AN: I swear, I'm not making these long pauses happen on purpose, but regardless, at least now you won't have to wait any longer for the latest episode of SLVR Chibi! Give it up for the show, everybody!

[audience applause]

Lea: Took you long enough.

AN: Careful, Lea, you're starting to sound like Weiss.

Weiss: Oh please. He wishes he sounded like me.

Lea: Yeah right. Like I'd waste a wish on something like that.

AN: Okay, okay, you two. Let's not go too deep into showing how real your rivalry is. Or whatever term you want to use to describe your relationship. We've got a show to do, and I'm going to go ahead and say it now; yes, today's first skit was inspired by a certain scene from one of the most recent Marvel movies. You'll figure out which one very quickly, I assure you. So why am I wasting your time talking about it when you could be reading it? Let's get into things already. Oh, but we can't forget our usual disclaimer and Studio Fandom ads.

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Chapter 7: Tough and Wacky Times

Too Many Soras Part 1

Team RWBY was just chilling in their room, doing their own things to pass the time away. Weiss was busily studying for all their classes, even though they did not have any tests any time soon, Blake was lounging on her bed with a good book, one that was decidedly not filth (she had no desire to be hunted down by Lea again on the off-chance Xion came in at some point), Yang was using binoculars to spy into the Boy's Locker Room again, and Ruby…was moping? Yeah, Ruby was moping around with sad sighs, groans, and everything. She had been for hours now, and the latest groan finally made Weiss break.

"Alright Ruby, we get it. You're sad that Sora isn't here, but you know he and the others had to go on that mission to another world, so just get over it. You can last one day without him," Weiss snapped at the poor girl.

"But I miss him," Ruby whined as she flopped around on her bed. "He's been gone for ages already!"

"He only just left today," Blake evenly pointed out.

"Even the smallest second without Sora is a second too long," Ruby insisted, much to the other girls' annoyance. Normally such devotion to Ruby's crush could be seen as cute, if a little weird, but right now, even Yang found it annoying. Luckily, Big Sister believed she had an easy cure.

"Here, this is something of Sora's that I borrowed from Team SLVR's dorm. Cuddle with it and feel better," Yang ordered as she tossed a small gummi block to Ruby.

Ruby caught the block and cuddled it a little, but still did not cheer up very much. "Thanks Yang, but it's not the same. I just wish I could see him right now."

Right when Ruby said that, the gummi block ended glowing a little, and a flurry of sparks briefly materialized into the middle of their room. Naturally everyone had been startled, with Weiss automatically asking, "Yang, just what was it that you took from Team SLVR's room and gave to Ruby just now?"

"I don't know. A random gummi block? The guys said we could look at 'em," Yang shrugged.

"I'm pretty sure looking at them is not the same thing as just taking them," Blake told her partner, only to catch sight of Ruby's thoughtful look. "Ruby, don't try it."

Blake's warning went ignored, as Ruby rubbed the gummi block like a magic lamp as she said, "I just wish I could see him."

Once again, sparks went flying in the middle of the room, only this time, an image had started to form in the midst of them. Now all the girls were curious and did little more than offer simple nods when Ruby eagerly looked at them, silently asking if she could try one more time. "I just wish I could see Sora," Ruby shouted out while rubbing the gummi block again.

This time when the sparks appeared, the formed a large circle with an image of some unknown location in the middle, and smack dab in the middle of that location was a figure that looked like he had just finished a fight with someone. Most likely a Heartless, given the heart shaped crystal that was floating up into the air from where his opponent had just been, and that made the girls all think of one person. "Sora?" Ruby called, getting the figure's attention. "Sora!" she called again, and this time, the figure started walking towards them.

"Oh my gosh, I think that is him," Yang gasped. "Hey Sora! Over here!"

The girls continued calling to Sora's name, but their excitement quickly vanished when the figure jumped over the sparks, into the room, and revealed himself to be someone they did not quite recognize. Yes, he wore the same outfit Sora had on his second journey, but his outfit had a few differences as well. For one thing, Sora's second outfit never had those gauntlets on his arms, or a helmet that looked like something from Tron's world, and the pauldrons on his shoulders definitely did not have a logo shaped like an "A" with an arrow running through the middle. Either way, his sudden arrival was enough to freak some of the girls into grabbing weapons, much to his shock.

"Hi," the man said with a wave, his voice not doing much to settle everyone's nerves, even if it did sound strangely familiar. "Hi, nice to—no, no, no! It's okay! I'm a good guy! I'm a nice guy, really."

"How'd you get in here?!" Weiss demanded.

"Stay back!" Yang ordered.

Seeing his efforts to talk everyone down was not working, the boy tapped the side of his helmet, causing it to retract from his head and reveal a face and set of spiky hair the girls knew but did not quite recognize at the same time. "There, you see?" the mystery boy stated. "I'm just a normal guy."

Team RWBY was incredibly doubtful of that, considering who he looked like. "Who the heck are you?" Blake questioned.

"I'm Sora," the boy waved in greeting.

"No you're not," Ruby protested. "We know Sora. He's my boy—OUR BEST friend. He's our best friend. No other relationship whatsoever. To any of us."

"Okay," Look-Alike-Sora slowly nodded. "Good for you, but like I was saying, I'm Sora Hart, the Keyblade Samurai. I'm kind of a superhero on my world, but I guess I should be saying in my…universe?"

"What?" the girls all exclaimed, now totally lost as to what this guy was talking about.

Sora Hart continued looking around the room even as he muttered a bunch of random gibberish to himself. "String theory…multi-dimensional reality…and matter displacement…It's all real?"

"Uh…I guess?" Ruby shrugged, and it seemed like none of her friends had a better answer.

"Ha! Knew it! We totally knew it, Tony and Hank!" Sora Hart cheered.

Weiss then turned to glare at the sisters as she said, "Well, I guess its safe to say we now know what that gummi block Yang pilfered is supposed to do."

"The what block?" Sora Hart repeated in question, reminding Weiss that whispering when someone's barely more than a few feet away could not keep a discussion from being heard. "Did you say you use candy to bring people to and from other universes here?"

"No!" Yang and Blake both said at once.

"We don't use candy for traveling to other universes. Or other worlds. I mean, why would you think that? The whole other worlds idea is just silly. What's a world any way?" Ruby tried to wave off in an attempt to play dumb.

"Hush, dolt. If you're going to play dumb then at least try and don't play that dumb," Weiss scolded.

Blake on the other hand was more interested in something else. "Prove it."

"Prove what?" Sora Hart asked.

"That you're really Sora and a Keyblade wielder," Blake told him.

"I mean, I don't really carry an ID on me, well not one that would be valid on other worlds, let alone that would advertise the whole thing. It kind of defeats the purpose of being a semi-anonymous guardian, protecting the world order, and all that other stuff," Sora Hart tried to say, only to stop when a pillow suddenly him in the face. He did not need to see Blake's arms up in defense to know who just threw the thing at him, but it still left one mystery unsolved. "Why'd you do that?"

"I was trying to see if you have the Keyblade danger thing," Blake explained.

"The what?"

"You know, the thing that lets the Keyblade sense when you're in danger and just pop into your hand to protect you," Ruby explained.

"Oh, yeah, I have the danger-thing, just not for pillows," Sora Hart explained, only to see Blake reaching for another pillow. "Can you not throw the pillow again please?" Blake just glared at him. "Okay, you are a very mistrusting person, and I can kind of respect that."

With that he raised his hand and summoned forth Kingdom Key in a flash of light. The girls were all stunned to see their friend's Keyblade in the hands of someone who may as well be his twin brother, but they were still not quite convinced he was the real deal. "Cast a spell," Weiss demanded.

"Cast a spell?" Sora Hart repeated incredulously.

"Yes," Weiss confirmed.

"No."

"Yes. Cast a spell," Weiss insisted.

"Why do I need to cast a spell?" Sora Hart questioned.

"Because this is not enough," Yang told him, realizing what Weiss was getting at.

"This is plenty," Sora Hart shot back.

"No it's not," Blake denied.

"Yes it is," he argued.

"No it's not."

"It is."

"Nuh-uh."

"How did I summon the Keyblade?" Sora pointed out, only to get the pillow thrown at him again.

"Do it," Blake ordered as she grabbed another pillow.

"Alright fine, but fair warning, my magic abilities aren't that…great," Sora Hart warned them. He then pointed his Keyblade to a random, empty corner and shouted, "Freeze!"

Instead of shards of ice though, a bolt of lightning came down on the corner, leaving a black scorch mark where it struck. Luckily that was all the damage it did. "That was not an ice spell," Weiss shouted.

"I know! I know! I'm sorry! I'm still getting the hang of it, okay?" Sora Hart protested. The others just glared at him for a little bit, making him squirm even as he asked, "So…are we good now?"

"Yeah, for now," Blake agreed as she finally put the pillows aside.

It was at that point they realized the weird portal Sora Hart had come through had disappeared, much to their frustration, and ultimately leading Weiss to decide, "Okay, let's just not do anything else and make sure this guy stays here until Sora and the guys get back."

"Or…We could try and do this again," Ruby eagerly offered.

"Ruby, no," Weiss tried to forbid. Sadly, this was Ruby she was talking to, and nothing was going to stop her team leader when she set her mind to something.

"Ruby, yes~," Ruby sang, and she pulled out the gummi block again. "Just until we find the real Sora, I promise."

"Ouch," Sora Hart quipped.

"No offense," Ruby apologized before rubbing the gummi block while chanting her wish over the noise of her teammates' protests. "Find Sora. Find Sora. Find Sora."

Just like before, another portal sparked into existence, only this time, it opened to a different location, and the figure who stepped forward was clad from head to toe in very impressive looking armor. Armor that reminded them all of the ones worn by three particular Keyblade wielders. "Great, now we've got some random guy with armor like Ven's," Weiss complained.

The armored individual's suit then began glowing a little before vanishing in a flash of light, revealing a man who was almost identical to their Sora, save for the armor piece he wore on his left shoulder. Not only that, but something about him seemed a little brighter than their Sora, if not even a little more experienced or maybe accomplished? Whatever the term, it was definitely something that their Sora did not have or maybe even missed out on.

"Hello," Sora-Look-A-Like-Number-Two waved. "I hope you don't mind, but this portal just appeared before me and I thought I should…" Right when he turned back to the portal, it ended up vanishing on him. "Oh. It just closed."

Yang ended up being the one to speak up this time. "You're Sora, aren't you?"

"Yeah. Master Sora at your service. Former apprentice to Master Ventus," the new Sora introduced.

"Master Sora?" Ruby whispered in awe.

"Master Ventus?" Weiss added on after.

Apparently the Ice Flower Duo had not been quiet enough, because Master Sora ended up turning a happy smile over to them. "Oh hey! I've seen you before," he exclaimed upon seeing Ruby. "In fact, I think I've seen or at least heard of all of you before back when…" He stopped short when he saw Sora Hart staring at him with an odd look. "Wait. He's not your friend, is he?"

A tense atmosphere fell over the room as the two Soras stared each other down, until all of a sudden, both of them had summoned and thrown their Keyblades at each other. In response, they both jumped over the thrown blades, dodging in a perfect mirror reflection of the other, before Master Sora shot his off-hand out and cast a fire spell from his palm, while Sora Hart raised the gauntlet on his off-hand to fire a laser beam out of it. The two blasts ended up colliding and canceling each other out, but the resulting smokescreen allowed Master Sora to summon his Keyblade back to his hand and cast an ice spell along the ground which froze Sora Hart's feet to the floor.

Instead of getting upset about this though, Sora Hart just looked at the ice in awe and turned an impressed grin to Master Sora. A grin that Master Sora returned to his younger doppelganger even as Sora Hart summoned back his Keyblade to break himself out of the ice. The girls on the other hand were busy taking note of another detail. "Wait, so you're a Keyblade wielder too?" Ruby asked. "Why didn't you just say that?"

"I generally don't go around advertising it, at least not more than absolutely necessary. Kind of defeats the whole purpose of the semi-anonymous guardian and world order protecting thing," Master Sora explained.

"I just said that," Sora Hart whispered in awe.

"That's what he just said," Yang noted at nearly the same time.

"Ahem!" Weiss interrupted. "I hope you two plan on helping to clean up this mess you both just made."

"Oh sorry," Sora Hart apologized.

"Yeah, sorry about that. We'll gladly help," Master Sora assured her.

Before anyone could do anything though, there was a quick knock at the door, and in came the girls' Sora. "Hey guys, did any of you go rummaging in my box of spare gummi blocks?" Sora Hikari asked. "The teleporter on the Stealth Gummi got a little damaged on the way back and I need the replacement we had…in…there…" He could not help but trail off when he saw two other versions of him standing in the room with Team RWBY, and it took even less time for him to figure out what had happened. "Alright, who went and messed around with the teleporter gummi block?"

"She did it!" all four girls exclaimed, with three of them pointing at Ruby. Ruby herself had pointed to her sister, much to Yang's displeasure, but Ruby was too busy being disgruntled at how her teammates had sold her out to notice.

As for the three Soras, all they could do was lower their heads and sigh as one, "Oh boy."

Not So Easy to Keep The Secret

Lea and Yang were having a nice casual stroll across campus, though some people (Ruby, Sora, Roxas, and literally every single one of their other friends) would call it a date, each of them reminiscing about all the good times they had that year. "Man, remember when we found out you guys were actually from other worlds?" Yang recalled with a chuckle. "Talk about mind blowing. I mean, when we first ended up on the ship and Weiss realized we weren't on Remnant, she had a mini-break down and everything."

"Hey, there was plenty of freaking out going on that day. I mean, you did kind of shove me into a wall and threatened to blast me with your gauntlets, but hey, it all worked out in the end, right? And you guys got to enjoy the icing on the cake," Lea pointed out.

"Oh yeah! That was some good ice cream," Yang agreed with a fond smile. "But still, the only thing I can't believe is how well you guys kept the big secret hidden from us. You guys must be some serious pros at hiding the truth about other worlds by now."

"Uh, haha, right. Super good at…keeping it quiet," Lea nervously chuckled, his mind flashing back to one particular moment earlier that year.

Just after Initiation…

The newly christened Team SLVR had all gathered in their dorm just long enough to drop off most of their things save for one or two items that Lea had already left to get from the Stealth Gummi, and now they were just basking in the glory of their success at initiation. "Alright, we're in!" Sora cheered excitedly. "Now, all we have to do is juggle our time as students while looking for Kairi. And fighting Heartless of course. Just remember guys, we can't let even the smallest detail about other worlds slip out this time. After all, this won't be like our usual short visits."

"Then maybe we shouldn't have all these plans about our mission and stuff regarding Keyblades, Princesses of Heart, and such out in the open like this?" Ventus suggested as he waved to the wipe board next to Sora. The wipe board that was cover in various papers detailing the many types of Heartless, notes on gummi ship construction, pictures of the previous and new Seven Hearts, selfies Sora had taken on his last journey, and pretty much everything else that would basically shout out to the world that the four boys were not from Remnant.

"Oh relax; it's fine. It's not like someone's going to come bursting in the door at any moment," Sora waved off. Not even a second later someone came bursting in the door.

"Hello new friends!" Ruby happily exclaimed as she and Nora skipped into the room.

"WE'RE NOT FROM OTHER WORLDS!" Sora shouted as he and Ven raced to hide the wipe board behind their backs.

"Uh what?" Ruby asked.

"I-I mean…um…H-hey Ruby! Nice of you to drop by," Sora corrected with a nervous smile. "What can we do for you?"

"We came to invite you to a BFF party. In which we invite people we barely know to be our BFFs," Ruby happily explained while holding hands and sharing grins with Nora.

"Well that doesn't sound like recipe for trouble," Roxas muttered from where he was lying on his bed. His remark earned him a big munny orb being thrown at his head, and he immediately spun around to see Ventus and Sora glaring at him. "I mean, sounds like fun! Lots of fun. That we would totally enjoy if this is a normal thing that people do here."

Neither Ruby nor Nora seemed to notice Roxas's poor acting, but the ginger girl did notice the wipe board. "Hey, what's all this?"

"No! Don't look at that!" Sora shouted as he finally spun the wipe board around, smacking Ven in the head as it spun. The blonde boy's "ouch" and follow-up glare went ignored as Sora continued trying to cover up their secret. "It's nothing really important."

"Really? Because it kind of looks like some elaborate plan with all kinds of convoluted details and complicated stories," Nora said, as if hoping to prove she got a small glimpse of what had been on the board.

"Well it's nothing to do with other worlds. Or magic. Or maidens with hearts of pure light. If that's what you're thinking," Sora told them both, making Ventus and Roxas face-palm and wonder how he ever managed to keep any of this stuff quiet.

Apparently, Ruby believed the horrible cover-up, because her next question was, "Then what is it?"

Now Sora was really scrambling for an excuse, and it showed in every word he uttered next. "It's a…a…plan…for a…party! Yes, a party! A charity party for…"

Seeing his partner's pleading look, Ventus felt like he had to step in, but all he could do was shrug as he threw in the first thing that came to mind. "Homeless puppies?"

Roxas was glad the two girls were facing away from him, because otherwise, they would have seen face-palm once again as he muttered, "They're never going to buy this."

Ruby and Nora were both very quiet until finally, Ruby said, "That…sounds…AMAZING!"

"Puppy charity party!" Nora cheered in agreement before she shared a high-five with Ruby.

"I knew you guys were BFF material. You're just so nice," Ruby praised the boys, not knowing Roxas was staring at her like she had just grown a second head, a tail, wings, and several other appendages that you would not normally find on a human being.

'They actually bought it?!' Roxas thought incredulously.

"Yep, that's us. Just a bunch of regular, normal nice guys," Sora nodded along, clearly not even thinking about questioning this turn of good luck like Roxas was. "Guess we just can't hide anything from those pretty silver eyes of yours, Ruby."

Upon hearing this, Ruby's eyes went wide and her face turned red. Her smile did not fade though. It just became a little more bashful even as she asked "You think I have pretty eyes?"

"Yeah, why wouldn't I?" Sora asked in return. "I mean, it only seems natural for someone to think your eyes are pretty. Doesn't hurt that you've got a natural cuteness to you either."

Now Ruby's face was crimson, and most of the others were not even sure if Sora was aware of the affect his words were having on her. The only thing anyone knew for certain was that Ruby most definitely had a brand new crush on the spiky haired boy. Well that and that Lea's return from the Stealth Gummi could not have worse timing.

"What up, Keyblade bros! I've got the last of our gear from the Stealth Gummi, so we can really get cracking on searching the whole of this world for our missing Princess of…" Lea had been proudly declaring until he noticed the panicked looks on his teammates' faces, and the presence of the two girls soon after. "Oh…wow! This isn't the theater classroom," Lea tried to laugh off. "Man, someone really should have included a map to help us new students keep from getting lost, huh? Eh, hahaha. Ha…I'm just gonna go now."

The other five all watched as Lea beat a hasty retreat, three of them thinking their secret was effectively blown, until Ruby and Nora perked up again like nothing weird had happened at all. "Anyways, see you later new besties," Ruby waved as she and Nora skipped away. Though she did pause to gaze at Sora lovingly and add, "See you later, Sora."

Sora did not seem to see anything significant about how Ruby made a point to single him out in her farewell, but the other two boys were certainly concerned about both hers and Nora's overall reaction to everything they had just seen and heard. Finally, Ventus had to ask, "Are they messing with us?"

"Don't ask me. One of you would probably know better than I would," Roxas told him.

Back to the present…

Once Lea had finished his recollection, he shot Yang another nervous smile as he said, "Yeah, we're just…really good at keeping the whole thing under wraps."

"I know, right?! Man, I don't think I could ever have managed to keep that a secret for as long as you guys had without letting something slip," Yang praised again, never suspecting a thing about what Lea had just been recalling.

All the same, Lea knew only one thing about this. No one must ever know about that disastrous slip-up that was only avoided by an incredible miracle.

Grief with the Merger

The two Beowolf buddies, Marty and Mike had just slipped away from another one of Cinder's meetings about her latest nefarious plan; both of them with the same usual complaints about working for the woman. Today however, they had even more to complain about, and two of the reasons for their additional complaints had just stepped up to the coffee station from the other end of the field, drawing aggressive growls from both Beowolves.

"Bugs," Mike growled at the two Shadow Heartless that had just walked up.

"Dingoes," Shadow 1 snipped in return as he and his friend grabbed a couple of cups.

"Didn't know you guys could drink coffee. Figured it was too adult for your tastes," Marty mocked as he watched the two Shadows pour a cup each.

"Funny, because I thought the only reason you didn't drink Hot Chocolate was because it made you sick like any other mutt," Shadow 2 fired back without pause.

"At least people have a reason to be scared of us besides looking like something kids would jump at when the lights are turned off," Mike huffed in reply.

"Oh yeah, that little robot girl from the other day seemed real terrified of the big puppy," Shadow 1 teased in response.

"Hey! Don't you dare bring Penny into this," Mike growled angrily.

"Aw, did he huwt your feewings, wittle doggie? Or would you prefer Fluffy Friend?" Shadow 2 cooed.

"Not as much as those oversized keys probably hurt when those spiky haired kids hit you with them," Marty shot back in his friend's defense.

"Hey! At least we can only be destroyed by one type of weapon. You guys would turn to ash just from someone smacking you around with any old thing," Shadow 1 fired off.

Marty let out a low growl, ready to fire off another retort, until Mike noticed someone else approaching and groaned miserably, "Oh no. Here comes Floyd."

"What is up, awesome possums?!" Floyd the Geist Grimm cheered upon floating onto the scene. His eye turned flat in its gaze when he noticed the Shadows. "Oh, and hi to you too, bugs."

"We're not possums," Mike tiredly corrected.

"We're not bugs," Shadow 1 corrected at the same moment in the same manner.

"So why aren't any of ya at the big meetin'? The nefarious plan is insane, son!" Floyd told them.

"Yeah, and Maleficent is likely to win first prize at a Disney Town beauty pageant," Shadow 1 muttered, sarcasm clear as day.

"We were just dealing with these little pests here, so if you don't mind," Marty told Floyd, hoping he would get the hint and buzz off. He did not.

"Yeah, I've got me a similar problem myself," Floyd remarked, turning his gaze into a glare that was aimed in the same direction the Shadows had come from.

Both Shadows stiffened up a bit upon hearing this, and immediately came to one conclusion. "Oh don't tell me," Shadow 1 begged. "It's Keith, isn't it?"

"Yo, yo, little ants! What's the haps?" an Invisible badly rapped as he floated onto the scene.

"We're not ants," Shadow 1 told Keith.

"So you guys got one too, huh?" Marty asked of Shadow 2.

"Believe me, I wish we didn't, but he thinks he should be a bigger deal than he actually is just because he was one of the Heartless from End of the World. I mean, he's one of many Heartless that haven't been seen since the days when Xehanort's Heartless was calling all the shots. At least not until the spiky haired kid and his buddies showed up here, so thanks for giving him an excuse to come back," Shadow 2 sighed.

"Hey, you can't blame what the heroes do on us," Marty pointed out.

"Yeah, you're right. That is giving you way too much credit," Shadow 2 stated.

"Keith," Floyd growled.

"Floyd," Keith snarled in response. "Seen any good boulders lately? Or have you finally upped your game to something actually tough?"

"I don't know. Have you realized that possessing people is old news, yet?" Floyd fired back. "At least when I possess something I get bigger than the dingoes and you're little cockroach friends here."

"They might be cockroaches, but at least they've still got more brains than these couple of dingoes," Keith

"Hey! Who're you calling cockroaches, you little…?!" Shadow 1 demanded as he tried to lunge at Floyd and Keith, only for Shadow 2 to hold him back with one arm.

"We are NOT dingoes!" Mike roared as he started swiping his claws at the two floating villains, only for Marty to hold him back by his tail.

Floyd and Keith both seemed to ignore the other four as they came to an agreement. "You know what? Let's settle this during the nefarious plan," Floyd offered.

"Fine by me. I'm a bigger part of it than you anyway, pumpkin," Keith retorted.

"Oh we'll see whose pumpkin soon enough, pint-size," Floyd promised, and they both huffed and proceeded to float off like a couple of angry children.

"Ah! I hate that floating idiot!" Mike and Shadow 1 snapped at the same time, each referring to their group's respective floating idiot.

"Mike! He's not worth it, man," Marty told Mike.

"Just leave it alone, Boris. He'll get his before you know it," Shadow 2 told his friend.

"Yeah, okay," Mike breathed out as he calmed down.

"Humph. Whatever, Jackie," Boris huffed out.

Marty then looked around at their gathered group and then offered, "Hey you know what? I think we could all go for a little human terrorizing right about now. What do you say, fellas? Me and Mike tear the flesh from 'em, and you guys scoop up what's left to add a few more Heartless to your number?"

Jackie and Boris exchanged a look between each other before they both shrugged and said the latter said, "Yeah, I'm down with that."

"Sounds fair enough to me, so long as you do leave 'em just alive enough for us to have something to drown in darkness," Jackie agreed.

"Alright. I guess it could be fun," Mike agreed. The four then proceeded to head into wilds to find some targets, but Mike had to throw in one more shot at the two Shadows. "Still hate you guys, by the way."

"Yeah, we hate you, too," Boris replied.

As the dark beasts all departed, Roxas came from around the corner where he had been watching all of this unfold from out of sight with wide eyes. After a few more minutes of glancing at where the Beowolves and Shadows had gone off to and an object in his hand, he could not help but wonder aloud, "Maybe too much ice cream really is bad for you. I think this stuff is making me lose my mind a little." He only gave that a few more seconds of thought before shrugging and proceeding to enjoy more of his sea-salt ice cream. "Eh, worth it."

AN: And that's a wrap. Yeah, I totally got the idea for that first skit from Spider-Man: No Way Home. Still the best Spider-Man movie to date, by the way. Besides, it just lines up so perfectly, especially since I've now got three different versions of Sora. The one from Hearts of Avengers, the from the Keyblades Unleashed Series, and of course, Remnant of the Key's version of Sora. It just fits so well. And yes, we will be continuing the saga of "Too Many Soras" soon enough. After all, there were plenty of great scenes with the three Peters in No Way Home, so why stop with just this one?

The second skit was actually something of an idea suggested by "Spiderfan626", and yes, it is inspired by a similar skit from RWBY Chibi. I just had to make a few little adjustments so that it wouldn't be too huge of a breach. After all, we've already given many signs that this Chibi world has the RWBY characters already in the know about our Keyblade heroes and their other-worldly origins. And yes, that is now the Chibi version of how Ruby fell so hard for Sora. One or two little compliments and she became putty in his hands.

Finally, another call-back to RWBY Chibi with the talking Beowolves, Mike and Marty, only now we get a look into how their handling the merging of the evil groups, namely in regards to the Heartless. Particularly with the Heartless' own version of them: the Shadows Boris and Jackie. I totally pulled those names out at random, same for Keith the Invisible.

Ventus: Why would you name an Invisible or really any Heartless Keith? That's not scary at all. I mean, when's the last time you heard someone say "Oh no, watch out for Keith!"

AN: That's kind of the idea, Ven.

Ventus: Oh. I knew that.

Roxas: Was it necessary to have me show up at the end like that though?

AN: Kind of. I'm honestly surprised the creators of RWBY didn't do something similar to this sooner when it comes to Mike and Marty. Anyways, let's answer some reviews before wrapping up, shall we?

First off, "Haxorus Knight" [looks to the very last comment regarding the reactions to previous chapter's last skit] Dude, if you value your life, their lives, or even just the lives of everyone in this studio, please keep them contained. I don't want this place burned down...At best!

"Darkmaster10000000", thanks for the compliments, glad you enjoyed last chapter, and guess what?...I got out of the chaos! AGAIN! With this! [shows a large carton of milk that with a label that reads "Super Milk: Guaranteed to wash out any and all caffeine with no problem, regardless of amount, and quench thirst for hours at a time. Warning: Do not consume entire gallon all at once if you have not been subjected to any amount of caffeine first as it may cause incredible drowsiness"] Yeah, we also may have ignored the warning when giving Nora hers, so...[looks over to see Nora fast asleep and snoring loudly] As Obi-Wan and many a Yu-Gi-Oh duelist have said...Your move.

To the "Guest" of 10/31/2021, who asked if I thought I should finish my other stories before starting a new one, believe me, I wish I could finish all of my other stories before starting new ones, but the ideas just keep coming so hard and fast that it's hard to ignore them until I at least get one chapter out of the way. And at least if I post them, you'll get an idea of who/what to blame for my not updating anything in a long time besides things that go on IRL.

"fernandamichelleraya", glad you liked the last skit so much, but regarding your concerns about Ironwood, I get where you're coming from, believe me, I do, but if you go back to earlier Volumes of RWBY, you'll see that it was pretty obvious Ironwood was going to go as far off the deep-end into villain status as he did. The man threatened to drop what is essentially a nuke on a kingdom of innocent and trapped people, after destroying several relief ships that were meant to evacuate those same people. Clearly he never learned that a kingdom is not a place, but a people. At any rate, I wish I could avoid making Ironwood go full villain, but some things are just unavoidable. I mean, I'm going to make it a little more believable than they did in the show, so it doesn't just seem like it comes out of nowhere to anyone, but let me just add a few more counterpoints. Bear in mind, I'm not saying your wrong in your feelings, because I too thought Ironwood was pretty cool at one point. I mean, did you hear that song they gave him in Volume 7, namely the one that played during his fight with Watts. I just have a different opinion. You're entitled to what yours, and you've made it clear what that opinion is. So allow me to offer up my own, if you will.

The sacrifice of his arm and how willing he is to go so far for others is all very true and very awesome, but when you take another look at some of the things he did, you can kind of see a different story. For example, his giving Ruby's Group their new outfits and toys, or heck, even officially making them huntsmen (which they do deserve) could basically be considered as a big old carrot on a stick. Heck, even his choice to do whatever he could to make sure Winter would be the new Winter Maiden falls into that category. The only reason it worked better on Winter for as long as it did is because she had never been as disillusioned by so many people from Ozpin's inner circle as Ruby's Group had been by this point. Unlike Ozpin, Ironwood was not willing to bring in people who would question his decisions; he just wanted a bunch of yes-men who would do whatever he said and decided, and he was willing to do whatever he could to guarantee that loyalty. What better way to guarantee that from a group of young people (at least in his mind) than with a bunch of fancy, shiny presents?

Also, when you look at the state Mantle is in at the start of Volume 7, and see how unwilling Ironwood is to compromise or even change his plans, even when it would be more beneficial for everyone in the long run, you can see that he's not exactly standing amongst the angels. At least not one hundred percent. Was he right to be upset with Ruby and the others for keeping the truth about Salem hidden from him, or how Yang and Blake told Robyn about Amity without his okay? Sure, but that doesn't mean you should go and become a military dictator and label the people who are still trying to do the right thing as criminals, just because they disagree with you, or because they did not entirely trust you right away. I mean, considering how unwilling Ironwood's been to show anyone else the same degree of trusts he is ordering from others, I'm sure everyone else can see how that makes him come off as a huge hypocrite.

Okay, that's my rant on that. But I will say this, I do intend to try and come up with something better for Ironwood's Semblance, because I agree with you in saying that his canon confirmed one...sucks! Making a mental condition a superpower is indeed a bad idea! Especially for someone who's already a paranoid nut.

"Dragon Rider 66", I don't think you have to worry too much about this. Luckily, most of this kind of naïveté is only existent in the Chibi-verse, so the canon crew is okay. Besides, its a Chibi world. Nothing bad. Ever happens...EVER. But, glad your so concerned about the characters anyway, so thanks for that. Glad you enjoyed everything from last chapter.

And now, in a general response, glad you all enjoyed the previous chapter's skits so much, and I hope you will continue to do so. Thanks for all your comments and compliments.

Also, to those of you who posted about this, for the last time, don't worry about what will happen to Pyrrha! She's going to be fine! If you want anymore details than that, you'll have to wait until we've reached that point in Remnant of the Key.

Now then, let's wrap this up, shall we?

What wacky adventures will come next? Who can say for sure? After all, it's all just a bunch of fun and games when you go chibi, and there's no way to know for sure just what will entail along the way.

Oh, and once again, be sure to check out my YouTube channel "Studio Fandom" and the DeviantArt page "studiofandom" if you haven't already. Always looking for more followers and subscribers on both. And as always...

Please read and review, and I'll see you next time for some more Chibi fun!