Back in the Zebra lands, the girls and I where already packing up. While some of my new wives were at least somewhat… aware, for lack of a better word, they where still rather...stiff, for lack of another better word. The resupplying was going well. “I am happy to see you enjoyed your stay White Knight.” The king spoke. Him and I where walking down his castle’s halls.

“It is a nice place.” I said honestly. “I’m just glad Zecora is having an okay time here considering...what she told me.” I said, caring more about my girls time here than my own.

“Yes. This kingdom has been through, how would you say… the ringer, quite a few times, but we look forward to this new future for us all. Earlier, before you arrived, a man in black named Luxu said you where to be engaged into a war? Is this correct?”

“Sadly yes.” I said honestly. “The second keyblade war…” I sighed out.

“Ah. Then you have my entire forces at your disposal. We can offer potions, soldiers, and the land is rich with minerals for weapons and armor. Whatever you need, we will offer all we can.” The king said. “Luxu also said if you refuse to not take no for an answer as you have a tendency to… bite off more than you can chew, as he put it.”

I sighed out. “Of course he would.” I muttered. “Well thank you.” I nodded, only for my Assistant to buzz like mad. “Huh?” I muttered, looking down at it and seeing...all the nines with money, items and all the synthesis items. “Oh…” I took a deep breath. “So anyways, what kind of minerals do you have?”

“Aside from your standard materials, we are well known for Oricalcium, Power Stones, and High grade gems for enchanting. All we’d require are these Keyblades you mention. As Luxu explained only a Keyblade master can bestow them, and he wasn’t able to do so as he had the other lands to visit.”

“Um...about that.” I said while scrolling down and noting that I now have an absolute ass ton of weapons and armor both for keybladers and for Nothingness troops. “How many soldiers do you have?”

“On average, we get fifty new recruits a day, and here in the capital, there are sixty thousand soldiers, and more across the land. If I remember correctly from last checking, our total army consists of eighty five thousand males and females.”

I looked at my assistant to see how much equipment I got, from keyblades to Nothingness equipment cause if memory serves I think I saw literally all of the keyblades and Nothingness weapons. “I think I can....give all of your troops a weapon…” I said, thinking I’m going to have to go through everywhere and just hand out an ass ton of weapons.

“Really? That would be wonderful… What is that?” The king asked, looking ahead. There, floating as a Hologram was a moogle...but it had a black cloak over it… that’s weird...

“Uh...hello?” I asked the cloaked moogle.

It looked up. “Kupo. Hello, you ready to buy. Kupo.” It spoke.

“What are you selling?” I asked. “And...why are you wearing a black cloak if I may ask?”

“I was hired by someone called King of Nothingness. Kupo. He took me as a contract employee so I can sell wares never before seen. Kupo. This is just the uniform. Kupo.”

“Alrighty then.” I nodded. “So, what are you selling my fine shopkeep?”

“Take a look. Kupo.”

A menu popped up and I selected the buy tab.

Weapons
Armors
Munitions
Raw Materials
Recipes
Battlements Plus.\

This was a sub-menu? That’s new. “Let’s go with Weapons.” I said while clicking on the weapons tab, wondering what’s in here.

Starlight Keyblade
Nothingness Longsword
Nothingness Short Sword
Nothingness Claymore
Nothingness Bastard Sword
Nothingness Curved Sword

The list went on...and on…. And ON… Even with guns! And nothingness guns?! The heck does the king have in his armory?! “Um…” I went back to the main tab and went to armor, hoping there was less. I was wrong...so...very...wrong… All these tabs had at least a thousand or more different items and variations. Battlements plus was all Nobody gummi ships, which was cool… and tanks?! Giant robots, was this a goddamn Gundam?!

“Fuck me…” I muttered, chuckling at the sheer absurd amount of of shit he want’s me to buy. “Um...how much could I buy with...literally all of the money?” I asked, seeing my balance and I’m not even sure I can count that high I see so many nines

He looked at my balance… and is he calculating this in his head? “To make it an even number all around… 55 grand of everything I got. That leaves you with a solid fifty thousand left over. Is there anything you need in excess?”

“I think you just armed this whole planet Ben…” The king said.

I took a deep breath. “No, I think that’s okay.” I said while checking my Assistant in hopes that this thing didn’t have a storage limit.

There was a loud THUD outside, and when the king and I looked outside...there was a huge...towering...crate just outside city limits taking up a LARGE chunk of unbuilt land. “... Ben, you know how to impress.” The king said.

“Holy damn I think I overdid it.” I said slowly, blinking at just how fucking huge that crate was. “Fucking hell...um…what’s your synthesis shop look like?” I asked the moogle cautiously, not sure if I should just hand this stuff to Luxu so he can be happy creating so much shit or just dump it all on the moogles and get everything.

“Depends, what ya got?” He asked.

“King!” One of the zebra guards ran up to us. “There’s a massive-”

“I am aware. That Luxu fellow from days prior to Ben’s arrival spoke truth, in that crate are armaments for our troops entering battle with him. As well as others from the other kingdoms.”

“Oh...shall I have a team...uh...unload it?”

“Yes.” The king noded. “Take any hammer and crowbar you can find to open it.” The guard nodded, heading off.

“Be careful, cause if you can imagine a weapon and or a piece of armor, you will find it in that crate.” I called out to the guard. “God...here’s one planet and then some worth of gear...and I still have an ass ton to work with…” I said while deciding to give the moogle half of all the synthesis items I have. “That’s half of everything I have, what can I make?”

“With all this?” He’s doing the numbers in his head again… “Nothing. You have no recipes saved with me.”

“Huh...surprising.” I said honestly. “Kind of thought I had at least some…” I said with some thought. “Well...better get this stuff to Luxu then, he’ll know what to do with literally all the synthesis items.”

“I have shops all over. Kupo.” The moogle said as we headed off.

“So, before you leave shall we see what is brought out of the crate till then?” The king asked.

“Might as well.” I said honestly. “Cause fifty five thousand of literally everything he had to sell, and he an absolute asston of things to sell...oh dear I think I overdid it.”

I had the king take a ride on my glider, the two us us landing as the guards managed to pry open a corner. Inside was all sorts of smaller boxes with the name of what was inside them. One guard pulled out a Box called Overgrown Nothingness Hand Cannon. Inside was a large, one shot rifle of sorts made from grey wood and black metal with three bullets almost irradiating Nothingness. “Shall we test it?” The king asked.

“Um…” I walked over and pulled out my lexicon. “I Wish for ten regenerating test dummies.” I said, my book glowing as I casted Wish, about ten feet from us ten practice dummies appeared in a row. “Well...there’s your test dummies if you want to test it out.” I said, still a little nervous about this.

The guard, after a bit, managed to load one of the bullets into it, and aimed it at the dummies. When it fired it seemed like a normal….oversized gun. When the bullet hit… MASSIVE Nothingness thorns emerged from five feet around the target site, tearing up the earth, slashing up the dummies, and causing mass destruction til they shot into the air and pushed aside clouds, vanishing as I assume the attack wore off. “Now that's what I call a cannon!” The king said, excited.

“Oh my god…” I said honestly. “That...is awesome.” I said. “You know I’m going to be taking one of everything right?” I said to the king, given that I was the one that bought all the shit.

“Of course. You did purchase them. Now, what else is there?” He asked, another guard bringing up something else. This was what looked like a toy, but had some instructions on a piece of paper attached to it.

Toss on ground at least two feet from you.

“Stand back about five feet.” I said to the guards as I took the toy and tossed it the two feet towards the test dummies, and thankfully seeing the one that was ripped to shreds regenerate back to normal.

It grew...and grew...and grew… It was a massive Twilight thorn looking turret… It took aim as the dummies… and fired… Everything was LOUD! Nothingness Thorns and heat went all around, each place they struck was singed as when it finally ended. There was a massive crater where it fired, Nothingness thorns still lingering for about a minute til that too faded. “That will be useful…” The king said.

“But...but why though?” I asked, finding that massively excessive and cool. “Oh my god...this was both a great decision...and a terrible decision.” I said, shaking my head with a smile.

“Such are the faults of any ruler Ben. Who knows, these may not even need to be used, or these could be our last line of defence, barely holding. Only time will tell.” The Zebra king said.

I sighed out. “I just hope that these won’t ever have to be used...again.” I said honestly. “If I’m fast enough…” I muttered, having been told that if I act fast enough I can bring the Keyblade war down to a day and have it not be as bloody as possible.

“Uh...King, White Knight?” One of the guards asked, gaining our attention. “You might wanna look at this one.” We both walked over the the smaller crate. Inside was… something humanoid looking. It had two swords in its...hands? I think, the swords just came out of it’s… where hands should be, it’s face that of a Samurai Nobody, and body color was a grey and black Nothingness thorns coloring. “It has a wind up key in it’s back.” The guard added.

“Oh no…” I muttered, using my assistant to check if it’s exactly what I think it is.

Tinker Bot

This unique variation of ‘Robot”’ is completely controlled by gears and springs to move, powered by a wind up key. They actually function with magic allowing them to move, and obey orders, differ friend and foe, and perform whatever tasks they were constructed for. While the simplest form of bot to create, they are still the most effective.

“That’s exactly what I thought…” I muttered. “So yeah, I know have my own wind up army.” I said, knowing there’s fifty five thousand of those bastards that I just bought.

“Interesting. I remember a story from my youth with a similar character.” The king said. “Wind it up.” he ordered.

The guards winded it up, and once it was done it came to life, looking at the King and I. “Uhh… show us what you can do. Attack those dummies.” I said. Immediately it spun around, and ran… FAST. Slashing the dummies into pieces at blinding speed before it’s swords began to glow red. It impaled the remains, a small circle of fire around it and the dummy parts as it erupted fire high into the sky. When it ended, the bot was there, the ground scorched to high hell...some of it I think was lava now… The bot then walked back over to me, bowing before taking a criss cross sitting pose. It’s key stopped turning shortly after, and it powered down in that pose.

“Now that is amazing.” The king said.

“Excuse me but what the fuck did the old man have in his armory?” I blinked, the dummies regenerating from the massive onslaught. “Cause...damn.” I said, not expecting a few things to be so powerful.

“Well, what is next?” The king said. The next thing brought out was a pair of handguns, each with names engraved. One read Rapture, the other, Damnation. “These look very high caliber… where is the button to eject the bullet holder?” The king asked, looking them over for it. They didn’t seem to have any.

“Mind if I?” I asked, knowing that these things are Nothingness weapons so maybe I could tell. “I’m attuned to these weapons on principle so I might be able to figure it out.”

Taking the weapons. They didn't really feel all that special. I felt very little Nothingness energy from them, but I did feel something else from them that wasn’t Nothingness, light or darkness. Shrugging, I fired Rapture… The bullet left a massive energy wave behind it, ripping the dummy up into pieces, but strangely enough, the ground around that energy trail left… newly formed grass, and flowers. Damnation did about the same, it’s large energy trail red, melting the ground under and around it and completely incinerating the dummy it hit.

“Yeah...I should have expected that from the names.” I said honestly. “So yeah, you now have fifty thousand guns that can basically turn this desert into a massive flourishing landscape, or turn it into a barren hellscape.” I said honestly. “I...accidentally figured out how to solve your farming problem…”

“Heh. Impressive.” The king said, the next thing to come out was a really small box. Inside was… a tiny door. Just a small door. Confused, I tossed it to the ground and it grew into a normal sized door… Then it grew a ten by ten metallic wall of Nothingness behind it. “Instant housing or...other?” The king asked.

I walked over and opened the door, wondering if it was an actual house. Inside was four cot beds, a small walled up what I am assuming is a bathroom, tiny sink and stove, and some boxes labeled food and munitions. “A bunker… or maybe barracks?” The king pondered, taking a step inside.

“This is quite a thing. On the fly bunker in case you need it, or it could be a barracks depending on how big this thing can actually be.” I said honestly, finding this really good for strategy. “Cool...wonder what else is here cause this is getting more and more interesting.” I said.

The next item was… It looked like a robotic eyeball. It was the size of a head so… the heck. I found the power button, turning it on as it dropped a small...phone looking thing in my hand… it then turned invisible, and I saw what it saw, in this case, the king and I, on the small phone looking thing it dropped for me. “The perfect spy.” The king said.

“Yeah that’s one way to do it.” I nodded while seeing if I can direct it with the phone it gave. “Wonder if it’s true invisibility?” I wondered a little.

The next few crates where Potions, eithers, Megalixers, standard KH items… even “armor” accessories and Hell yes Full Bloom plusses!

“This is great.” I nodded. “So much here…” I said, checking my assistant to see if I had any accessory and armor slots that could help me.

I did in fact, five armor slots, and three accessory slots. I grabbed three Full Bloom Plus’s, remembering in kh2 final mix these where OP as all hell and equipping them… Two where on one ear, and one was on one of my ears… these are earrings?

“Didn’t think these were earings…” I muttered, feeling like my mana regen just went through the roof as I searched through to find five really good armor pieces.

I found Grand Ribbons… a whole box full. I equipped them, two around each of my arms, and the fifth attached itself like a brooch on my cloak. I felt rather buffed with them. “Ah, that’s better.” I said with a smile. “What else is there?” I asked curiously.

The next thing seemed to be… Paopu fruits? No, these are grey, and nowhere near as colorful as the ones from Sora’s island. “The hell?” I questioned, checking my assistant to see what the heck these things are.

None Paopu Fruits.

Long ago, the King of nothingness visited a world, and took a single one of it’s paopu fruits, and managed to grow a tree of it within the realm of Nothing. These fruits, rather than bind two hearts for eternity, in love and faith, will bestow visions of tragedy, and despair. Often these are used to help predict terrible events, then, avoid them.

“Okay then…” I muttered. “That’s a thing. These things can see future tragedy’s…” I said honestly.

“Interesting. What a terrible power.” The king said, taking one and looking it over. “I wonder if each tragedy is unique to each viewer?” He asked, take a bite. He dropped the fruit, his eyes glowing white and black for a moment before falling to his knees, painting heavily. His eyes returned to normal… he looked terrified.

“What did you see? The entire world burning?” I asked. “Hybrid monstrosities roaming around subjugating everyone with psychic powers?” I asked, kind of miffed that I haven’t gotten around to playing Starcraft 2 yet.

“I saw this coming war… I saw my own death.” He said, calming himself. He stood back up, shaking his head. “So much blood… At least, it seems we were fighting monsters, and not one another.”

“That’s good…” I said. “I’m gonna regret this…” I muttered, grabbing a None Fruit and eating it.

Instantly, I smelled smoke. I was in Daybreak… Heartless were swarming in mass, all and every kind. Ahead of me, I saw the crystal heart broken to shards. Gummi Ships evacuating people as other left via glider. I saw Zeke… no, Charlie, fighting off FIFTEEN darkside heartless. Zeke’s family house/gummi ship flying off. He looked up, smiling as he muttered something, his skin melting, his black, non human blood oozing before… He blew up… Daybreak was gone…

When it ended I was on my hands and knees.

“Fuck me…” I muttered worriedly. “That’s not good...how the hell could that happen?” I muttered worriedly. “Okay...um...how long was I out?” I asked, shaking my head and getting up.

“Just a minute. What did you see White Knight?” The king asked.

“I saw a friends world...being overrun by Heartless…” I muttered worriedly, before rolling up my sleeve and pulling out my new X-blade weapon. “Don’t panic, I’ve done this before.” I said while cutting my arm off. “Still...hurts a bit.” I muttered in pain, seeing my arm regenerate into a clone of me and hey look it actually has clothes on this time as I regrew my old one. “Well...good thing this one has clothes.” I said honestly, rolling my sleeve down.

He opened up a DTL, and ran off to Daybreak. That vision…can’t happen…

“Please tell me everything's okay…” Ben muttered to himself as he walked out of the portal to Daybreak.

… It was like he saw. Nearby, exiting the portal near the heart, it was shattered, and heartless where everywhere. Three Neoshadows appeared behind me. Summoning Kingsblade, I dealt with them each with one swift swing.

“This is so not good…” Ben muttered as Nobody’s were summoned due to his auto summon ability as Nothingness Wolves, Berserkers, and Ben’s pretty sure a new Nobody he’s never seen, this one looking more like a commander of an army more than anything, saluted to him. “Protect the people, try to save as many as you can and keep the Heartless away from any shuttles fleeing the world.” Ben told the Commander Nobody as it nodded and proceeded to guide the Nobody’s in the effort while Ben was busy doing other things.

Looking off the edge of the rails, Ben spotted Charlie fighting off two Dark Thorns. Ben jumped down, impaling one of them as Charlie finished off the other one, both puffing into darkness. “Thank god you came along.” Charlie said, turning around in time to spin kick a shadow heartless into the wall of a building, killing it. “It’s gone to hell and a handbasket here.”

“I can tell.” Ben said while slashing at a Neoshadow and killing it quickly. “How’s the evacuation going?” The wolf asked.

“As fast as we can… Not sure how many already… perished.” Charlie said, hacking a Novashadow in two. “Don’t wanna think about that. Zeke’s family is safe, their ship is set to leave after as many castle staff as we can get on it. Ben, it was the Master of Masters. He broke into the hidden armory of his inventions. He took everything, even that giant fucking eyeball on the ceiling… Including the Void Key keyblade!”

“Why the fuck did he cause all this?” Ben asked worriedly, raising his hand as Grasp of Nothing grabbed onto a bunch of heartless and killed them all.

“Because Zeke’s Absent Silhouette is handing out X-blades like candy and he wants them, and us all gone. He might be planning something really bad come the war. He’s way too far gone.” Charlie said, backflipping as an Invisible appeared just in time for his false X-blade to hack it in two, and he landed right as it puffed into darkness dead. “Leon was here earlier, all reconstruction crews that could make it are out and those that couldn’t either flew off via glider or are dead. It’s mostly just Daybreak and whatever parts of old Equestria that were made habitable again left to evacuate. DTL’s are open where there aren’t enough gummi ships. We even had to shut down the permanent portals to the Foretellers world we had.”

“Shit.” Ben muttered while he ordered the Commander to head towards places that might have people in it and to summon more Nobody’s to help out. “This isn’t good...also, don’t go overboard...cause you kind of explode if you do.” Ben warned him.

“Say what?” Charlie asked, dodging the foot stomp of a Behemoth heartless. “Oh for fuck’s sake! I hated these guy’s in the first game!” He yelled, jumping on top of it to deal damage to it’s weak spot. I saw a group of people running down the road, two with keyblades, the rest all kids as Neoshadows and such were chasing them.

“Oh no you don’t!” Ben shouted as he opened his Lexicon. “Wall of Force!” I shouted, a wall of invisible force appearing between the group of people and the Neoshadows, not seeing the things blindly ram face first into it.

He opened up a DTL to his world. “Go, now!” He yelled, the people running in without question. “Thank you!” One of the kids, a little girl, cried out as she ran in.

As he closed the portal, Ben saw it suddenly got dark. Looking up he saw… Three of the damned massive pirate ship heartless from the Port Royal gate in kh2… Fucking hell… Ben thought. “Well fine then…” He muttered. “Triple maximize magic, Gravity Maelstrom!” I shouted, firing three dense spheres of gravity at the things.

The spell brought them crashing to the ground. Their mask flaps flipped up and I managed to slam the first one with Lunatic, one shotting it as I quickly ran off to deal with the others. Damn, those power boosts you really feel!

I actually felt giddy and I'm pretty sure it was affecting Lunatic as I was super happy to feel this strong and rushing over to smack the other pirate ship heartless.

A second gone as Ben managed to slam onto the third and last one, killing it as he took a quick breather. Looking up, Ben saw the Gummi ships evacuating… He then remembered they were evacuating in his None Paopu fruit vision. Turning around… he saw Zeke’s family gummi ship leaving orbit… and FIfteen Darkside heartless.

“Oh no…” Ben muttered as he ran after the darksides, three Twilight Thorns appearing and slamming into the dark sides as well to help out.

These darksides though did not go down easy, punching the Twilight Thorns back and ganging up on them. I saw Charlie looking up, seeing Zeke’s family well and out of here. He smiled… “If there’s an after life for me, I’ll be seeing you all there.” He said, a strong surge of energy came from Charlie. “DAYBREAK LIVES ON!” He shouted, and everything went white.

I woke up feeling like I got blown up… wait… Charlie… you idiot. I managed to stand… and before me was rubble, molten lava, and bits and pieces of what was once the world… Daybreak Empire… reduced to space rubble… I was sitting on a small piece of still intact ground, grass and a tree next to me where the only things with me on this small bit of what once was Daybreak...

“Damn it…” I muttered bitterly. “I...hope everyone made it out okay.” I muttered to myself. “I was supposed to stop that from happening...not help cause it...when I find that Master I’m gonna kick his ass.”

I was wondering why Charlie would blow himself and Daybreak up… then I realized… Kexez. If they let it fall to darkness, all Daybreaks Resources would be his… better lost forever than in his hands I guess. “Well…” I sighed out. “Better it be in no one’s hands than in Kexez’s hands…” I muttered as I got up and dusted myself off. “I wonder where they’ll all go though?”

I need to master my weapons. Fast. What do I have left again? “Lindworm...Skysplitter...my Lexicon...technically my fist weapons but I don’t think that counts…” I muttered. “And then the last one would be Interdiction. So yeah, looks like I’m gonna be heading to Radiant Garden to see if I can learn from them how to actually use these things…” I muttered to myself while drawing Kingsblade. “I hope they are masters of those weapons...actually wait who am I going to learn from with my Lexicon?” I wondered, cause I thought that the original person wasn’t old enough at the moment and was more of a scientist than anything.

I headed off to my reflections Radiant garden, landing just outside the castle. There, I spotted Ansem the Wise, and that little kid whose Nobody was Zexion. Damn he’s so young. Ansem spotted me. “Ah, Ben. It’s been a while since we last saw each other.”

“Yeah, it has.” I said honestly. “Question, do you know anyone that can help me train with this?” I asked while bringing out my Lexicon to show him. “Cause I had an idea on who it would be...but then I remembered that it might not entirely be possible.”

“Oh, a Lexicon. I can help you there actually. Not many know that I have one of my own.” He said, taking out a very small, almost notebook looking lexicon. “It’s smaller than most, but serves me well.”

“That’s perfect.” I nodded. “Do you have a space to train?”

“There is no need to train young one. A Lexicon is not a weapon, but a tool, information and magic shared to all who own one. How to truly have master a Lexicon is simple. Enter in any information not already within their pages. You’ll know it does not have that information when the words glow, and become bound to the lexicon. I myself have managed to write in ten entries over my lifetime. Many lexicon owners get to write maybe one or two.”

“What kinds of things?” I asked curiously, cause I have a lot of shit to write down.

“Anything really. So long as it is truth. Spells are the most common additions. Perhaps your..unique abilities can surface, or, maybe something else unique about yourself.”

“Do you have a pen and a place to write? Cause I have…” I took a deep breath. “A lot to write down considering I’m gonna be writing my life story here.” I said honestly. “Like...I don’t know if this thing has infinite pages but a crap ton of it is gonna be my life.”

“Most lexicons if of high quality do.” He said, handing me a Pen. “Here, I must return to my research.”

“Thank you.” I nodded while taking a pen. “But what are you researching if I may ask?” I asked curiously.

“Crop developments. After finding out the research my last… student was leading me towards was for dark purposes, I figured something that benefits all rather than just my own curiosity would be best use of my time.”

“Alrighty then.” I nodded. “Oh, question actually, how good are your two guards with their weapons?” I asked curiously. “I just want to know just in case.”

“I wouldn’t have hired them if they were not the best. Why do you ask?”

“Just making sure cause…” I summoned Skysplitter and Lindworm. “I’m gonna have to ask them for help as well.” I said honestly.

“Ah then I will inform them. When you are done with the Lexicon, they will be at the front of the gates. Good luck young warrior.”

“Thank you sir.” I nodded while opening my Lexicon to an open page and then just started to write as I walked over and sat down under a tree. “Geez...this is gonna take a while…” I muttered while continuing to write.

I ended up just sitting on the floor, writing all I could think of and remember. When it was all done the words glowed a white light, then compiled into the pages as My Assistant flashed.

Learned Spell: Life’s Judgement

Huh… my story became a spell? Neat. “Now what does Life’s Judgement do?” I wondered, checking my assistant to see if i can get the spells description. “But...did that help me master the bloody thing?” I muttered, hoping it did.

I looked at the book, the cover now having the masters symbol over it. Nodding, I looked for the spell’s description.

Life’s Judgment

Read the mind of those before you, and let their own deeds judge them. Each hit after cast on a guilty person will drain them of health and stamina for five minutes. Each hit stacks the amount drained and the time till it ends.

“Oh that is going to be fun to use.” I chuckled while standing up and stretching. “Well there’s that down..now onto the next one.”

I headed off to the gate. There, I saw the guards. “Hey, you the one Ansem told us to help train?” The one who’s nobody is Xaldin spoke.

“Yes I am.” I nodded. “So, which one do I train with first?” I asked curiously.

“I will test your metal.” Lexaeus human form said. “I am Aeleus. What is your name?”

“Ben.” I said, summoning Skysplitter and resting it on my shoulders. “I only have the basics down with this and whatever I could come up with on the fly so…” I said a little nervously, not really knowing what the full extent of this weapon is.

He nodded. “The Tomahawk, is a lot like any axe based weapon, it is just lighter and often...shorter…” He said, taking note at Skysplitters size. “They are meant to be moved fast, but, in your case, it seems to be more for direct attacks, not speed.”

“Yeah, that’s what Skysplitter does.” I chuckled. “All about smacking things really hard, and earth based powers.” I added.

“Yes, it would seem so. Question is, where does that strength come from for you?”

“Where does my strength come from?” I asked. “Strength comes from a lot of places, but would my family be a good answer?”

“Quite.” Aeleus said. “The strongest of us gather strength from things we would gladly protect with our lives, for that will never fail us.”

I nodded. “Yeah...I’d give my life for them all and then some that’s for sure.”

“Good. Then draw strength from that, and let it grow.”

I took a deep breath, and felt power surging through me as I shouted and raised Skysplitter into the air, the surge of power bursting forth in a massive orange and black aura around me. “This good?” I asked.

“More.” He stated.

“Okay…” I muttered as more power poured forth, the aura getting bigger and bigger. I actually checked my assistant to see how far I could actually go with this without accidentally maiming myself. “More?” I asked him.

He nodded.

I nodded as well, the ground cracking under me as more and more power was pouring out of me. “How much am I pushing…” I muttered while checking my assistant to see if it can tell me how much I’m putting out and how much more I can go.

“Not enough.” He said simply.

“Not enough?” I asked. “How much would be enough?” I asked curiously, knowing full well I can go farther I just don’t know when I would get to the part where I start to actually hurt myself.

“How much do you care about the ones you love?”

“More than anything.” I said bluntly, more and more energy pouring out of me as the aura got bigger and stronger. “They are the one’s keeping me going...I don’t know what I would do without them.”

“Then show me how much you care. Channel that power til it kills you.”

I sighed out. “If you say so.” I said, feeling the power welling up before literally all of it burst forth from me, I wasn’t sure if it was me shaking or if it was literally everything else shaking but all I knew was that my strength only kept going higher and higher as I thought of my family.

My body began to ache from all the energy. Agh! It feels like my-

Spree!

My skin burst as a mix of blood and energy spewed out of me. I collapsed, blood loss getting to me. I was breathing heavily, my healing factor healing slower than normal. I felt a hand on me. I looked up. “Congratulations.” Aeleus said. “You are now a master of inner strength.”

“G-goodie…” I muttered in pain, my lexicon appearing as I tried to heal myself even if I was bleeding a lot right now. “Ow…”

I looked at Skysplitter, the mastered mark appearing on it. “I take it I am up now?” The other one spoke. “Heal up. My name is Dilan.” He said, raising a lance over me. “Curega” He said. Man that felt good...

“Thanks…” I said while getting up slowly. “Alright...Maximize Magic, Cure Critical Wounds.” I muttered as my book glowed green and I felt way better. “Alright then…” I said while Skysplitter vanished and Lindworm floated next to me.

“Now then, let’s start with basic motions. I see yours are magic… so I take it that means you know nothing of the proper held techniques.”

“Technically Lindworm is literally the wind.” I said honestly as I went into the exact same stance as Xaldin did, which wasn’t really something that felt right to me.

“The basics start somewhere.” He said. “Now then, take one in your hand, and show me your thrusting motion.”

“Alright.” I said, Lindworm not being my go to weapon so I wasn’t fully good here as I grabbed one of my spears and thrusting.

“... that was… okay. Here.” He said, dropping something on the ground before a small dummy appeared. “The point of a thrust is to target vital areas. Here.” He pointed at the stomach. “Here.” He pointed to where the heart was. “Here.” He pointed at the neck. “And here.” He pointed at the eyes. “Easy kill spots, any those who survive it will be heavily wounded.”

“Makes sense.” I nodded. “And if I only need to cripple, I’d need to hit the shoulders or thighs right?” I asked curiously.

“Elbow or knee caps are the best.”

I nodded. “Alright…” I said before thrusting into the stomach region of the dummy.

I practiced these motions both one and two handed til I got them down to pretty much pinpoint accuracy.

Dilan then had me dual wield lances, the curve was tricky but easy to get over. “You learn fast.” he spoke.

“Yeah, I am a quick learner.” I said honestly. “Sometimes takes the fun out of learning but oh well.” I shrugged.

Dilan nodded. “Okay then, now, try swinging attacks. Enemies too close will be knocked down with enough force, others within the blades range will suffer deathly.” Dilan said.

I nodded, taking one spear and swung at the dummy strongly. “So, how did you two meet with Ansem?” I asked curiously.

“I owed him my life.” Aeleus spoke. “My family was wandering the outer city walls, simple farmers. When those blue creatures came along some years ago, he took us all into the city walls before they got to us.”

“For me it’s tradition.” Dilan said. “Father was a guard, grandfather, so on so forth.”

“Makes sense.” I said. “But what did these blue creatures look like?” I asked curiously, wondering if they were Unversed.

“Some were large, fat, some looked like strange birds, plants, a few even looked like boots. But they all had these symbols on them. They vanished completely around the time that new guy showed up.”

“New guy?” I asked, wondering if that was when Terranort came here.

“Yeah, called himself Xehanort. He left with some blue haired girl like what? Three months ago? Yeah, that’s about right.”

“Huh...it’s only been three months since me and Aq-” I took a deep breath, remembering how Eriques killed Aqua. “Yeah...but those things that attacked you are Unversed, manifestations of negative emotions.” I explained simply, continuing to swing my lances at the dummy.

“I see. Alright then, now, let’s see how many you can control in their natural magic.” Dilan asked.

“This will be a first…” I muttered, taking a deep breath as I tried to form spears one at a time to see how many I could make without screwing up or doing something bad.

So far I think there was...eighty… Dilan whistled. “Wow… not gonna ask where you keep them. Now, use them all, and strike the dummy. Not a single lance can miss. Understood?”

“Oh boy.” I said before focusing and swinging with all eighty lances at the dummy.

They each hit a piece of it, the dummy now shreds. “Good.” Dilan said, dropping another one. “Now, the same, but stab them all into it.”

I did as asked, stabbing down with all eighty to make the dummy into a pincushion. He nodded. “Alright then. Now that the basics seem to be in order, time for range.” He said, taking his own spear and… I got knocked over from the shockwave of his throw. “Three...two...one.” He counted, stepping just to the left as the same spear stabbed the ground he was standing on. “When you can throw it all the way around the world, and make it return to where you launched with pinpoint accuracy, then you mastered them. Lances, spears. The designs of yours make them a hybrid between lances, spears, halebirds. A deadly combo design.”

“Yep…” I said, wondering how I can actually do that as I got back up.

I focused the wind around one of Lindworm as I took aim. I threw it. It went...rather far, but I know it didn’t go far enough. “Try using your magic, create a path you want it to follow.” Dilan suggested.

“Alright…” I muttered while carving an x into the ground before grabbing a lance, feeling the wind slowly pick up and the lance in my hand glow green. “Gungnir.” I muttered, flipping my spear up and throwing it really fucking hard, the wind blasting into the three of us as Lindworm was sent flying way to fast.

“Three. Two...one…” Dilan counted, Lindrom came back… Right into my foot. “Close, but not quite.”

“Fuck me…” I muttered in pain, grabbing Lindworm and pulling it out of my foot. “Ow...that hurt.” I said, feeling my healing factor at least healing my foot quickly. “Let’s try this again…” I muttered, adjusting

I threw it again, putting slightly less force as it launched. “Three...two...one…” Dilan counted again, Lindworm striking just an inch from the X. “Better.”

“Well...at least it didn’t stab my foot this time.” I muttered, grabbing Lindworm and pulling it out of the ground. “Third time’s the charm…” I muttered, focusing as I threw Lindworm for the third time.

Thankfully, it hit the mark. “Good.” Dilan said, pulling it out of the ground and tossing it back to me, the mastered mark appearing on it. “You really do learn fast.”

“Yes I do.” I said honestly, feeling the wind and earth more solidly now that I mastered these two weapons. “Thank you...I just...didn’t expect things to go this fast, considering it took me days if not weeks to master some of my other weapons.”

“The more you master, the easier it is.” I turned around, seeing… The King… wait, I’m… in his castle now. “You have done well. All that is left, is Interdiction.”

“Why do I have a feeling I’m gonna have to kill you with it?” I said a little nervously.

“Heheh. There can only be one king in existence. Not even retired, can I exist. That is the old rules… and one I will uphold. When you take my crown, you can build it.” He said, standing up from his throne, Interdiction in both hands. I managed to summon mine. “May the true king win.”

“Alright...if you say so old man.” I said while firing a bolt of Nothingness at him and charging at him behind the bolt.

He pulled a Xehanort move, vanishing and appearing behind me, striking me in the side. I countered, shaking his knees before double jumping, the aoe knocking him back as I impaled both Interdiction into him. He grabbed my wrists, and threw me off. “Hehehe. You are good.”

“I learned from the best.” I said honestly, getting up and firing plasma balls at him like how Xemnas did it.

We clashed several times, my auto summon bringing in five Berserkers that managed to distract him. I did Xemnas final move, plazma bolts all over him, firing nearly forever. He was like a pin coughing after it. I ran in for another attack, he managed to grab hy hands. I headbashed him, his helmet flying off… oh god… he’s mummified!

He let go, but I grabbed his head… and summoned Interdiction...right into his ancient skull. He fell backwards. “Hehehe… my body died so long ago…” He spoke… he’s been a lingering will this whole time. “I kept on, to find the perfect heir. Looks like I did.”

“Is this what you wanted old man?” I asked him calmly, staring at him as Interdiction pulsed in my hands.

“Heheh. Cancer. Imagine it, a legend I was, dying from such an ironic way. I was a warrior. I needed a warrior's death, so, even with my body dead, I kept on. Finally… I can rest. Heh. The others are waiting for me, I can see them… it’s been so long.” His corpse then fell apart, turning to dust as his armor then aged to rusted, and it too, became dust.

Nothingness thorns then began circling me, til then where wrapping around my head, or just above it, creating a floating crown of nothingness. I was...king...

I took the crown and put it on my head. “I am the King of Nothingness!” I said, feeling my voice boom all across the vast space of the realm and to all Nobody’s. “If there is anyone who dares challenge my right, step forward so I can show you what pain truly feels like.”

Nobodies of all kinds began spawning into the room, bowing before me. I motioned for them all to stand. “Repair my castle.” I ordered. “This palace will be made greater than it ever was, and it’s flag will be known for all eternity as hope for our people, and fear for our enemies.” Immediately,they got to work. One Nobody walked up to me… It was a Dusk in an organization robe. “Greetings new king.” He spoke?! “I am Consequence. The first Dusk. I shall be your advisor and keep you up to date on all your needs within your kingdom.”

“Thank you.” I nodded. “Now...where’s my royal guard…” I muttered, only for a bunch of Nobodies I’ve never seen before appeared out of nowhere, kneeling before me. They were like mini Twilight thorns, only with shields, swords, spears. Bunch of weapons. “The castle royal guard.” He, Consequence stated.

“Huh...I thought Paladin’s were apart of it...and Behemoths…” I thought for a moment,

“Oh, they are, but these are the elites. Loyal, unwavering. And of course, confident. They do not accept failure.”

“Cool.” I said honestly. “What are the classes of Nobody’s?” I asked.

“Of the warrior classes, they relate to your Council sire. The elites here are such because they can perform acts and combat as each, much like yourself.”

“Okay then.” I nodded. “But I was wondering cause I had this thought that there were basic nobody’s, elite nobody’s that were basically like leveled up versions of basic nobodies, then Organization level, then the council and king.” I explained, not entirely sure if that was a thing.

“This...Organization level, are you referring to Nobodies with human like appearances still?”

“Yes I am.” I nodded. “Are they actually called something, cause I only know them through...other means.”

“The old king labeled them as Husks. Powerful bodies from powerful hearts. They rarely are made naturally like the rest of us, often taking a Keyblade to remove the heart of who they were before to create one.”

“So that's why…” I muttered. “Well alrighty then. So, when will all of this get built up?” I asked curiously. “Not too sound like I want things rushed it's just...well a war is coming up.”

“We are aware. The castle will be completed by day's end.”

“Damn that fast?” I said in surprise. “So...I suppose I should bring my council here?”

“As you wish my lord. You are in command. Just tell me what world they are on and I shall take care of the rest.”

“A majority of them should be on Equestria...but I haven't found three others yet…” I said.

“I shall acquire the ones on Equis then.” He said, a small orb appearing in his hand. “Acquire Equis.” He spoke to it, the orb floating high up. “There. Come with me.” He said, leading the way.

“Alright.” I nodded while following along, wondering what he had for me to see.

We came upon… holy crap this was all wrecked before… The castle is looking nice… dear god I am never getting Twilight out of that massive library. I then found myself at a balcony and… why is Canterlot under us? “Here we are my lord. The whole planet of Equis, teleported safely into this realm.” Consequence said, making my jaw drop. “This is the capital I believe so it fits to have your castle above it.”

“Um…” I blinked. “That’s...a thing.” I said nervously. “Didn’t expect you to literally take a planet away and put it here…” I said, thinking this was a little excessive.

“Why not? From what we already know you are going to be king of this whole world. Why not move your planetary domain to your universal domain?”

“Makes sense.” I said honestly. “God...all my fiances are gonna be freaking out about why the hell Nothingness is literally everywhere.” I said honestly.

“I shall acquire your known council members. If you’d like perhaps the locations of your yet-to-be discovered members is in order?”

“That would be fantastic cause I need to find three of them…” I said, before taking a moment. “Wait, would I know where every single Nobody and any denizen of Nothingness would be?” I asked curiously.

“Sadly no sire, but, if you would like I can have my lesser brethren conduct a senses of the lands below.”

“It’s alright.” I said with a raised hand. “I’d like to know where my would be council members are to get that out of the way.”

Consequence gave me three orbs, each with the image of the weapons yet to find their wielders. “Just crush them in your hands, and you will be sent to their area.”

“Thank you Consequence.” I nodded while taking the orbs. “I suppose you can tell the people that might have questions about what’s going on?”

“Of course. As you wish my lord.” He said, bowing to me as I took Interdiction orb, breaking it as Nothingness thorns wrapped around my vision. I then found myself in a temple with the Avatar Fire Nation flags all over the walls.

“Huh…” I muttered, looking around. “Wonder I’m here at the temple?” I wondered, and hoping this isn’t before Aang learned firebending depending on the time period.

“Zuko, have you seen Momo!” I heard the familiar voice of Aang call out from somewhere.

“Yeah, he ran off into the halls. I think he’s heading to the kitchen!” Zuko’s voice called back.

I walked towards the voices, hoping to get this settled before things got out of hand, and I’m pretty sure someone might attack me for just appearing out of thin air. “Well...might as well make a good first impression I suppose.”

As I was turning the corner I butted heads… with the arrow tattooed baldie himself. “Oh, sorr- …” He looked like he had seen a ghost… “Okay… am I in the spirit world again?”

“Last time I checked I wasn't dead.” I said honestly. “But no, you are not in the spirit world, I am real, and I’m here looking for someone for rather important reasons.

“... Okay…” He said, clearly confused beyond belief. “So...why and who are you looking for?”

“I am looking for Zuko because he has been chosen for something way beyond the scope of this world.” I said honestly. “I will explain everything when we find Zuko, cause it’s best not to do an explanation multiple times.”

“Well, alright.” Aang said, walking me over to him. He kept checking to see if I was still behind him. Either to make sure he’s not seeing things or something along those lines. We entered a simple tea room, small, where Zuko and Iroh where chatting… then they saw me. Both dropping their tea and where slack jawed.

“Uhh… Aang… did you bring a spirit into the physical world?” Zuko asked.

“No, he didn’t.” I said honestly. “Thought technically I did come from a different world, just not one any of you would know.” I said honestly, sniffing the air. “What tea are you having? Cause I’d honestly like some tea right now.” I said.

It took about an hour to get them to understand that I wasn’t a spirit and that I actually came from a whole other world. They had some good and simple camomile tea that I was having also. “So… you come from another world, and just recently became king of a WHOLE entire realm of creation between this… light and dark realms… and I am some kind of chosen warrior for you?” Zuko repeated, summing up the bulk of it.

“That about sums up the bulk of it.” I said honestly. “Sounds crazy yes I know, but it’s the truth. If you have someone that can tell if someone’s lying then they can tell I’m not just making up crazy nonsense.”

“I’ll trust you… but I’m also getting Toph.” Aang said, getting up and running off.

“So… why me?” Zuko asked. “If this is all true, and this… massive Keyblade war is approaching, why me? I’ve never even heard of those kinds of weapons.”

“I mean unless Iroh here has heard legends of it from traveling or something.” I shrugged.

Iroh seemed to think it over, stroking his long beard. “I have heard many tails of legendary fighters, weapons, battles… but never has that kind of weapon been spoken to me before. Mind if I see one?”

“Sure.” I said while summoning Kingsblade. “This is a keyblade, one of...millions, if not more.”

“It’s...big.” Zuko said.

“I can feel it radiating with power. It’s nothing like I have ever seen.” Iroh said. “And it’s one of millions?”

“If there are that many, how come we have never seen or heard of one?” Zuko asked.

“That is easy enough to ask, because these things are ancient weapons, and nine times out of ten most worlds, yes I did say worlds, either never knew about them or completely forgot about them after so long.” I explained. “Plus...well there are millions of Keyblades, but right now...those millions are currently rusting on top of their former wielders graves.” I said sadly.

“What...happened?” Zuko asked.

“The first war.” I said. “Lasted only a few days...yet it was the bloodiest in all of history.” I shook my head. “I only saw a vision of it...but…” I shook my head.

“Hm.” Iroh said. “War, it seems, no matter what world, is sometimes unavoidable. And you say there will be a second one?”

“Sadly yes.” I said honestly. “But...good thing is is that I can bring the war down to a day...the worlds worst day but a day nonetheless.” I said honestly.

“Hm… it’s been a year since we imprisoned my father and ended the Fire nations hundred year war with the rest of the world. We have a lot of relations to mend, and that will not be easy.” Zuko said. “We nearly destroyed our own world… out of greed. This time, the Fire Nation will be defending it. We have no shortage of troops Ben. Our army, is yours.”

“Thank you.” I nodded while Interdiction was summoned and floated around Zuko. “As for your weapon, the weapon chooses its wielder, and this weapon chooses you.” I said honestly.

“Woah… So… is this a Keyblade too?”

“No actually, that is a weapon made of Nothingness, the in between of existence next to Void.” I said honestly.

Zuko took them. “They don’t have any grips… how are they just floating like I’m grabbing them?”

“Their weapons of pure energy.” I said honestly. “Imagine it as fire, but in a solid form.” I said honestly.

Zuko nodded, managing to move the blade into different positions of how one would single wield a sword. “Yeah… I’ve done something similar before with my fire bending. So, when will this war begin?”

“Not sure.” I said. “But be prepared, and here.” I said while I snapped my fingers and a crate popped up in the corner from out of nowhere. “There's Keyblades and equipment in there to help you get started.”

“I’ll be sure to give Aang and any of the others one when they get here. Most of them will likely join without hesitation.”

Just then a DTN appeared on the wall next to us, opposite of the door… and Consequence came out. “Ah, I see everything here is taken care of. I shall leave this portal to the castle open then.”

“...He with you?” Zuko asked.

“My advisor.” I said. “Thank you, and if you ever need to head to my new castle that's there, and you can meet your fellow council men.”

“Alright then. We’ll wrap up some things here and then head on out.”

I nodded, entering the portal and- HOLY FUCK THE THRONE ROOM IS DECKED OUT! Aside from amazing paintings, design work, other visual aspects- IS THAT A STATUE OF ME?! Yup. It was me, posed with Kingsblade over my shoulder and my X-blade No Heart in my other hand. “It’s temporary, we will be making the full sized version within the hour.” Consequence said, looking over some scrolls.

“Damn.” I said honestly. “This is quite a lot.”

“We still have yet to even work on the flooring and lighting. But we have Nobodies for that.”

I about laughed, taking out Frozen Pride’s orb and just like before, I was sent off. This time, I was inside a room filled with people… the Avengers… “Wolfman got tiny.” Hulk said.

“I'm not that tiny.” I said honestly. “So, how are you all doing today?” I asked simply.

“...I take it alien?” Tony Stark asked.

“Invader?” Black widow asked, placing a hand on her gun.

“Have any of you heard of Kingdom Hearts?” I asked curiously. “And if not...well I have a lot to explain then.” I said honestly.

“My father spoke of such a thing.” Thor spoke. “Let the wolfman speak friends.”

“Of course you would say that.” Tony groaned. “Alright, what is it?” I then went into great detail about everything. Thor, Hulk surprisingly, Black Widow, seemed to be following. Tony on the other hand groaned when it was over. “This is why I hate magic…”

“Trust me...it gets more complicated.” I said honestly

“Of course it does… So, you came for our help with this upcoming war then?”

“Not sure sadly.” I said honestly. “But the war...what wars have you all been through?” I asked honestly.

“Nothing as bad as what you have spoken of.” Thor spoke.

“Come on Thor, don’t undersell us.” Tony said.

“My father spoke many tails of the Keyblade war. Countless lives dies, an entire weapon art nearly died out, the multiverse itself was shattered durring it’s raging days. If there is to be another I must inform him. Tell me, who shall I tell him you are, young wolfman?”

“Ben, the new King of Nothingness.” I said honestly. “But the Keyblade War...it was the bloodiest in existence, and it nearly destroyed all of reality if some didn't decide to run.”

Thor nodded, heading off. “Well then, looks like the Avengers and S.H.I.E.L.D has their work cut out for them. I’ll make some calls… god, Nick is gonna scream for months for this one.” Tony said, leaving the room.

“So, anything we can do to help you?” Widow asked.

“Well first up.” I said while Frozen Pride appeared and circled around Captain America. “You sir are one of my council members.” I said. “And the others…” I said while snapping my fingers and a crate appearing. “There's items and equipment in there to help you all get started.”

“Council member?” Cap asked. “Since when does a diplomat need a shield… and I already have one.”

“This council is different, cause the council is basically my second in command for fights and stuff like that.” I said honestly.

“Oh, then right up my ally… So… guess I can’t say no to this huh?”

“Oh no.” I said, seeing Frozen Pride shift into a shield fit for the captain.

“Well then, guess I’ll get used to thi-” Frozen Pride shot off an ice pike, penetrating the floor. “...Ice… oh I knew it would come back to haunt me.” He laughed.

“Sorry for the irony, the shield just really likes ice.” I chuckled. “Also, I'd recommend finding the bad guys here and warning them of the coming war...I don't think they want to die horribly.”

“Heh, somehow imagining Doctor Doom fighting with us...disturbs me.”

Consequence opened up another portal back to the castle, leaving it open for them. I walked back and DEAR GOD THE ROOM BECAME LIKE FIFTY FEET WIDE AND A THOUSAND FEET TALL I CAN'T SEE THE CEILING!

“God damn.” I blinked. “I didn't expect this to be this huge.”

“We have just begun work on the city below sire.” Consequence informed. “So far we have uncovered at least sixty of the Noble houses dealing in illegal activities, such as, but not limited to sex trafficking, illegal organ transplants, slave trades, drug dealings and manufacturings, counterfeit currency and discrimination to their non unicorn pony kin. All have been rounded up, and are awaiting trial.”

“Can’t wait to do literally all that paperwork and hear all of their bitching.” I groaned. “When do the trials start?” I asked, knowing this is gonna be apart of being king.

“Whenever you are free.”

I sighed, taking out The last orb and breaking it. I found myself in…. The hell am I? This place feels… This is one of Core’s old prisons in the realm of darkness…”Hello?” I called out, feeling my pocket being pulled by something. “Hmm?” I muttered, checking my pocket and then remembering...Sora, Riku and Kairi’s hearts…”Oh dear…” I muttered worriedly as I looked around for where to go.

Turning the corner, I backed up back behind it. Fuck me that’s no kid… Looking again, I spotted a small child, no, an Embodiment. Wasn’t Eve. A different one. They were guarding that door. Damn it, think. No way in heck I can take one of them on by myself.

I thought for a moment, before grabbing a loose rock and hiding, tossing the rock a little ways away to try and cause the kid to get distracted and come here so I can sneak past. ”God I hope this works…” I think to myself worriedly.

Whatever that rock hit… a loud bunch of ungodly noises followed. “Oh for the love of…” The Embodiment groaned. “If you all started eating each other again, I’m killing you this time!” They yelled, heading off to the noise. I snuck into the room and Oh my god… Sora, Riku...Kairi? They are all...older. Much older than in kh 2. Each in one of those sleeping pods from kh 2, behind energy bars.

“Okay you three…” I muttered while pulling out their hearts. “Time to wake up.” I muttered while letting the hearts rush off to their owners in hopes of them waking up. “I hope this works…” I muttered worriedly.

They passed through the bars, and entered them. The pods opening up as the energy bars faded. Sora was the first to groan, twitching as he was getting up. “Ah… What...happened? Riku… Kairi!?” He became alert, looking at me then yelping. “AHH! Werewolf!”

“Shh.” I said quickly. “There’s an Embodiment out there and I don’t want to alert it that you three are awake.” I whispered quickly. “I’m here to get you three out of here.”

“Three? Riku and Kairi are here?”

“Yeah, cells on each side of you.” I spoke quietly.

Looking, the two were still unconscious. I picked up Riku while Sora carefully picked up Kairi. “Where...are we? Last thing I remember...Master Yen Sid was having me gather strength for when Xehanort returns.”

“Yeah...about that…” I said nervously. “You three have been here...sleeping for god knows how long while things...kind of went to hell in a handbasket.” I said honestly while drawing Kingsbane and trying to open a DTN to try and get out of here quickly. “Seriously...what’s an Embodiment doing here?” I muttered worriedly.

“What’s an Embodiment?” Sora asked as I got the DTN open. We entered and… why is there gold EVERYWHERE?!

“Terribly sorry sire!” Consequence spoke, Sora almost going defencive/flabbergasted at the talking Nobody. “We were moving the treasury when… well, there was an incident. We will get this cleaned up quickly.”

“...That Dusk is talking…” Was all Sora could say.

“Yes, there’s a lot of things Yen Sid hasn’t told you.” I said honestly while pointing to my crown. “Like how there was a King of Nothingness, and I’m the new one.” I said honestly. “And tell me about the incident after we get back to my castle Consequence, cause an Embodiment is here and I’m worried…” I took a deep breath. “The kids right there isn’t he?” I asked, just knowing the fucker was standing there just waiting for the right moment to say something.

Sora and I turned just to see the Embodiment seeing us. “What the-?!” Was all it said before Consequence grabbed us, pulling us all in and closing the portal before the Embodiment could react.

“Well sire, shall I grab some medics to look over these two?” Consequence asked.

“Yes please.” I said. “Cause I believe…” I muttered as a keyblade floated over Riku. “Riku is my final council member.” I said honestly. “That’s gonna be weird to explain…”

We were led to the E.R… this castle has a full sized hospital… Where some Medic Nobodies looked over Riku, Kairi, and Sora, who was a bit weirded out his like two major game long enemies where now...aiding him. Riku woke up, almost Keyblade shanking his Nobody doctor. Kiari woke up startled, but not near as violent. I then explained to them everything. Answering questions, all that stuff. There was a lot of Questions. Reasonably. When it was all over the trio sat in silence. “So… our whole universe… exists inside a Keyblade this Kexez Nobody made from the Twilight Town computer, and he did it just to bring us three back to life?”

“Then why lock us up and put us in Commas?” Riku asked.

“For the right moment I suppose.” I shrugged.

“But...what about our home?” Kairi asked. “If he still has it… we need to get that keyblade back, who knows what he is doing to the worlds, our families there.”

“Sadly I don’t know where he is at the moment.” I said honestly. “But the one thing that worried me the most was...why an Embodiment of Darkness was guarding you three in one of Core’s bases…” I said worriedly, finding that very strange.

“Well, it seems this Kexez and Spoiled completely took over Core’s old facilities. Maybe them and these Embodiments are working together?” Riku suggested.

“I don’t think Eve would want to follow Kexez…” I frowned.

“Maybe it’s just a partnership. The Embodiments are powerful, so what would Kexez offer them in return for services?” Sora asked.

“That’s what I’m worried about…” I said worriedly. “But right now, I need to find Drezke and...wait I completely forgot about Braig and Lake…” I muttered worriedly, completely forgetting about them due to all this crazy crap.

“We’ll recover here for a while, you go off and find these friends of yours.” Kairi said. “I’ll keep these two in check.” She assured.

“Alright.” I nodded. “I’ve got a lot to do...and less time to do it sadly.” I sighed out before getting up. “Your fellow council members should be arriving soon.” I mentioned as I checked my assistant to see where those two were.

Thankfully it told me the two of them where in Ponyville… oh, at my place… Did Kingdom hearts drop them there or…? “Well...okay then, they are a lot closer then I originally thought.” I said while opening a portal and walking into it, heading home to see my kids while knowing full well a clone of mine is still hunting after Jenny’s memories. “Hello?” I called out as I entered my house, hoping everyone was okay.

Immediately I was swarmed by my daughters from Rapture. I said hi to many of them. Once that was done I found Lake and Braig sitting in what I think is either the library or some waiting room with books all over it.

“Yo.” I said, still glad to see all my daughters were happy and healthy. “How you two doing?”

“Well, that fight was...something. After beating X, we wound up outside your house.” Lake explained.

“We’ve pretty much just been freeloading here since then.” Braig said, lazing on the couch.

“Alrighty then.” I nodded. “Hope my house has been accommodating.”

“Also Ben… A letter arrived while you were out...Daybreak world is...it’s really gone?” Lake asked.

“Your family is safe and we saved as many as we could.” I said sadly. “The Master of Masters is apparently acting like such a fucking piss ant cause your absent silhouette is handing out X-blades like candy, and now he’s like ‘I’ll just take back all my shit because I’m such a fucking pansy ass about everything that I want to end existence’.” I said in a mock imitation of his voice.

“Then, I can’t stay here. If what you told me about my Soul being in Boletaria for all that time, then I’m betting that’s where they had our family go in case something bad happened. I’m just a part of him, but I am still Zeke. I need to make sure they are all okay.”

“Alright.” I nodded. “I’m just not sure where everyone else went…” I said worriedly. “By the by...do you know where Drezke is? Could you like...sense him?”

“He is my other half. Of course I can.”

“Where is he? Cause I think I can solve his darkness problem.” I said while pulling out the glove that Death gave me. “Death told me this will help get rid of all the darkness that Drezke has been shoving into himself in his bad crusade to get rid of darkness as a whole.”

“Well, if you think it will help…” Lake said, focusing as he opened a DTL. “This should lead you to where Drezke is. Be careful, he feels...so far gone.”

“Thank you.” I nodded, putting the glove away for the right moment. “I’ll be back, and I’ll be bringing Drezke back to normal.” I said while entering the DTL.