Chapter 47: Backed into a corner
A day before the witch cult attack, Emilia was walking around with Rem as her personal assistant right after they had returned to the hotel with Sora, Subaru, and Otto.
The two have been creating a decent friendship, yet Emilia could tell that something was wrong with her maid friend.
"Rem-chan, what seems to be the problem?"
"Sorry Emilia…I've just been trying to regain my past, but every time I try, I receive a headache."
"Don't force yourself, it's not good to self-harm."
"Apologies, I'm just eager to remember my past."
Emilia nods in understanding since back during the events of the Sanctuary, she had a past she had forgotten because of the contract with Puck.
Due to this contract, she never knew the events that had caused everyone in Elior forest to be frozen yet now knowing made her more motivated to win the royal selection.
She patted Rem in the back and tried to reassure her,
"Sora and Subaru are both working hard to get your memories back, I promise that they will succeed."
Rem looked at the half-elf and could see just how much confidence she had for both Sora and Subaru.
She looked forward and continued to ponder on how things were with Sora and her prior to her memories being erased by everyone except him and Subaru.
"I know that I care for Sora a lot, considering that he saved my life by awakening me and saved my life when the heartless attacked Otto's village and I was in real danger but…do you know how much he cared for me prior to having lost my memories?"
"…I'm not sure but he cared a lot to have wanted to wake you up. He along with Subaru vowed to wake you up and seeing that Sora did it, they are going to now get your memories back."
Rem nodded and had a smile on her face, finding it joyful and happy that someone has been fighting for from the beginning. As they were walking for a bit longer, Emilia and someone underneath white robes bumped into each other.
"Ah."
"Whoops."
The two got up with Rem asking Emilia if she was alright before turning towards the one in robes to ask if he was alright.
"This time, I was the careless one. After all, I was a little distracted by you."
"Distracted?" Rem asked curiously.
"This miss that I just bumped into has the silver hair of a beautiful girl, doesn't she. A girl I once wanted to marry had the same hair. Remembering that hair, I didn't avoid you in time."
Rem looked at the man and could smell something off from him, similar to Subaru yet she could tell that he is someone to keep away from Emilia. She quickly looked at the man and bowed to him before saying,
"Forgive us, but we have to get going, right Emilia-sama?"
"What? Wait but Rem-"
Rem quickly pulled Emilia away from the scene which surprised her yet the man looked at
Emilia and was stunned by her beauty. He stood silent for a moment before speaking to himself.
"I see. Now I understand the meaning. I went out of my way to come here. If it had been for nothing then I couldn't let it go as if nothing had happened. Since this is a special reward, this is another matter."
The words themselves were mild, but the voice which had announced them was feverishly sticky.
It was as though the feeling had been cooked in a sticky pot, and then had been left out under the sun and the moon. The feeling held that kind of unpleasantness.
"I will never let go of anything I own, and I want what I own to be perfectly suited for me. Since I am perfect, I have to be continually satisfied. So, feeling a vacancy would, of course, be unsatisfying."
The man spoke as he raised his head. At that moment, his hood fell, revealing white hair. With the wind swaying his white hair, the slightly unhappy man announced,
"I must make her my 79th wife, to satisfy that vacancy."
In the city of water, the white haired devil spoke in a voice full of derision.
Emilia and her group looked at Regulus in a hostile manner as they now know they are dealing with a Sin Archbishop.
Al and Old Man Rom both stepped up to face the man in white robes as they were the men in the group and needed to show that they are ready to protect the women while Emilia pondered for a moment.
Something was telling her that she recognized the Sin Archbishop but her thoughts would be broken when she heard Al speak to Regulus.
"Bro, what are you talking about? Bride?"
"You call me brother, how disturbing when someone like yourself hides behind that ugly helmet and has a missing arm. I would never wish to have any family members since they would be such an annoyance and would damage my personal rights."
"Okay Okay, my bad but who's your bride?"
Regulus looks at all with disgust for a moment before pointing at Emilia while answering the question.
"Her."
"What? Why?"
"You're beauty is beyond my wildest of dreams, you will be my 79th wife, consider yourself lucky as I, Regulus Corneas, will spare your life and be in great care-"
He was interrupted as a sudden explosion had happened right were he stood, which caused Emilia and the others to be completely shocked.
"Not happening." A familiar voice spoke.
Emilia, Al, and Old Man Rom turned towards the direction of the voice to see that it was Sora who spoke out and threw an attack at Regulus, as well as having Ricardo by his side.
The two joined the group all the while the smoke cleared with Regulus Corneas showing himself unharmed though his face definitely had an intense look.
Regulus looked at Sora with pure rage as he was the one that had not only interrupted him but also attacked him.
"How dare you! How dare you interrupt me while I'm speaking, boy! How dare you attack me! That is a violation of my individual rights! What makes you think that you can interrupt me?! I have far more important business than to deal with an annoyance such as yourself."
Sora remained silent as he held Kingdom Key tightly, preparing himself for a fight.
Normally he wouldn't attack someone off the bat but considering his dealing with Sirius, he didn't want to risk that person that was saying Emilia was his bride to have some kind of ability that could harm her or the others with her.
Regulus prepared to wipe Sora out of existence though something had caught his eye.
"Hm? A Key Sword…?" Regulus was silent for a moment as he thought about the keyblade Sora was holding.
As he observed the boy's weird key shaped weapon, he started to think back on his entire life to recall anybody with the weapon.
The only two that came to mind was one named Eraqus and another who he hated with a passion, Xehanort.
"Young boy, I want you to answer this and I may forgive your insolence. Do you know someone by the name of Eraqus? Or perhaps the bastard known as Xehanort?"
Sora's serious expression had shifted when hearing these questions, catching Regulus's attention.
"I have heard about Eraqus here and there but I know Xehanort. He is not a friend of mine."
"Ah, so an enemy of my enemy. Now this makes things interesting as I despise Xehanort with more than a passion for invalidating my rights in such a way that goes beyond disrespect."
Sora lowered his guard for a moment before asking Regulus:
"How do you know Xehanort?"
"That foolish asshole went out of his way to attack me when I had found a bride, a perfect bride at that. He is nothing more than a mere problem to my rights, something that is valuable to me. But regardless of that, how about we call a little truce."
"Truce?" Sora asked curiously though with a hint of caution.
"Yes, be honored as I, Regulus Corneas, shall allow you to be my ally until that damn key user is dealt with. After that, you will leave me to marry 79's replacement."
"Not happening."
"Huh?"
Regulus looked at Sora confused since he looked very determined to face him despite having declared the two to be allies.
This caused him to first be confused by what Sora meant with "not happening" to his question.
Before he could ask his question, Sora elaborated:
"You and I may not like Xehanort, however, I know for sure that I can't trust you at all."
"Hmph. Foolish boy, you dare throw away a chance to live for what reason?"
"Because I fight for my friends, not corrupt people like you."
Regulus was angered by this and just as he threw dirt at Sora's location, Al quickly dropped his sword to quickly grab Sora and pull him away from where he was standing.
Sora was confused by this but the second he was pulled; he noticed the ground he was standing on completely exploded.
Ricardo jumped back in shock just as everyone was beginning to fear Regulus just by showing one deadly attack without having moved.
"W-What the…?"
Felt shook in place in fear, afraid that any of them could die on the spot while Priscilla put away her fan, seeing that she is going to go into battle.
Just as she was about to pull out her sword, a large number of Witch cultists surrounded the group.
The group noticed this and quickly got themselves ready for a fight with Al getting his sword back by Sora while he was being thanked by him.
"No problem bro, just be careful since he is a tricky one to face."
"Alright, thank you."
Al nodded as he prepared to protect Priscilla with his life only to see her holding the Yang Sword Vollachia. As everyone was waiting for the witch cultists to attack, Regulus gave the command by saying,
"Kill everyone but the silver haired girl, no harm will be done to her unless you wish to suffer a fate worse than death. Now kill them!"
The Sin Archbishop of Greed smiled as the witch cultists went to attack the group with Sora and his group to fight back with everything they had.
Emilia with her powers was able to take down many of the witch cultists while Old Man Rom and Felt together were able to hold their own with Felt being the defense while Old Man Rom went on the offensive.
Ricardo, Sora, Priscilla, and Al all four on their own were able to take down the Witch cultists charging at them with ease.
'Hmm, it seems like I will personally have to get involved.'
Regulus just looked at the group and quickly sent another attack towards Sora yet the Keyblade Master was prepared for the Sin Archbishop's attack.
The Keyblade Master waited for the right moment before jumping high up, dodging the attack that destroyed an entire building.
Sora looked back and was surprised by this yet he wasn't discouraged.
Sora quickly used Firaga at the Sin Archbishop of Greed, catching his attention yet he didn't move.
As the fireball exploded on Regulus, Sora looked to see his opponent unscathed by the attack.
'He took another attack like it was nothing.'
Seeing that magic is not going to work, he chose to take a closer approach.
He landed on his feet before charging at the Sin Archbishop of Greed, catching his attention.
As Regulus was about to attack the Keyblade Wielder, Sora managed to land a hit on his opponent.
As the keyblade landed on Regulus' chest, he was sent flying a few feet before landing on his back.
'He is quite different from Xehanort, not as big of a threat.'
Regulus got up and looked at Sora disappointed before throwing some wind at the Keyblade Wielder's direction.
Sora used his senses in order to dodge the attack, forcing him to back away for a bit since he doesn't know how dangerous he is when in close range.
As he takes his distance from Regulus, the two notice a large barrier of fire randomly appearing with everyone else also getting distracted by this.
They all looked up to see a person with bandages covering their entire body.
Sora and Regulus knew it was Sirius, causing the Sin Archbishop of Greed to be annoyed at her arrival while Sora was on his guard.
"How dare you leave me behind?! Beg for forgiveness and maybe I might spare you."
Sora had his guard up, ready to fight the two Sin Archbishops on his own only for both Regulus and Sora to see Sirius looking angry at Emilia.
Felt, Old Man Rom, and Ricardo noticed this and quickly got in front of Emilia to protect her while Al went to protect Priscilla.
"You…Disgusting, the stench of that woman, filthy and detestable, the stench of the one who stole my husband from me, the stench of maggots, endless filth. Hate, I hate it so much, burning it to cinders isn't enough. She's obviously not that person, but she has such a similar stench, how shameless, the stench of rotting insects, ah, ah, ah ah aaAAAAAAH! How hateful! How rancid! How vile!"
Sora and Regulus both looked at each other, knowing that their fight would be delayed for a bit to deal with Sirius since her hate is directed towards Emilia.
Sora without hesitation charged directly towards the Sin Archbishop of Wrath, forcing her to turn her attention towards the Keyblade Master.
"You are not harming my friend."
"How dare you?! Being friends with that HALF-WITCH BITCH!"
Sirius' anger boiled to the point where her chains turned to fire before attacking Sora, forcing the Keyblade Master to rely on Blizzaga once again.
As Sirius and Sora continued where they left off on their fight, Regulus used this opportunity to head towards Emilia and take her away from the place they are at.
The others were all unable to break free from the anger that Sirius was giving off except for Priscilla and Emilia. Priscilla knew that her knight was trying to resist the effects of wrath's authority which made her beat the crap out of him to break free while Emilia was ready to help Sora only to be knocked out by Regulus.
"Pardon me for this but I cannot allow you to be killed, 79. Your beauty is like no other, I must protect it at all cost as this is my right. Any who would take you away from me are invalidating my rights!"
As Regulus was about to pick up Emilia to take her away, he ended up feeling a punch that sent him flying towards Sirius.
Sirius saw something that prompted her to be stunned for a second, almost like she saw what had hit Regulus though this distraction was long enough for Regulus' body hit her body, causing the two to get sent a few feet away from Sora together.
As the two were on the ground for a moment, the two looked to see a tired out Subaru with Beatrice, Rem, Garfiel, and Otto by his side.
"You…stay the hell…away from Emilia-tan!"
Sora noticed his apprentice and his group arriving, causing him to quickly cast Curaga on them in order for the five of them to be ready for a fight.
Regulus looked angrily at Subaru, seeing that he is responsible for having stopped him from grabbing his future 79th wife.
Before he could rant about it, Sirius spoke with joy in her voice:
"I've found you, found you, found you, found you, found you. Ah, ah, ahahah! Aaaah! Yes, it's really you! I'm sorry, I didn't notice you were here! I'm sorry, I'm so sorry. This is great. It really is. Sure enough, you came back for me!?"
Subaru looked confused along with his friends, confused by Sirius's attitude while also Regulus just rolled his eyes at this. While Sirius was jumping with joy for a moment before she broke the silence that had gone on for a minute to say:
"Darling, where have you been!? No matter where I looked, I couldn't find you, even after I'd torn your spares open, I still couldn't find you anywhere. Even though I'd always always always always always always always always always always been looking… And you noticed how I'd been searching, and you came back!"
"…"
Subaru remains silent by this with everyone just watching as Sirius continues to speak in her enthusiastic voice.
"Because my ideal was reached! Because I want to be one with you — you finally noticed the wish that I'd been praying for! Because my Love finally reached you!"
"…"
"I've always been waiting for only you… my dear, dear Petelgeuse Romanee-Conti!"
As she finished speaking with a mad smile, Sirius called the name of her bereaved lover as she cast a tender, affectionate look at Subaru, making the boy uncomfortable while Sora prepared to intervene only to feel Regulus send another attack towards his direction, causing him to focus on the fight with Regulus rather than Sirius.
'Petelguese…shit, this isn't good at all…'
Subaru thought this while slowly getting up, still a bit weakened by his use of Invisible Providence yet he held his keyblade into a fighting pose, ready in case Sirius does something.
Beatrice held Subaru's arm tightly, showing that she is ready to protect her contractor while Rem, Garfiel, and Otto stood in front of the two to prepare for a fight against the Sin Archbishop of Wrath.
"Yer not getting' close't Cap'n!"
"You are not harming Subaru-san!"
"Yes, just like what Otto and Garfiel said, you will not be harming Natsuki Subaru, one of our members of Emilia-sama's camp."
Subaru looked at Rem and felt like he was making progress with her, considering that she is a different person, he still felt happy that she cares for him to some degree.
Sirius looked at the four protecting who she believed to be her lover and just as she was going to charge at them, every single person was surrounded by a swarm of heartless and nobodies.
This helped Felt, Old Man Rom, and Ricardo snap out of their trains before turning their attention towards the heartless in front of them.
Sora and Regulus were interrupted when nobodies appeared in front of the two and started attacking them.
"Nobodies…"
Sora knew that someone was close by and as he looked up, he saw that it was Xigbar.
Sirius also noticed this and quickly directed her rage towards him, blaming him for attempting to separate her from her beloved.
As Sirius went to attack the organization member, Xigbar quickly pulled out his two weapons and started his fight with Sirius.
"Let's see what you got, crazy lady!"
Xigbar spoke with some excitement in his voice, curious to see how powerful is the Sin Archbishop of Wrath.
As Xigbar and Sirius fought in the air, Sora and the others continued to fight the nobodies and heartless that started to attack them.
Regulus smiled at this since this was his chance to take Emilia away from the battle.
Sora and Subaru noticed this and quickly tried to stop him yet a Behemoth and Savage Vanguard heartless appeared in front of the two.
"Dammit! Get out of our way!"
Subaru yells as he goes to attack the Behemoth only for it to smack him away with his head.
As Subaru was flying in the air, he quickly yelled for some help only for Rem to quickly jump high to catch him.
"Thank you, Rem."
"You owe me ten favors for this."
"Wait why?!"
As Rem landed on her feet, she set Subaru down before she returned back to the fight against some of the powerful nobodies she was fighting before saving Subaru.
He was left slightly annoyed by what Rem said, yet he returned his focus on helping Beatrice face off the nobodies, allowing his master to face the two boss-looking heartless on his own.
Sora looked at the heartless and recalled his encounters with them.
The Behemoth was one he faced during his last visit to Hollow Bastion in his first journey with Donald and Goofy.
The Savage Vanguard was one he faced with Aladdin, Goofy, and Donald in his first journey as well.
'Lend me your strength…Donald…Goofy…'
Sora closed his eyes and held his hand on his chest before he started to glow for a moment, attracting attention to himself.
After glowing for a couple of seconds, he looked to see that he had the Oathkeeper keyblade with him and was in his light form.
He smiles before preparing himself to face the two heartless in front of him.
'I will protect you all, I promise.'
Sora charged at the two heartless and began his fight with them, dodging the lighting attacks from the Behemoth while deflecting the sword attacks from the Savage Vanguard.
As Sora was deflecting and dodging each attack, he eventually got close enough to the Behemoth to land powerful hits, destroying the heartless after giving the finishing blow.
With one heartless down, Sora turned towards the other heartless boss to face it.
As Sora was dealing with the other one, Subaru and Beatrice both worked together to take care of a lot of nobodies with Beatrice using Al Minya while Subaru uses Fira.
"You are doing amazing, Beako."
"Of course, I am a great spirit after all, I suppose."
"Haha, I know."
"But Betty doesn't mind the praise, I suppose."
Subaru smiled at this before turning his attention on a samurai looking nobody, catching the boy's attention.
"The hell? Samurai?"
The Samurai looking nobody got its sword out and quickly charged at Subaru, forcing him to get his guard up to block off the attack.
As Subaru was holding his own against the samurai nobody, he turned to see Garfiel easily taking down his opponents without any trouble with Rem also producing the same results.
'Darn, I'm still pathetic compared to the others.'
"You are not pathetic, I suppose."
Subaru was thrown off by what Beatrice said, causing him to snap out of his thoughts and put his entire mind into the fight he was in. Beatrice used Minya to give Subaru some assistance, allowing him to deliver the blow that destroyed the nobody.
After a bit of fighting, they all managed to get a chance to relax for a bit only for Beatrice to slap her contractor on the back of his head.
"Hey! Why did you do that for, Beako?"
"I could tell you were feeling pathetic. I will not allow Betty's Subaru to ever feel such things, in fact!"
Subaru looked at Beatrice for a moment before receiving a hug from the little girl that was his spirit.
Although throughout the year he got a chance to be with Beatrice whether it would be hanging out with Emilia, spending time with his parents, sparring with Sora, or just spending time with his spirit, he had always felt very appreciative having her be his support.
He returned the hug before the two regrouped with the others.
As they all regrouped, they all watched Sora dodge every attack the Savage Vanguard before getting close enough to deliver the killing blow.
"Sora is just amazing!"
"I agree with you, Felt; Master Sora is just the best."
Both Felt and Subaru watched with amazement on how Sora was able to take down the large Mabeast. After Sora finally finished the Savage Vanguard heartless, he reverted back to his original form with Kingdom Key on his hand. He looked at the group and smiled before falling to the ground.
"Master Sora!"
Subaru and the others quickly approached the Keyblade Master to check up on him only for Sora to look at them with a calm expression before reassuring them that he is alright.
"Sorry to worry you all, I'm just tired out but I should still be able to fight."
"Are you sure about that?" Rem asked in concern yet Sora just gave him a smile and simply nodded.
As the group was regaining their strength, Sora noticed that Sirius and Xigbar were not around while Subaru noticed that Regulus kidnapped Emilia.
"Fuck! That bastard took Emilia-tan!"
"Don't worry, we will get her back. Betty promises this."
"I know Beako…thank you."
"Should we check on the others?" Otto asked, concerned about everyone else since they weren't accounting for things going all over the place.
Subaru patted his arm while responding with:
"Don't worry about Reinhard and the others, they can handle their own."
"I just think we could use their help in getting Emilia-sama back, Subaru-san."
"Well, whatever you all chose is none of my concern. Let us get going, Aldebaran."
"It's just Al please…Anyway, good luck bros."
Sora and the others thank Al for his assistance before watching him leave with Priscilla.
As Priscilla and Al were about to leave the group fully, she turned towards Subaru and gave a piece of advice.
"Don't be stupid and run into a fight like an animal. Plan ahead if you wish to get that witch's daughter back."
As she finished speaking, she along with Al left the area.
Her advice surprised Subaru since she wouldn't have a reason to help, yet he understood what she was trying to say and reluctantly accepted the advice.
Subaru looked at the group and quickly with Sora spoke of a plan to deal with the Sin Archbishops of Greed and Wrath while also dealing with the Organization.
Meanwhile Maleficent continued to deflect every attack Capella threw at her with Pete stepping in to help every now and again only to easily be sent away flying.
"Pathetic."
Maleficent spoke with disappointment while also looking at Pete with a disappointed expression before continuing her fight with the Sin Archbishop of Lust alone, intrigued by the power the evil sin archbishop was showing.
Capella was still annoyed that Maleficent doesn't have a shred of love yet she did admire how evil she was.
"You are quite the evil one, aren't ya?"
"Of course, I'm the mistress of all evil. But I must say, you use the darkness to my liking."
"Haha thanks!"
The atmosphere was filled with intense darkness despite the two complimenting each other, which to them it felt like they were at home.
Despite the two aiming to kill the other, the fight had unintentionally created mutual respect between the two, both knowing that the other is pure evil in their own unique ways.
As they continued their fight to the death with the two determined to win at all cost, a sudden building exploded near them.
This caused their fight to take a brief pause as they noticed Sirius and Xigbar fighting in the air.
This catches even the Witch cultists' attention as they watch one of the sin archbishops taking on someone unknown to them.
"Stay still and die!"
"As if! I won't allow myself to lose to some crazy girl."
"Ahh!"
Sirius continued to attack Xigbar with everything she had while also tanking the attacks Xigbar was shooting at her, making him realize that regular shots are not going to do anything to the Sin Archbishop of Wrath.
Xigbar quickly waited until he got a chance to fire a much more powerful projectile.
This one was strong enough to push Sirius back for a brief moment before returning to throwing fire attacks towards the Organization.
'Man, she's soo annoying. That old coot better knows what he is doing.'
Xigbar continued to fire more projectiles before being forced into dodging each of Sirius' fire attacks or her chain attacks.
As Xigbar and Sirius continued their fight, Maleficent and Capella were intrigued in the fight between an Organization member and another Sin Archbishop.
"Hahahaha! That looks like fun!"
"Didn't think they were still around." Maleficent said, a bit surprised that Xigbar was here of all places...well whatever this place was.
The two turned towards each other, knowing that their fight must go on.
"Shall we continue?" Capella spoke as she remained smiling sinisterly.
"Only one of us may leave here alive." Maleficent responded in kind, having not only a sinister smile herself but also one filled with joy.
Having two beings of darkness, with the cruelest of hearts in the same place, caused the pair to want to see who of the two would come out on top.
They resumed their battle with Maleficent summoning two defender type heartless to attack the Sin Archbishop of Lust.
Capella noticed this and quickly used her tail to break through and easily kill the two heartless.
"Is that all you got? That's pretty boring for a non-believer of love."
Maleficent doesn't say anything but quickly acts on her planning, having taken her chance to attack Lust the moment she left herself open.
Capella noticed this and quickly tried to use her tail to hit away the green fireball thrown at her yet she was unable to, which caused her to take a strong hit to the face.
"Hmm...that's disappointing."
Maleficent looked at Capella for a moment and was considered to leave until she noticed that the Sin Archbishop of Lust was not done yet.
The smoke cleared to reveal Capella bleeding for only a moment before she was regenerating her nose and one of her eyes that was burned off.
Once healed up, she stood up with a smile on her face as she hears Maleficent say:
"Hmm…Interesting. I didn't expect you to have that kind of ability. Impressive."
"Glad I can impress a heartless person like yourself, now time to di-"
Before Capella could finish speaking, she could sense something that required her attention.
She looked at her gospel and could see that something changed with Sirius also having a change in her gospel as well.
Capella looked genuinely disappointed before turning her attention towards the Witch cultists before snapping her fingers, causing them to all scatter and leave the area.
Maleficent and Pete noticed this and were on guard as Capella spoke to them in a calm manner.
"Sorry, but I have something to deal with. I will later deal with you, heartless witch."
As Capella finishes speaking, she blows a kiss at Maleficent before quickly leaving the area, leaving Maleficent and Pete there with the heartless standing around and waiting for orders from Maleficent.
The two stood silent for a moment before looking up to see Sirius escaping the fight with Xigbar, having also been instructed by the gospel to do something else.
Maleficent watched as Capella left while Pete was preparing to follow the Sin Archbishop of Lust.
"Don't bother, unless you think you can stand a chance against her."
Pete stopped on his tracks before asking with a curious voice:
"What do we do now?"
"Hmm." Maleficent stood silent to think about the situation she finds herself in, seeing that if she wants to conquer this world then she'll need to deal with the Witch Cult, The organization, and the heroes.
She can tell that there are warriors of light nearby that she would need to deal with later.
She closed her eyes for a moment before beginning to walk away from the area as well, with Pete confused at first before quickly following his boss, not wanting to be left behind.
"Wait for me!"
As Pete caught up with Maleficent, Xigbar looked from a distance at the two, slightly annoyed that Maleficent of all people is here.
'I better inform the old coot about this, I doubt he had this planned out and considering those two are troublesome...they will really be a hindrance to our plans.'
As Xigbar is about to leave the area, he notices a young girl with long transparent platinum hair and with dark blue eyes also having long eyelashes.
She was also only wearing a white cloth over her petite body.
The little petite girl observed everything before she along with Xigbar's eyes met.
'Who is she?'
The petite girl observed Xigbar for a moment before giving him a smile, making the organization member uncomfortable for a moment.
He pulled out his two weapons and prepared for a fight yet the petite girl randomly disappeared.
'The hell? Where did she go?'
Xigbar looked around to see if she was around but he saw nobody.
This quickly caused him to create a corridor of darkness to leave the area, not trusting the girl.
As he left, the petite girl was looking from a different area at the Organization member.
As she saw him leave, she had a curious look before thinking about Xigbar.
"He doesn't seem to be from around here...I wonder..."
The petite girl smiled before disappearing from the area, having her eyes set on a certain Keyblade Wielder.
Sora and his group managed to catch up with Reinhard and his group after they took down the Witch cultists that were attacking them.
The two groups were happy to reunite safely yet Crusch noticed something.
"Sora-sama, Subaru-sama, where is Priscilla, Emilia-sama, and Priscilla's knight?"
"Emilia-tan was kidnapped by the Sin Archbishop of Greed, the bastard." Subaru spoke with an angry tone, angry at himself for allowing this to happen.
"As for Priscilla and Al, the two went on their own to deal with something." Sora spoke in a serious expression.
Crusch looked at both Sora and Subaru, being the two that responded to her question and just gave a simple nod.
Understanding Subaru's anger while also not surprised by Priscilla's decision to go at it alone with her knight.
"It seems like Priscilla-sama is not understanding that she should be safe." Reinhard said with some disappointment in his voice.
Wilhelm patted his grandson in the back, understanding the frustration before they all turned towards Sora and Subaru for the new plan.
Sora crossed his arms and started to think deeply on what the group could do.
As he along with Subaru were thinking, they all heard someone speak to the entire city.
"—Hello, hello? Is this okay? Can everyone hear? Meat creatures who can hear, good for you! Meat creatures who can't, go fester and die, that'd be a huge help. Gahahahaha—"
"What?"
"Who is that?"
"…Hmm."
Sora, Subaru, Garfiel, and Otto were all aware of the voice as they encountered it back in the mansion during the events of the Sanctuary while everyone else was uncertain on who was speaking. Elsa hiding in the shadows also heard this voice, having some fear in her heart as the one person who could kill her is in the city as well. The voice continued to speak.
"Well, well, well, was there any idiot who died from shock at that moment? If not, well, it doesn't really matter, but if there's anyone who dares to ignore this lovely lady, then, my mood will be ruined!"
Everyone in the city was still as they could hear the voice getting annoyingly loud, even Maleficent and Pete both stopped on their tracks to listen.
"You boring creatures do nothing but ruin my mood. There's no value here at all. —You're all just garbagegarbagegarbage! Clear your disgusting minds of your ugly thoughts, and immediately find a ditch of waste to stick you head into and down in! Please go die soon, please, I beg you! Gahahaha!"
"T's bitch."
"Do you know who she is?"
Crusch asked as she could tell the four boys were hostile towards the voice.
Otto being the Internal Affairs of the Emilia Camp, he spoke on behalf of his brothers.
"We recognize her as she was one of the three assassins that attacked the Margrave's original mansion."
"Who is she?" Julius asked yet his question wouldn't be answered as Capella continued to speak to the city.
"Well, well, then, since the bit dull rotten meat creatures can't figure it out, I'll explain it. I have control of the radio— meaning, meaning, meaning—!"
"Get on with it, what's the meanin'?"
"That— I, no, we have control of the City Hall. Ah, by the way, is there a control tower at the end of the city? That's also ours now!"
Sora, Subaru, Reinhard, and the others all looked at the voice with a serious facial expression on all of their faces, each of them aware that the danger of the Witch cult is bigger now.
Xehanort and his group all look at City hall where the Witch cult are held up, the four of them with serious faces as they need to get in there to retrieve the Book of Wisdom.
Elsa looks around as the citizens of Priestella start to panic. The voice continued to speak with a toxic laughter.
"Kahahahaha—! By now! At this moment! Only now are you realizing that you're all going to be decimated! It's shocking how brainless you all are! It's too much for me! Ah, garbagegarbagegarbage! Gahahaha—"
"..."
"Oh, this won't do. Any longer without giving my name, you're all going to start trying to escape reality? Why don't you allow this gentle and kindness lady's mercy give you a plain and easy answer?"
Sora and the others all get their weapons as they hear Capella introduce herself to the entire city.
"I am the Witch Cult's Sin Archbishop of Lust, Capella Emerada Lugunica! Gahahaha! Respect me! Worship me! Then cry and beg and die tragically like worms! You rotten slabs of meat! Kahahahaha—"
The moment the voice finished, the group immediately realized that they were completely surrounded by witch cultists.
Everyone got on their guard and quickly started the fight with Ricardo and Julius being the first two to take down the Witch cultists before the others did.
As the group was taking them down one by one, Sora and Reinhard with their most powerful abilities were able to easily wipe out their group of Witch cultists in a combined effort.
"Seems like we are unstoppable with those two around." Ricardo says with a smile, feeling grateful to have Sora and Reinhard on his team.
Everyone else agreed before turning towards the Keyblade Master for a plan.
Sora stood silent for a moment before finally having an idea of what they could do.
"Crusch, Felix, Ricardo, and Wilhelm, you four find Anastasia and get her and any other guards you can find to gather a powerful group to retake the city. Reinhard, you along with Felt, Old Man Rom, Garfiel, and Otto should get the people to safety. Rem, Subaru, Beatrice, Julius, and I will make sure Priscilla and Al are safe before coming up with some plan to save Emilia."
Everyone nodded at this and quickly split up to deal with their objective.
As they were all splitting up and wishing one another good luck, Elsa was observing from a distance after finally managing to find Sora.
'I know he is going to need my help...considering that Mama is here in the city with the witch cult.'
Elsa went to follow Sora's group all the while a certain little girl with long platinum hair watched from a distance.
She watched the Witch cultists of hers easily be taken down by the combined efforts of the Keyblade Master and the Sword Saint, making her curious on how powerful Sora is.
"Show me what you can do."
Priscilla and Al both continued walking, having heard what Capella had said which only made Al nervous while Priscilla was mostly annoyed.
"Who does she think she is? I'm the one whose beauty should be much more valued than that Witch cultist bitch."
"You are right, princess, you are a goddess."
Al talked normally but deep down he was more worried than anything, worried about the safety of Priscilla since she is someone the Witch cult would want to attack. As they walked and walked for a bit, Priscilla stopped in her tracks with Al looking at her confused.
"Is something the matter, princess?"
"..."
Priscilla stood silent for a moment with her fan closer to her face while looking around with caution before putting away her fan in between her breasts.
As she does this, she puts her hand up and quickly summons the Yang Sword Vollachia which causes Al to also pull out his sword.
As both of them have their weapons out, Priscilla points it towards her right side before saying,
"Come on out and show yourself, filthy cowardly dog."
Al looked at Priscilla for a moment before looking at the place she was pointing, not seeing anybody there for a minute before all of a sudden an Organization member with a mask that covers his face just like him appears.
The two looked at the boy with the mask and could see that he is holding something that resembles a keyblade, making them aware that he is a tough opponent.
"Impressive how you were able to find me."
"Hmph. I just know that the world is helping me, that is why I'm not afraid of fighting you, dog."
"Feisty. Though for one so bold and very prideful, you are one who hides from who you really are, Prisca Benedict."
Priscilla's confident smile turned into one of anger the moment she heard that name, something that she was surprised and not happy to hear.
Al was surprised by this as well and knew that this opponent of theirs is much more dangerous than he seems.
"Who are you, bro?"
"Right, I guess it is a bit unfair to call someone's name out when they haven't revealed theirs. I'm Vanitas."
"Well Vanitas, you are about to suffer her wrath."
"Oh really? Then show me."
Priscilla without a second thought went and attacked Vanitas with Al going to back her up only for the unversed to appear in front of him to block his path.
"Are you serious?"
Al was annoyed by this but not discouraged to show his new strength he had gained during the one year since he saw Sora's Mark of Mastery.
As Al took on the unversed, Priscilla went on an aggressive offensive towards Vanitas, attempting to burn him to death with her sword yet the Organization member was fast enough to deflect each attack.
"Come on now, is this really the best you got? For someone who talks down on everyone, I was expecting a lot more than this."
"Shut up!"
Priscilla waited for the right moment before using her sword's strongest attack, having confidence that this would incinerate the Organization member.
There was a moment before the fire hit Vanitas, leaving him stunned for a moment before the mirage of himself disappears, alerting the princess that she should be ready for a sneak attack.
Using her instincts and her unusually high luck, Priscilla turned towards her left side and was able to block off Vanitas' attack.
"Impressive, I guess you aren't just some big shot...but I'm not even trying one bit so keep up the pace if you wish to live."
"Grrr! I will show you...!"
Priscilla used her sword's ability to burn everything on its path to try to kill Vanitas with one hit yet her opponent was able to dodge the attack once again yet this time he created a small portal on the floor.
She noticed this and waited for Vanitas to jump out of the portal before she quickly jumped away to dodge the attack.
Once Vanitas jumped out of the portal, he had a couple of fireballs firing all over the place. Priscilla jumped out of the way yet one of the fireballs managed to hit her chest.
"Princess!"
Al shouted and quickly tried to help her out yet when she landed on her feet, she didn't look like she took any damage at all.
This got Vanitas' attention, causing him to see that his opponent isn't just some ordinary girl that would easily be taken down with one mid-level attack.
He quickly charged at her and was going to take her down with a powerful hit only for Al to come in between the two and barely be able to block the attack.
"Back off! You are facing me now."
"Is that so?"
Vanitas was intrigued to see just how strong Al was, making him command his unversed to target Priscilla while he focuses on Al.
The unversed quickly charged at the princess only for her sword to easily cut through them without any trouble.
She looked at the fight between her knight and her opponent, interested to see if Al could hold his own.
The fight did seem on the side of Vanitas as his offense was strong enough to push back Priscilla's knight yet he wasn't able to land the decisive blow.
Each time he was about to throw off the knight and finish him off, he somehow knew.
'This is strange. He is weak yet he is able to keep up with my attacks and knows exactly when I'm going to strike him down.'
Vanitas continued to use his mirage technique to try to trick the knight into doing one attack to leave himself open for a fatal blow yet each time the knight was able to block off his attack, even those that should've been a surprise to him.
Al continued this for a bit until Vanitas finally started to go all out on the knight, finally starting to put pressure on him.
"This is too much, if the territory comes undone then I'm done for!"
"This should do the trick!"
As Vanitas thinks he has the advantage, Priscilla quickly jumps into the mix and protects her knight from a cowardly attack from Vanitas.
This annoyed the Keyblade Wielder, forcing him to focus his fight on Priscilla once again yet the two would be interrupted when a chain attacked the two.
Both Priscilla and Vanitas dodged the attack and quickly gained some distance before turning towards the direction the chain came from to see Sirius standing there.
"Well, if it isn't Wrath herself."
"As the gospel predicted, you are the one I must kill."
"Oh really, I would like to see you and Prisca try."
Priscilla and Sirius both together attacked Vanitas at the same time, both angered at the Organization member for their own reasons.
Vanitas was interested in this and quickly made a large unversed to distract Al to keep it too unbalanced for him.
Al was annoyed by this and quickly wanted to end the unversed with one hit only to realize that it wasn't going to be that easy.
"Well...shit."
While Al was holding his own, Priscilla and Sirius were giving it their all with Vanitas on the defense yet he eventually created a dark barrier, allowing him to not get hit by any attack from the two opponents.
As he was in his dark barrier, he sent shadow versions of himself to attack both Sirius and Priscilla.
The two created a powerful fire attack that was strong enough to break the barrier, surprising Vanitas for a moment before he quickly charged at the two and was in between them.
He waited for the right moment before disappearing, causing Sirius and Priscilla to attack each other.
The two noticed this and barely managed to dodge each other's attacks.
"Are you trying to kill me? You slut!"
"Hmph! Who are you calling a slut, bitch?"
"How dare you insult me?! You are just as bad as the witch!"
"Don't you dare compare me to that lowlife!"
Priscilla and Sirius both looked at each other with hostile looks before finally fighting amongst themselves with Vanitas observing from a distance.
As Priscilla and Sirius began their fight, the Sin Archbishop of Wrath observed the way Priscilla was acting and the way she was fighting, causing her to ask,
"Could you be the missing pride?"
"Hmph. What nonsense are you babbling about?!"
"...nevermind."
After much thought, she began to backtrack on whether Priscilla is the missing pride.
She kept her focus on trying to take down Priscilla until Vanitas returned into the fight, hitting her in the side which sent her flying into a building.
As she hit the building, Vanitas quickly went on an aggressive offensive towards Priscilla, managing to push her back for a bit before Al managed to return into the fight to protect his lady.
"You are such an annoyance."
"Anything to make sure the princess is safe!"
Al and Vanitas gave it their all with Al showing his abilities that he trained over the past year.
He waited until he got Vanitas in the right area before casting Al Dona.
Vanitas was caught off guard when the ground all of a sudden attacked him hard enough to send him flying.
"Yes! Take that you persistent bastard!"
As Vanitas was on the air for a bit, he eventually froze in place which both Priscilla and Al were alerted that this was a mirage once again.
Al looked around and just as he was going to be taken down by a large attack from Vanitas, Priscilla quickly moved in front of Al in order to block off the attack.
"Wow...thanks princess."
"Be quiet Aldebaran, be grateful you are useful to me or I would've let you die."
"...please just call me Al, princess."
As Priscilla looked at Vanitas with a hateful glare, Sirius jumped into the mix and charged at the Organization member to kill him, wanting to prove that she is competent for Petelguese.
As the fight continued, Maleficent and Pete continued to walk around the city where they noticed that there weren't a lot of civilians nearby.
This caused the two to be somewhat on guard as they are unaware of what is coming next until they both noticed two boys that share similar features yet still very different.
"Um...Maleficent, I don't think they are people we should take lightly."
"I know that, buffoon...they do share the same darkness as that Capella girl..."
Maleficent took a moment to think, she knows that the world is more for the people who are in darkness, much to her liking yet the people she has encountered have a more sinister darkness and want to be more chaotic rather than taking the initiative to rule.
As this was a bothersome thought, she looked at the two and quickly caused her staff to glow which did cause the two boys to stop on their tracks.
"Who are you two? Speak before I eliminate you from my presence." Maleficent spoke as her staff began to glow.
"We are quite interested, you share a smell unlike any other."
"Yes, we noticed this. Who may you be?"
"She asked you first boys, now who are you?"
The two smiled as they pulled out their weapons, causing both Maleficent and Pete to be on guard as another fight was about to start. Before the two sides began their battle, one of them spoke.
"Sin Archbishop of the Witch's cult, representing Gluttony...Lye Batenkaitos."
"Sin Archbishop of the Witch's cult, representing Gluttony...Roy Alphard."
Maleficent and Pete were both a bit uncertain on what to expect as this is the second and third person they have encountered that is a Sin Archbishop.
Seeing by the way they mentioned Gluttony, eating would be their specialty and since Pete is not on her level of strength, she turns towards him.
"Stay out of this."
"Are you sure?"
"Unless you want to die, you will stay put and away from the fight."
"Okay..."
Pete takes a moment to back away from the fight with a few heartless he summoned to guard him should one of the two gluttonies attempt to attack him.
As Pete walked away, Maleficent looked at the two and quickly began to glow a green aura before starting the battle by stating her name.
"Maleficent, the Mistress of all evil!"
The battle began with Lye and Roy both charging in on Maleficent, both of them eager to see what kind of memories the witch in front of them had.
Maleficent waited until they got close enough to create a powerful thunderstorm near them while shouting, "A bolt of lightning, strike them down!"
Both Lye and Roy noticed this and quickly used one of their abilities to dodge all of the lighting bolts thrown at them before closing in on Maleficent.
Before they can do damage to her, Pete summons the Guardian type heartless to protect her.
The two gluttonies were thrown off by this and quickly jumped back to avoid being bitten by the guardian's shield.
As the two go back, Maleficent summons another thunderstorm to attack the pair, forcing them to split up.
Lye quickly went after Maleficent on the left side of hers while also dodging each lightning bolt thrown his way while Roy went towards Pete only to be blocked by a couple of shadow heartless.
"We are curious what memories you will give us!"
Roy activates his gluttony authority and jumps on one of the shadow heartless and goes to take a bite on it only for him to throw up.
"Urgh! No memories...no name...can't eat...!"
Roy was very angry by this and just started taking down heartless left and right while Lye used one of his abilities from the people he had eaten to move rapidly.
Maleficent noticed this and quickly changed tactics and quickly created a portal with fireballs coming out.
Lye was able to dodge many of this before closing in on Maleficent, having activated his Gluttony Authority to eat her name and memories.
Just as he was about to eat her, Maleficent uses her staff to easily push the Sin Archbishop of Gluttony away.
"Grr. We will eat you!"
"Ha! I'd like to see you try!"
Lye manages to land on his feet and tries to again run towards the mistress of evil with one of the abilities from his previous victims.
As Lye gets closer once again, Maleficent waits until she creates a green fireball to do lots of damage to her opponent.
Lye noticed this and tried to deflect the attack yet the fireball was just too powerful for him to deflect, causing him to receive burns on his entire right arm.
"Brother!"
Roy called out as he noticed Lye getting injured, forcing him to turn his attention towards Maleficent.
Roy goes from her left side to attack, hoping that he could land a sneaky blow on her before using his authority to eat her name and memories only for Maleficent to cast another thunderstorm near Roy's position, forcing the Sin Archbishop of Gluttony to retreat.
"You think I didn't notice? You stupid fool."
Maleficent began to glow once again before sending a giant green fireball towards the two gluttony boys, showing off just how powerful she is.
The two gluttony boys looked at the attack and could tell that it was powerful. Roy and Lye both waited for a moment before charging right in, dodging Maleficent's attack and attempting to beat the evil being together.
"Let us see if you two are worthy of the darkness you hold on." Maleficent tells the boys, wanting some form of a challenge while also using this opportunity to test her strength in this new world.
As Maleficent took on the Gluttony duo, Crusch and her group quickly went through the city and took on any heartless or Witch cultists in their way.
As they were pushing through with everything they had, a corridor of darkness appeared in their path.
This caused the group to pause in their tracks for a moment with their swords out and ready to fight.
The corridor of darkness stood there for a moment before an old man with a different attire from the Organization appeared.
"Xehanort..."
Wilhelm said this in a low tone where nobody heard him as he recognized the old man while Crusch and Felix had both recognized him from when he attacked the Capital and was able to one shot both Sora.
"Nyow we're there when nyow hurt Sora-kyun!"
"That's right, you were the one in charge of the attack on the Capital."
Both Crusch and Felix looked at the old Keyblade Master with hostile intent, meanwhile Ricardo looked at the man for a moment before preparing his sword, knowing that this isn't someone to underestimate.
As they all had their swords ready for a battle with Xehanort, Wilhelm broke the tension by speaking to his former friend.
"Xehanort...what brings you here?"
"Wilhelm, still as serious as always I see."
The two former friends looked at each other with a serious glare, both respecting each other yet being hostile at the same time.
Crusch, Ricardo, and Felix noticed this and quickly questioned the old butler if he and Xehanort knew each other.
Wilhelm stood silent for a moment before answering the question in a serious manner,
"Xehanort and I were friends back in my youth. Now we seem to have had a change in status."
"Agreed."
Both Xehanort and Wilhelm thought of the old days when they fought side by side against the demi humans during the demi human war and during the heartless invasion.
Crusch quickly approached the old Keyblade Master and pointed her sword directly at his chest before speaking.
"You will be punished for having been involved with the attack on the capital."
"Hmm, is that right?"
Xehanort paused for a moment before he smiled, causing Wilhelm to quickly move in front of Crusch to protect her from his former friend's attack.
As Wilhelm blocked Xehanort's attack, the old Keyblade Master looked at his former friend with a serious face at first before smiling.
The old butler gave a look of anger before quickly moving Crusch away, just barely escaping the explosion that was near them.
As they gained their distance from Xehanort, Felix went to Crusch to make sure she was alright while Ricardo pointed his sword directly at Xehanort, ready to fight him.
Just as things seemed dire, Wilhelm stepped up with sword in hand before telling the group,
"Go on without me. This is my fight."
"Are nyow sure? We can take him together, nya!"
"I can take care of my former friend on my own."
Crusch, Felix, and Ricardo all three looked at Wilhelm, seeing the strong aura he has while preparing himself to face his former friend.
Crusch looked at her servant for a brief moment before standing side by side with him, sword ready for battle.
"You are not alone in this, I will fight by your side."
"Crusch-sama? You should be following Sora-dono's plan as well as getting yourself to safety."
"Wilhelm-sama is right, nyow must get to safety!"
"I agree with the old man, we can't have a candidate for the royal throne be in a dangerous place."
Ricardo and Felix both placed their concerns in having Crusch stay, yet the military woman stayed put, ignoring them and responding to her reasoning on why she isn't going.
"I will not allow this man to get away with what he did to the Capital over a year ago, not to mention that I won't abandon Wilhelm-dono."
Ricardo and Felix understood this and just as they were going to argue with the military woman, the old butler smiled before siding with his lady.
"I will protect Crusch-sama, please continue the plan without us."
"But-"
"Trust me, I will protect her."
Wilhelm looked at Felix after having interrupted the catboy, wanting him to trust that he will protect their lady.
Felix was hesitant though Ricardo quickly reassured the catboy that everything will be alright.
Felix nodded and wished the two to be careful before heading with Ricardo towards Anastasia and her army's position.
As the two left the area, Wilhelm looked ready to strike but before doing such a thing, he wanted to know something.
"What happened to Eraqus? I wish to know what happened to another friend from a lifetime ago."
Xehanort looked at Wilhelm with a blank expression, not surprised that his former friend would want to know what had happened to Eraqus.
He lowered his keyblade to recall his last memory with Eraqus, that being him striking his former best friend down after his fight with Terra.
He smiled at it before answering Wilhelm's question with a straight and sinister face.
"I took him down."
"What?" Wilhelm was shocked by this.
"As I said, I struck him down."
Crusch looked at Wilhelm and can tell that the news really hit him since he felt sadness in him only for that sadness to turn into anger.
Wilhelm took a deep breath before charging at the old Keyblade Master, beginning their fight with him.
"I will avenge Eraqus then!"
Wilhelm despite being old was showing to be extremely strong, surprising Xehanort since he did not expect his friend to be able to do such a crazy amount of damage.
This forced the Keyblade Master to not let his guard down. Crusch watched for a moment, surprised at just how amazing Wilhelm is when fighting at his full strength and speed.
She watched for a moment until she noticed Xehanort using his free hand to create a dark sphere, making her aware that she needs to get ready to assist her ally.
"You have grown quite stronger, Wil."
"Don't you dare call me that! You have no right to call me that as if we are still friends."
"Pardon me then, Wilhelm."
Xehanort waited for a moment before attempting to throw his dark fireball at his former friend, however Crusch's wind ability was able to blow it away.
Xehanort was thrown off guard by this and quickly changed tactics.
He charged at Crusch and started to go on an offense towards the military woman, wanting to know how strong she is.
Wilhelm quickly intercepted this and ended up in a blade lock with his former friend.
"Hmm, impressive. You are still a worthy warrior despite your age."
"I should say the same to you, Xehanort."
Both Xehanort and Wilhelm give it their all in the blade lock with a hint of excitement from the two, both having wanted a rematch for a long time.
Although Wilhelm was feeling excitement over finally getting another chance to face off Xehanort, he also felt a great deal of disappointment since he reminded himself that this isn't a friendly match.
The two eventually broke out of the blade lock once Crusch joined in on the fight.
She tried to stab the old Keyblade Master in the face only for Xehanort to jump back.
He gained his distance from the two and smiled a bit.
"I see, you are not one I should let my guard down."
"You better not, I'm a worthy fighter just like Wilhelm-dono!"
Crusch pridefully spoke before charging at the old keyblade master, wanting to show just how capable she is in a fight.
Xehanort held back his full strength to see where the military woman was in strength and skill.
As he deflected each of her attacks, he could tell that she received training from his former friend since she shares some similar fighting styles to the old butler though hers was a bit different.
They were much faster and much more smooth when going for an attack compared to the old butler, whose attacks were more brutal and were filled with lots of strength behind it.
'Not bad Wil, a worthy fighter you have trained.'
Xehanort smiled at this and was ready to end this yet Crusch jumped back before using One Blow, A Hundred Felled on her opponent.
Xehanort looked at the attack and knew that it was a powerful wind base attack yet against him it was nothing.
He waited before moving his keyblade towards the wind.
As he shoved the attack away from him, the wind attack was sent towards a building nearby before causing it to explode.
As the building collapsed to the ground, Xehanort looked at Crusch before giving a smile.
"You are quite powerful, sadly I'm much stronger than either of you two."
"That may be true Xehanort, but do not underestimate Crusch-sama. She is much tougher than you give her credit."
"Thank you, Wilhelm-dono."
Crusch smiled at Wilhelm before bowing at him, appreciating the respect she was getting from her butler.
Xehanort looked at Wilhelm and just nodded at his former friend before turning his focus on him.
"Let me see this strength for myself."
Xehanort spoke with a smile, interested to see the full strength from Crusch while also wanting to see Wilhelm's full potential.
As Xehanort got into his calm fighting stance, both Crusch and Wilhelm prepared themselves for a fight against the old Keyblade Master with everything they got.
"Crusch Karsten, Matriarch of House Karsten and a candidate to become the 42nd King of Lugnica."
"Wilhelm van Astrea, Sword Devil."
Both Wilhelm and Crusch had pointed their swords towards the old Keyblade Master before getting themselves in their fighting stance.
Xehanort noticed the formalities for a moment before also speaking in a formal tone.
"Master Xehanort, Keyblade Master and one of the thirteen vessels of darkness."
There was a silence for a brief moment before Crusch and Wilhelm started round two of the fight by charging at Xehanort, going on the offensive together.
The Keyblade Master smiled as he deflected off many of the coordinated attacks from his two opponents.
He waited before being able to dodge two attacks at once, leaving both Crusch and Wilhelm open for Xehanort's blizzard attack from his free hand.
Just as he was about to land a blow on the two, he sensed a new threat nearby them.
Crusch and Wilhelm both recognized the giant blue multi-armed man, preparing themselves for a fight against both Xehanort and this new threat.
"I see you recognize this person, Wilhelm Van Astrea."
"I have faced him before...Kurgan."
Kurgan looked at Wilhelm and noticed that he was different yet he did not say anything, all he did was hold his four swords ready for a fight.
As the battle was about to begin, Xehanort chose to take his opportunity to create a corridor of darkness.
"Where are you going, Xehanort?"
"I have something else to take care of. Good luck, my old friend."
"No wait-"
Wilhelm tried to stop Xehanort yet Kurgan started to attack both Crusch and Wilhelm, forcing the two to focus more on their new opponent.
As both Crusch and Wilhelm were on defense, Wilhelm could only ponder on why Xehanort is up to.
'What happened to you...my old friend.'
Author's note:
1. For those curious, Priscilla's real name is Prisca Benedict, being a part of Vollachia. More should be covered in Arc 7 of both the main story and my story regarding this.
2. Also fun fact, I hated writing Regulus's dialogue. He is legit one of the few characters I dislike and I hate writing him a lot since he's a prick.
I hope you all are enjoying the story. I'm sure having a blast writing this. Keep on writing those reviews
11/5/2024 Update: Such insanity as the latest episode was, enough to make me want to give Maleficent and Capella a little more additional dialogues as well as an odd mutual respect for two evil beings. Also, since things are slowly starting to diverge from the anime/light novel version, it's a four way war with the heroes, the witch's cult, the organization, and Maleficent's factions facing one another. Anyway, I still hope you all enjoy the chapter.