more monsters to deal with."
"Agreed. Beako, do you have enough mana?"
"Yes, I have a bit more mana to spare."
"Then let's take care of them together."
Subaru reverted from his formchange into his original attire before grabbing Beatrice's right hand. Once he did this, the two pointed their hands towards the nobodies while shouting in unison:
"El Minya!"
As the two said this, a barrage of yin magic projectiles appeared above the pair before firing all of them at the nobodies they were facing.
While the pair were working together, Waraki on his own was blocking away dusk nobodies with the strength he had in him.
He still had a lot of injuries from the punches he had gotten from the mysterious villain throughout his fight with him.
While this fight was going on, Sora destroyed all the nobodies that charged at him on air before turning his attention towards the Organization member.
Once he was preparing to continue his fight with him, he noticed that the Organization member created a corridor of darkness to leave.
"I won't let you escape."
As Sora attempted to stop the Organization member from escaping, he heard something from him that caused the keyblade master to stop on his tracks.
"...w-what?"
This pause was enough time for the Organization member to escape. Once he had his mind back on the right track, he realized that the Organization member managed to escape.
"...I have to help the others."
He turned towards Emilia's direction, just realizing that she had arrived to the fight. Near her were not just nobodies but also witch cultists.
'Witch cultists Here?!'
Without a second thought he appeared right in front of the group of witch cultists, surprising them.
"What are you doing here?" The Keyblade Master questioned as he pointed Oblivion towards them.
Although knowing that they stand no chance against him, especially when Sora's wielding two keyblades, they still chose to respond to the boy's question with violence.
They attempt to kill him with their speed however Sora's speed was on a whole other level. He disappeared from all the witch cultists' eyes, prompting them to be surprised for a second before some of them were suddenly knock down.
Before long other witch cultists were knocked down from Sora's attacks.
This kept happening until there was only one left, who seemed to be getting nervous since he's just surrounded by his fallen fellow cultists.
Before this witch cultist could even run away, it sensed Sora right behind him with Oathkeeper right near his neck.
"I won't ask again, what are you doing here?"
"...I won't speak, non-believer."
"..."
Without much trouble, Sora speed blitz around the witch cultist before knocking him out with one swing of his Oblivion keyblade.
As he did this, he turned towards Emilia, Ram, and Rem's direction to see that suddenly heartless appearing.
'This must be the work of the Organization.'
For so many heartless to appear after the Organization member, it only makes sense that Xehanort or someone else was nearby to help whoever he was fighting escape.
He looked to see that these strong heartless were attempting to overwhelm the three.
Before he went to assist them, he could see Rem and Ram swiftly taking the heartless down in close range while Emilia created ice type projectiles to finish them off.
These heartless gave the mysterious villain a chance to try and get away.
Waraki noticed this and quickly chased after him while Beatrice and Subaru took on the remaining nobodies near them.
As the knight was closing in on the mysterious villain, he had his sword in a strike position only for his opponent to move fast enough to grab him by the throat.
"Tsk. Motherf—"
"Now now, a knight shouldn't speak in such a manner."
"..."
"Before I leave, there was a message my master wanted to give you."
"Your...m-master...?"
"Oh yeeeees. Master told that when I found you, to tell you these words: Nabe Kusagi."
"..." Waraki paused for a moment, almost like he was frozen from the words that were being spoken.
"Well then, I've done my part. I'll see you in the city then, Waraki Seimoto."
And with that being said, the mysterious villain drained a bit of the knight's mana, just enough to make sure he was weak enough for the next punch to truly knock him out.
After doing this, the mysterious villain summoned a few witch cultists nearby to stop anybody that follows him.
While he was getting away, Sora assists the girls in taking down the remaining heartless, freeing their hearts from the darkness.
Once this was accomplished, they all sensed the witch cultists charging at them.
"Allow me." Rem said in a calm tone before easily eliminating them within a few seconds.
Throughout the few months that had past since the events of Vollachia Empire, she controlled her dark urges when confronting the witch cult with the assistance of her twin sister.
As the witch cultists were all dead on the ground, Rem turned towards Sora's direction before bowing.
"Apologies, Sora-kun. Rem doesn't like to kill in front of you."
"It's fine. You have grown stronger."
"Yes." Rem said while blushing, unable to look at Sora's eyes at this moment. "I wanted to get stronger for you."
"Thanks." Sora said as he rubbed the back of his head. Though before he could continue the conversation, he noticed Subaru running towards the forest in a concerned manner.
This prompted him to follow behind, wanting to check on what's going on.
As the keyblade master caught up with Emilia's knight, the two found Waraki on the ground on the verge of death.
"Waraki!" Both shouted before pointing their keyblades up and using their last magic ability, "Cure!"
Both cures were able to make sure that Waraki doesn't die from physical injuries though he was still knocked out due to the low amount of mana he had.
"We better take him inside to rest."
"Agreed."