"So why are we here again?" Heart asked as they and Eclipsa slithered down the castle hallways.

"I found a room. The best thing ever!" Eclipsa said excitedly.

"Okay?" Eclipsa lead Heart to a large stone looking set of double doors and she pushed them open. Inside was an entire arena, family members sat in seats and watched as others fought in the arena. "Gladiatorial combat?"

"It's the strongest arena in the kingdom the family has! Family only and no holds bar."

"Have people died her?"

"No, there's a lot of codework in place to prevent that, even when fatality injured or even completely crushed or vaporized."

"Huh. So you want to enter?"

"The both of us."

"Okay. Been a while since I fought, but if I'm gonna do this I'm gonna do it my way." Heart said as they shifted to their human form. "I fight better like this anyway."

To enter all Eclipsa and Heart had to do was show their Assistants under a scanner and they were entered. A simple and faster system than paperwork.

The matches were set as one vs one. Those entered when it was their turn were teleported into the ring as of the end of the prior match. Winner received various rewards relating to their tastes, hobbies, ect.

Eventually Eclipsa was pulled for her match against Leon Scott Kennedy. "Eclipsa." Leon said.

"Leon. Nice to see you again." Eclipsa said, summoning Oathkeeper and Oblivion.

"Likewise." Leon said, taking out a chrome handgun.

"A gun? Really?"

"Keyblades and such are good but you can't beat a good gun."

"Those normal bullets or something special?"

"Dark Monofilament."

"Packing a punch. Smart. We got HP bars?"

"Yup. Set to one hundred the both of us. Each hit is one point down. First to zero loses."

"So the power behind the attacks doesn't matter?"

"Nope. Just the physical hit."

"So that means Combos are king then. Good to know." Eclipsa said as she readied Oathkeeper and Oblivion.

Leon loaded his gun. "Let's do this."

With a grin Eclipsa rushed Leon, delivering a dual upwards slash that the combat hardened soldier side stepped with instinctive and calculated ease.

Leon immediately pulled out his trusty knife, which was upgraded to Mono Filament as well, and tried to stab Eclipsa with a fast and well trained thrust.

The Naga’s scales took the damage. Smirking she elbowed Leon who slashed upwards, slashing Eclipsa’s arm and drew blood and grey energy. He side rolled a tail slam from the naga before, keeping knife in hand took out his gun and began shooting the dark monofilament bullets at her weaker none scaled half.

“Can’t be this easy right?” Kennedy asked while seeing the bullets rush to Eclipsa.

While some hit the naga used Oath and Oblivion to deflect the others. She smirked. “Nope.” She then connected the two tips of her keyblades together. “Splinter Volley.” She said as Grey shot out in small sharp darts by the hundreds from the keyblades. Leon rushed, dodging most but still taking hits from the rapid fire.

Leon lifted his gun and fired a bullet at a dart that then proceeded to ricochet around and start knocking away all the other darts that were rushing at him. “Alright, that stings.”

“Heh. Took you down some hits at least. I’d say we’re about the same on remaining hit points.”

“Sounds about right.” He said while rolling his shoulder. “Now let’s have fun.” He said before throwing his knife at Eclipsa, the Naga dodging it with ease only for Eclipsa to be surprised that Leon wasn’t where he was until she heard several gunshots behind her.

Eclipsa felt six shots hit her. Three hit her lower back, the rest hit her scales. As Eclispa began to turn and ready a blow she saw Leon smiling as suddenly the three that hit her; she felt them drill into her skin, into organs and bones and she widened her eyes. Three massive explosions tore her in two pieces that rapidly flowed back together and she was healed fully. “Spiral Nuke Bullets… Overkill much?” Eclipsa asked as an audible pop set her spine back into proper position.

“Considering even Dark Monofilament bullets did jack all, I needed to have something that could deal real damage.” He said honestly while reloading his pistol quickly.

“I forgot that normal bullets, Dark Monofilament or others aren’t the only types of ammunition these days.” She said, stretching as she breathed deeply, letting grey start to cloak Oath and Oblivion.

“Alright, let’s get serious.” The former STARS officer said while getting into a proper fighting stance for his weapons.

Eclipsa rushed in, Leon using both Kingdom Hearts and Code to move at equal speed to Eclipsa. The two moved fast enough to be blur’s to the normal eye, but to the audience and each other they danced around one anothers attempts at attacks. Eclipsa cast magic, Leon rushed out of range. Leon shot tracking exploitative bullets, Eclipsa blew them or deflected them before impact.

The two took a distance stance from one another. Eclipsa watched as Leon pulled out a different handgun. Eclipsa took note of the weapon. For a handgun, it looked like a small cannon, and was built to hold a single bullet over several in a magazine. “New toy?” She asked.

“New to me. It’s actually a weapon from a world, one Drezke was, is, king of. They gathered a lot of dangerous weapons from this place, this gun was one of them. Cript had to admit, it was impressive for what it is. So, he improved it.”

“Cause of course he did.” Eclipsa said with a chuckle. “So, what is it?”

“Stand still and find out.” Leon said, and began to pull the trigger.

Eclipsa rushed them. As her keyblades were reaching the weapon Leon pulled the trigger all the way back.

Eclipsa woke up in a bit of a stupor. Her head felt… off. Body sore, first time in a while. She was in her room, no, not her room specifically. She spotted Cript sitting in a chair in front of her bed. "Sorry about that. Beta's are very… unpredictable.”

“The hell happened?” Eclipsa groaned while trying to figure out what was wrong with her head.

"The gun Leon used is a beta. The original version of it, and it's bullets were… impressive but crude and quite lethal after two shots. I refined it, and used a safer, yet more dangerous material."

“So why does my head feel off?” Eclipsa asked. “Also really? Safer but more deadly? That doesn’t sound right in the same sentence.”

"Headshot." Cript said simply. "And it is. Safer in that it won't harm the one shooting, just the target. Used the metal from those deathless hurting bullets King found in the Mother's Tomb. Can't kill us but makes healing a bitch. As for why your head feels off, well… you're still regrowing half of it."

“And magic hasn’t helped the healing process why?” She asked curiously. “God I can already hear King complain about this…”

"Because it is a material designed to keep deathless from healing properly. Makes the injury resist, nullify healing of all kinds. Magic, science, every kind it just keeps it from affecting our bodies. So, we just heal slowly."

“Again, why can’t healing magic work again?” Eclipsa asked honestly. “Deathless regeneration I get not working, kind of like Carbonadium in Marvel, but not even allowed to use other healing methods to work?”

"You tell me." Cript said, pulling out one of the Deathless hurting bullets. "Cause as far as I can tell, you made this metal."

“What?” Eclipsa started. “How, why, and again...what?”

"When I took a look into the code of this bullet, this metal, I found the most complex, detailed and impressive code sequence I have ever seen. Lord was baffled for crying out loud, but… how I know it's of your making is the fact that it draws power from Grey. So, I gave the gun and one bullet to Leon to test a theory, and I was right. You made a metal that can hurt, cripple, and as close to kill… you, as we can get. Which begs the question… why?"

Eclipsa raised a hand to maybe answer, but lowered it and kept her own thoughts about what it might be to herself. “Right now, I don’t know…”

Cript was silent for a while, then sighed and tossed the bullet to Eclipsa, landing on her lap. "I don't believe you made this to try and kill yourself. You've stood on that edge, that I know but never jump off. No, you made this for something, or, someone else… I won't pry."

“It’s for the best if you don’t.” Eclipsa sighed out. “So, how is King and the others doing in the Heroes Tomb? The four of them have been there for quite a while.”

"They fused, so it's Kico and Cerex exploring it now. Love those two." Cript said with a smile.

“Yeah, those two are nice.” Eclipsa said honestly. “But that’s weird...why would they have to fuze?”

"Not fully sure. King doesn't always tell me everything but, if I had to guess I'd say something went south."

“Something would have to go very south to get fusions involved.” She said nervously.

"I'm sure they can handle it. They're tough. In any case you should heal up. Gonna take a while still."

“Yeah…” Eclipsa muttered while touching her injury, still concerned about the Grey bullet on her lap.

It was a few days before her injury healed. Thankfully while slow healing was slow it was faster than normal biology healing. While that bullet only affected the one body of her the initial shot knocked out All her other starfish clones.

"I still can't believe that bullet fucked you up so badly." Heart said, slithering next to Eclipsa as they went along the mall. Heart had insisted they go out for a change.

“I’m surprised about that too. You’d think all my defense and other stuff would have stopped it.” Eclipsa shrugged.

"Well, in any case what ya wanna do? There is a lot around here and I used a spell to make it that while people can see us they can't recognize us as royals, so we can be normal and no one will bother us."

“I haven’t been to a mall in forever so I don’t know.” Eclipsa said honestly. “Also isn’t this the place where people thought King was promoting Vore for some inexplicable reason?”

Heart chuckled. "Yeah. Their fault for pigging out like that. Though I imagine you wanna take that crown from them? I imagine King would be happy to give it up."

“I’m sure King would enjoy getting rid of that crown.” Eclipsa said honestly.

"Well, go show the kingdom a wolf can't out eat a Naga then." Heart said with a chuckle.smile.

“Alright, so where is that restaurant that caused this?” Eclipsa wondered while looking around.

"Not sure. Place is so big, best we find a map first."

“Alright, there should be a map here somewhere.” Eclipsa said honestly.

After finding a map and directions they spotted the restaurant in question. Eclipsa and Heart took note of the newly added cartoon image of King, sexually eating a chicken leg with sauce dripping on their top cleavage. Heart laughed.

“King is going to be so pissed at seeing that.” Eclipsa chuckled.

"Not like they can actually do much about it. As royals our image is considered public domain, characters or photos are largely free use with proper approval." Heart said, wiping a tear away once there laughing calmed.

“And did King or literally anyone else give proper approval?” Eclipsa asked simply. “Cause I have a feeling King wouldn’t entirely want that plastered all over given that it actively ruins the ‘royal image’ we’ve all kind of forced on them.”

"I think either Rarity or one of them in the image department might have. Besides, they make shapeshifter porn of us and a few of those bikini shoots King has done were basically only covering the nipples and crotch area so… eh." Heart shrugged. "Not my department."

“Not entirely surprised.” Eclipsa said honestly.

Slithering up Eclipsa undid the hiding spell on herself, everyone taking notice as she smiled, happy to have immediately gained everyone attention. She was going to make this a grand display. “Alright, so you all thought King could eat, I’m going to show you how a Naga eats.” She said.

Eclipsa proceeded to order everything on the menu… ten times. Heart just smiled and ordered a steak and large soda and watched as Eclipsa took on the food challenge.

“Can’t wait to taste the food here. Hope it’s good.” Eclipsa said happily.

Eclipsa left the mall, having ate out not only the small restaurant but also the entirety of the food court. She was proud about that, and to ensure her place as a vore idol was made, she let a few egar onlookers down for a spell before taking them out to keep eating. Heart just slithered next to her, having spent time between watching Eclipsa embody gluttony and shopping. “You did get all those people out of you right?” Heart asked to make sure. There were a lot of over eager onlookers.

“I find it weird how many...volunteers there were to be honest.” She said honestly. “But yes, I made sure.”

“Everyone has their fetishes. Besides, now those people can say they were eaten by a royal. Odds are their drool covered clothing is gonna sell online for a not so small fortune in the near future.” Heart said with a shrug.

“That’s...kinda gross.” Eclipsa started, even with her more open minded nature that was still a little weird.

“At this point, I don’t worry about it. People are weird. That aside… A while ago we fixed earth. Our earth. Help from Cript and all. Heh, King and I have some fun there and a place in their old home town. So… care to do that too?”

“Really?” Eclipsa asked in surprise.

“Yeah. It was… no, it is nice. Besides, you two gave me a childhood, a real childhood. King and I have a life there, we should have one there too. Earth might not be my childhood home, I didn’t have a life there, but you did. So did King. It’s only fair you see and live there happily too.”

“Thanks Heart.” Eclipsa replied warmly. “Nothing wrong with changing things up once in a while right?”

“Not at all.”

Eclipsa sighed. Here they were, their old home, just as they left it. Pre tank fire. The psp was still on the coffee table, the ps2 was still on with Kingdom Hearts 2 on and playing. It was a wave of nostalgia and slight sadness that hit them all at once. “Woah this place is a mess.” Eclipsa turned, seeing Heart. They were human, Heart taking the female look first and Eclipsa male to best fit as if they never left. Their human form felt… alien, but it was still theirs.

“Well, I was a young man who was also pretty lazy.” Eclipsa said with a smile.

“Clearly.” Heart said, taking in the tossed dirty laundry, small sink filled with dishes, and messy bedroom. “We are cleaning this.”

“Awh… do we have to?” Heart only responded by pinching Eclipsa’s ear. “Owe owe owe okay!” They yelped in pain.

“Good boy.”

“Why is it I’ve dreamed of a girl calling me that, only for it to be because she’s making me clean my house.”

“Well after a while we can switch and I’ll be the male and you can be the hot horney gf. Now clean fast and good and I might just slip into something revealing and skimpy.”

Eclipsa started with the laundry. No other words were needed.

“God I Forgot how much my washing machine sucked.” Eclipsa said, having washed this same load of laundry twice and it still smelled off. “It’s not the detergent… Hm. Well, guess it’s time to upgrade.” Eclipsa said, taking out the still wet laundry and using code to remove the old washing machine and replace it with a brand new high end one. With a smile and nod they put the wet load in and began washing it with a bit more detergent.

Back into the living room Eclipsa took a look around. They forgot how a clean house was. It was nice. Laundry was washing, dishes almost done, and trash needed to be taken out. Thankfully they were never that bad on trash. Once that was taken out Eclipsa headed back to replace the bag… and nearly fell back in surprise. Heart was cooking a large pot of what looked like soup, wearing a very, very, very short skirt, long lace heels, and a small black and white bra. The set up was one lewd showing maid outfit. “You’ve been a good boy. You’ll get a treat.”

“Woof.” Eclipsa said, nose bleeding slightly.

“That’s king, you’re a snake/pony.”

“I can also be a wolf, dog, full equine, full naga… huh, gonna make a bunch of other race forms to try out.” They thought.

“Heh, well, finish up and you get your treats.”

“A meal and sex?”

“Meal and sex.”

“Wait… oh… OH! Won’t that be hot for you though?”

“Repeat that a bit, but no. Besides, I’m dessert, mostly~”

“Looking forward to that then… so what’s next then?”

“Rooms, garage, and yard.”

“I’ll go do those then.” Eclipsa said dumbly as they ran to their room.

Eclipsa’s room looked exactly like how they left it, a tad messy but it was their room, a PS2 and 3 just below their TV, a few anime posters here and there and other things. “Just like how I left it, damn.”

With a good place Eclipsa picked up the clothes, fixed up the bed and cleaned out any trash and the like. The bathroom was always clean, just a small bit of trash. The spare room was mostly storage, spare clothes, canned and boxed food, things along that line.

“Alright, that is that.” Eclipsa said while stretching a little at all the moving from it.

With everything picked up, straightened up and organized and fixed up they headed back down. The scent of a rich veggie and beef stew filled the kitchen and leaked into the living room.

“Smells good.” Eclipsa said warmly.

As Eclipsa entered the kitchen, seeing Heart in that skimpy maid outfit lingerie and felt their young perverted fantasies realized.

“Still wonderful to see.” Eclipsa smiled.

Heart smiled, stirring the pot and tasting the broth. "It's almost ready. Funny, with King I was basically the cheerleader GF, and when it was time to swap King went big tittie goth GF. Was fun and hot. Figured I'd be the slutty stay at home gf for you, given I was your maid for a while after the initial fusion. God that felt so long ago." Heart said with a sigh.

“A lot of things feel so long ago to be honest." Eclipsa chuckled.

"Hm." Heart hummed in rememberence. "It's almost done so just wait I guess."

"Can't wait to have your wonderful cooking." They said while moving over and groping Hearts rump playfully.

Heart smiled in response, Eclipsa just standing behind Heart, holding them in a hug and occasionally giving caring caressing touches to their breasts or hips. The moment could be best defined as wholesome, despite the nudity.

With the food done Heart served and the two ate. Eclipsa loved the hearty broth, the flavors of carrots, potatoes, celery and beef rich in it's flavor. With the meal finished the two put away the leftovers, washed dishes and finally the two left for the bedroom. It was still early, but neither needed sleep and neither was going to sleep tonight.

With practiced ease, Heart dropped their skirt, showing the already clear lack of underwear, undid the lacy high heels and unhooked the bra. They then sat onto the bed. “You ready?” Heart asked with a smile.

As Eclipsa stripped, in their human male form they were very aware of Heart’s pure female beauty. A thin yet clear hourglass figure, with hips wide and breasts large. Not oversized for their body type but more than desirable for a larger type of C cup, both were firm in form and soft to the touch. Eclipsa’s male form was well off. Their original human form was well built but not trained, just healthy. With the last of their clothes off Eclipsa crawled over Heart, who raised their arms to grip onto the bed frame. “We’ve done this a lot… I know this… so why does this feel different?”

“Cause it’s a life you left.” Heart said, giving a quick kiss to Eclipsa before continuing. “You left this life for another, and now your back, but this time it will be better. Ideal. For the both of us.”

Eclipsa responded by kissing Heart back, the two working tongues as Eclipsa’s member became erect and hard. All seven and a half inches. With a slow and careful thrust Eclipsa’s member was inside Heart, who moaned, legs spread so Eclipsa could fill them properly.

“Just as tight as I thought.” Eclipsa moaned happily.

"Heh, glad you enjoy it." Heard said, blushing red as Eclipsa began slow and patient thrusting.

“I always enjoy being with you.” Eclipsa said as he kept his slow but strong thrusts into his lover.

Morning came, the two embraced in messy bedsheets and pillows. Neither moved, neither spoke. Neither was asleep, the two just rested against one another in skin on skin embrace. "It's morning now." Heart said, eyes not opening nor were they moving, a satisfied smile on their lips.

“Who cares.” Eclipsa said while continuing to cuddle with Heart. “Stay here all day.”

"Hmm. We can. Or…" Heart started.

“Or?” He asked curiously.

"Well, don't you wanna show me off? I would love to see any friends or such of yours gawk at seeing me. Maybe shop?"

“But cuddling in bed…” Eclipsa countered, being too comfy right now.

"I know. We can do that later, so if you just wanna cuddle, sex then cuddle again for a while it's fine." Heart replied relaxedly.

“What time is it besides ‘morning o’clock’?” Eclipsa asked.

"Dunno. Sun just rose up so… five, six… seven maybe? Honestly doesn't matter." Heart said, shifting a bit to get more on top of Eclipsa. "Question, ever have another girl in this bed aside from me?"

“Nope.” He said honestly. “Only you.”

"Good boy." Heart said, giving a kiss on their cheek and moved up more still. Eclipsa knew where this was going, and moved down some and wrapped arms around Heart's torso as Heart wrapped arms around Eclipsa's head, holding it within their chest between their breasts closely and gently. "You get the good pillows then."

“These are good pillows.” Eclipsa said warmly.

“Do you ever think about what we will do after?”

“After what?” Eclipsa asked curiously.

“This war. When we’ve ruled for a while and decide to retire. What’s your ideal retirement?”

“Fuck if I know, there’s a lot of stuff we can do after all of this.” Eclipsa said simply.

“Yeah but, what’s one thing you could do for the rest of your life once you retire?”

“Be with those I love.” Eclipsa said honestly.

“Heh.” Heart said, covering the two with a blanket properly. “I’d live on a lake, or near one. Lots of plants, a boat to fish on. When it rains I’d sit on the covered porch and just watch.”

“Sounds nice.” They said warmly. “Humble and pretty.”

“Yeah.” Heart held Eclipsa’s head closer to their chest, their heartbeat was audible to Eclipsa. It wasn’t like a normal heartbeat, rather than the steady rhythmic thud thud there was almost this vibration of soundless movement. Heart of all worlds, and heart of all living things, it beats as they all do at once.

“Have you ever listened to your own heartbeat?” Eclipsa asked Heart curiously.

“Yeah. It’s a bit weird.”

“But I suppose that’s what happens when you’re heart beats with the same rhythm as everything.” He said honestly.

“Makes sense I suppose. So, should we be getting up at all?”

“Eh, might as well at this point.” He said honestly.

With a yawn and slow movements the two got out from under the sheets and into the new day. Clothes were put on, Eclipsa putting on clothes they haven’t seen or worn in a lifetime and Heart making herself needed clothes, a light blue top, pink sweatpants and white winter boots.

“Winter boots? Isn’t it just starting to be fall here?” He asked curiously.

“It’d be December fourteenth. Still winter. Right?”

“Uh...maybe?” Eclipsa said nervously.

“I know we don’t even feel it cause, well, Admins, but it’s fun to dress the part. Come on, let’s go get some food. Is there a waffle house or Denny's somewhere you know?”

“There should be one or so around here.” Eclipsa said honestly.

“Cool. Got a car?”

“Uh…” They hummed. “It’s been forever since I last saw half of the things on earth.”

“Heh, scared to drive?”

“Not that, I just don’t know if I even have a car.” He said honestly.

“Hm… Well, we can do this one of two ways then. You can spawn in a really cool car, or we can get there my way, in which case you’ll have to be the girl and I’ll be the guy.”

“Well it would only be fair if I was a girl next right? Unless you wanted to stay this way a little longer.”

“I’ll be the guy, Besides, I wanna see my girl’s hometown.” Heart said, shifting to male as Eclipsa shifted to Marcy’s form. Heart also changed outfits from the female clothes to a warm blue jacket, jeans and changed the boots color from white to green.

“Just like back when we first met.” Eclipsa chuckled.

“Heh, yeah. Alright so quick question. Speed or style?”

“I like to be taken in style.” Eclipsa said all fancily.

Heart smiled and nodded, snapping their fingers as in a flash of code a set of car keys were in their hand. Walking outside Eclipsa spotted it. A black jaguar FX. Eclipsa jumped in and the two drove off, Eclipsa remembering the area and telling where to turn and go. As they drove Eclipsa noticed Heart kept a smile on their face as they drove, and finally they arrived at an Ihop. “Here we are my princess.”

“It’s been awhile since I’ve been to an Ihop, hopefully their food is still good.” Eclipsa said while getting out of the car.

“I’m sure they will.” Walking inside the two got seated and were given menus. Eclipsa ordered the basic breakfast platter and Heart the same. “This is nice, I’ve never eaten at an Ihop before.”

“It’s good when the people who work here care, and from what I’ve experienced the people here do care.” She said honestly.

"Cool. So, how long have you lived here? Move from elsewhere or just always been here?" Heart asked.

“Mostly been here honestly.” Eclipsa said honestly. “Not much moving through my life.”

"Huh. Lucky." Heart said with a sigh as they looked at their drink. "We both grew up harshly. King too. Funny huh?"

“I honestly think King had it a bit rougher honestly. While you had to run around a lot and I had my own stuff, King had to get a rehash of his backstory like three four times.” She shrugged.

"And yours? Mine? We went from together and we’re happy to… lesser ideal events." Heart said with a sigh. "And now our past timeline selves live with us. You talk to them?"

“I do sometimes, last I heard King went to visit those three to talk about stuff.” Eclipsa said honestly.

"Mostly Zeke and I just talk about our lives. All up until Colorado are similar. He met Marcy… I didn't…"

“But then after that, you met me, and King.” Eclipsa said honestly.

"True. Actually I met you two around the same time didn't I? King and I were fighting Yellow Core then a portal later we got tossed into your reflection."

“Where the three of us got our collective asses kicked by that half Invisible guy right?” Eclipsa asked. “God, that was ages ago, our first crossover in fact.”

"Heh. Yeah. That was so long ago. Christ, odds are we still can't beat Unum."

“Doubt that to the extreme.” Eclipsa said honestly.

"Did you or did you not lose to a handgun?" Heart asked with a smirk.

“Not a handgun, hell no.” Eclipsa started. “To a completely different gun using bullets that...I somehow made to cripple Deathless.” Eclipsa said simply.

"Still shot from a hand held gun." Heart teased.

“Yeah, a ‘hand held gun’ that even Cript was like ‘yeah this gun is stupid powerful’.” Eclipsa rolled their eyes.

"Well, yeah." Heart said with a sigh. "The default version of it basically takes an atomic bomb and shoots it out of the barrel without killing the shooter. Immediately anyway. Well, not so much a nuclear bomb more Mega Spell given the world it was on. In any case I dunno what he changed about it aside from the ammo type but Drezke has seen what it's default version could do so… yeah, something that powerful in a handheld form is impressive."

“Cript said that he changed the ammo to be safer and deadlier, which is where the bullets I...somehow made, which also baffles the fuck out of Lord believe it or not.”

"Really? And you don't remember making them?"

“More like I didn’t even know they existed.” Eclipsa said. “Cript said I made them somehow...but I don’t know how or why.” They said simply, having a bad feeling they truly do know why but wanting to keep it to themselves.

"Huh. Weird. Well, add that to the list of things to figure out."

“To the ever growing list.” Eclipsa sighed out.

The two ate, enjoying the meal and continued to chat. "So, got any projects going?"

“Not at the moment.” Eclipsa said honestly. “Just going around doing my own thing cause...we have a lot to do.”

"Heh. Mostly all uninhabitable worlds we find get terraformed and used for war effort research by others. Some points of rest and such for scouts but overall not much. Nothing like when I used to run Daybreak."

“This whole war is dumb…” Eclipsa sighed out.

"Something we can both agree on. Cript especially finds that distasteful. Apparently he was in this back before all this."

“It’s mostly Vincent and Void Key’s fault, from what I heard from King, Void Mother doesn’t want this war anymore.” Eclipsa said, given that Kico shares her memories with King and Coco all the time.

"That sadly doesn't do much in terms of changing tides. Vincent still has armies, and Void Key has The Mother knows what in his back pocket."

“But that would basically give us free access to the Void, and whatever Void Mother’s soldiers could do to us if she wanted them to.” Eclipsa said honestly.

"You assume she has any. I haven't met many Deletes but none of the few I have strike me as devoted to her. You forget she isn't like the other Mothers. She's… twisted."

“Because she ripped out her heart because her Belief became Nothingness Belief.” Eclipsa said honestly.

"Just because she won't help Vincent and Void Key doesn't mean she will help us. You know how long it took for me to accept myself, be happy. I doubt having lived as she has for that long she will immediately help us without issue or at least a deal of some sort. Even with all I am okay with, there's those nagging thoughts I still have about my self hatred. She might be an Ally for now but I don't trust her."

“And that’s where King comes in with how much he’s trying to find Void Mother’s Heart and Nothingness Belief’s body. Cause with those fixed all of this is solved.” Eclipsa said honestly.

"You know just as well as I do it's never as easy as that."

“You’re right, that’s why he went to the Heroes Tomb and was planning on challenging the Mushroom 13.” Eclipsa pointed out.

"When do our plans ever survive more than a minute in action?" Heart asked, giving a small laugh. "Plus, we still have third parties to deal with."

“And King is…” Eclipsa sighed out. “Jesus, King is doing admittedly way too much here…”

"Then we conquer and survive. We have some hostile Admins, according to Cript of the living Admins there are only a few thousand of which about six to seven hundred are hostile. Spoiled and her clones, my brother who either is or isn't working with Vincent and or Void Key, Deletes who want us dead on principle, groups within our own realm who know they can't harm us directly so they harm our people, and lastly the Underground itself. Personally I'd let the underground slide if it wasn't for their illegal Freak Inc army grade weapons. And their latest additions."

“To be honest I’m surprised King hasn’t tried a massive hostile takeover using Jenny and many, many others to literally own the Underground.” Eclipsa shrugged.

"Trust me, that's not possible. Jenny knows it, I know it. The underground isn't something one person no matter how powerful can stop. All you can do is keep it in the darkness."

“I said ‘own’ the Underground, not stop it.” She brought up. “Plus he would be using Jenny and many others to run it.”

"I don't think that's a good idea." Heart said.

“Why wouldn’t it be a good idea?” Eclipsa asked curiously.

“Technically the Underworld has its own admin. While not like others, they keep certain things for under the table sales in any realm. They and Cript have an agreement. Cript lets them keep the underworld open and they don’t put Freak Inc gear on the market. Sadly, it only means they can’t put it there, that means a third party can.”

“Sneaky bastard.” Eclipsa frowned. “What do you think will happen when King learns about them?”

“Aside from getting pissed, try and screw the guy over. Sadly his deal with Cript prevents such things. However we can buy information about these unknown third parties selling well made counterfeit weapons.”

“That would be good to know.” Eclipsa nodded.

“In any case, guess we know what to do, just who is going to go and do them.”

“You know it’s going to be King.” Eclipsa said honestly. “King is way too busy for their own good sometimes…”

“Then let's take some of that weight off him. Gonna need a knife to cut all that self taped on luggage they carry.’” Heart said with a laugh. “So,what should we tackle first?”

“Where to even start with that train wreck.” Eclipsa sighed out.

“Easiest would be learning what we can about this unknwn copycat third party. It’s only a matter of time before they end up on the battlefield.”

“Yeah, so looks like we’re going to have to meet this Admin of Crime.” Eclipsa said honestly.

“Yup.”

The Underground was all around in any city and country. In the forgotten streets where various buildings stood without purpose. Legal purpose anyway. Here two naga’s slithered down the streets. Fully snake like, one with a cobra like head and the other a smaller more grass snake like head. “Huh, fully naga is kinda neat.” The grass snake naga spoke, Heart’s voice speaking from it.

“Yeah, you get to feel more of the air instead of being covered in all that floof.” Eclipsa said simply.

“Feels more normal too. As much as I enjoy having legs I’m way too used to slithering.” Heart said as the two made their way down the streets. “Let’s see, Cript said he was in building 787.” Heart said as they checked the building numbers.

“We should be close.” They said simply while looking around for the right building.

After a while they spotted it. Building 787, fair sized office building of brick and stone. Arriving at the door they knocked. The door opened a crack, a hooded figure who’s face wasn’t shown was seen, looking away from the two. “Echoes.” They said.

“Cave.” Heart said as the door closed then opened wide. Inside was a makeshift market. Various weapons, caged animals, people and shadow creatures were all around. In one corner various organs in jars were set up. “He should be in the top floor offices.”

“Alright.” Eclipsa nodded while slithering into the place, ready to speak to the head honcho themselves.

The upper floors held better items of interest. Eclipsa was surprised to even see some Ancient Dragons Eggs. The top most floor was barren, empty and only had one thing, a desk and an older looking man sitting at it. The Admin of Crime. “Eclipsa, Heart.” They said, Heart and Eclipsa shifted to their normal naga forms.

“Hi.” Eclipsa nodded simply. “You must be the Admin of Crime, seems a little barren in here don’t ya think?”

“Paperwork is just… not needed in the office.” He said simply. “I’m Gallow, Admin of Crime. My my, Zeke Ventral in the flesh. The few of your family still in the underworld are my best employees.” Gallow said.

“It’s Heart, Kingdom Hearts.” Heart corrected.

“Right, right. Never expected my little brother to go before me. Heh, oh well. So, what can this old bastard do for the two of you?”

“You know every single being that does ‘business’ in the Underground correct?” Eclipsa asked simply.

“Faces, yes, names, what they give. But I have good sources and in my realm, money is king. Greed is the fault of all, mortal or admin it matters not. Who is it you want to know about?”

“The one selling Freak Inc and replica Keyblades Kings weapons.” Heart answered.

“Ah, yes.Those sellers. First, the money. Six million rem.”

Eclipsa put down the bag filled with it. “Alright, now spill it.”

“Project Mirror. At least, that’s what the group calls themselves. They’ve been around for years but never did much until two years ago. Suddenly they started making weapons, well made copies. First with basic fire arms then some Freak Inc weapons.”

“Any specific people in the group you might know?” Eclipsa asked curiously.

“Two, Diego and Martha. Diego is a Dire Wolf, Martha is a fairy. They set up shop in a new place, one night a week every week for just a few hours before leaving.”

“Where would their place be?” She asked.

“No idea. Change shop every time, different place basically at random. No idea where their supply comes from all I sadly do know is they almost always start selling every friday or saturday after two in the morning.”

“Good to know.” Eclipsa nodded. “Thank you for the help.”

“Any time.”

“Okay, with that we have to figure out where they will be setting up shop.” Heart pondered as they and Elipsa were back as Eclipsa’s place on earth, curtains shit so the two can stay in their normal form over humans. “Ciel can set up an ambush, till then we can deal with something else.”

“What is that ‘something else’?” Eclipsa asked curiously.

“Finding Spoiled.”

“We’ve been looking for that whore for a long time now.” Eclipsa frowned.

“Yeah but Kexez thinks they know where she would be, and Core agrees.”

“Well...where would that be?” Eclipsa asked curiously.

“For that, someone else has to be here.” Heart said, placing a hand over their chest as suddenly in a flood of darkness, their form changed. Fur going pitch black, scales lines with streaks of blue and purple and hair a lighter shade of black.

“Hey.” Drezke said.

“Hello there.” Eclipsa said to Drezke.

Drezke took a deep breath. “In the realm of Darkness there is a place we call the Edge. It’s as the name says, the edge of the realm of darkness, and a one way drop right into the void. That place is… not safe. A complete deathtrap. It’s the perfect place for Spoiled to have set up shop.”

“And how the hell do we get there?” Eclipsa asked curiously.

“I can open a DTD there.” Drezke said. “Oddly, only I can open a DTD directly there. Heart can get a few… thousand miles from it and Lake can’t even use DTD’s. Guess since I’m pure darkness I can have pinpoint navigation.”

“I mean, that is true.” She said honestly. “So let’s get on with it then.”

With a nod Drezke snapped tier fingers, a DTD opening up before the two. Entering Eclipsa noticed it felt… colder, than normal. It itched at her scales while the darkness surrounded the two. Finally, when it left the two were at what looked like a snow covered valley, jagged trees and rocks decorated the snow layered landscape for all directions. “Here we are. The Edge.”

“Jeez, certainly doesn’t feel like the beach.” She said while looking around the area.

“That is where the realms of light and dark meet, this is where the realm of darkness and the void meet. The further we go the more unstable the land. Heartless here are so void tainted they don’t listen to me, and every so often some void beast shows up here. Be careful, this place… If the monsters don’t kill you, the memories will.” With that, Drezke began slithering ahead.

“Just like a walk in the park.” Eclipsa chuckled while following along.

As the two trailed along through the snow Eclipsa took notice of every pair of yellow eyes that watched the two as they went further in. None attacked but observed. Some she could see A Dark Hide, an Omega Invisible, an Alpha Neoshadow, and many others. Suddenly, the snow was gone, stopping abruptly and was replaced by an endless downpour that quickly was half way covering their tails slithering on the ground. “Mind the frogs.” Drezke said, Slithering around a swimming green and orange frog.

“Cause even in an area where it’s dark as shit, still have highly colorful, stupidly poisonous frogs.” Eclipsa shook her head while avoiding the frogs.

“Not poisonous… Parasitic.” Drezke corrected. The water was now up to their necks, the two nagas still slithering through, almost swimming as they arrived at a shore. Slithering up and out of the water they were now atop almost glass like rock that split into many floating chunks, making a makeshift path of broken floating stone.

“How close are we to Spoiled’s base?” Eclipsa asked curiously.

“Close… We have company.” Drezke said. Looking up, Eclipsa saw clones. Seven Jenny’s, nine Zeke’s, seven Riku’s and fourteen Xions, all dressed in black jumpsuits with numbers on them. “Think they can be saved?”

“Well, one way to find out.” Eclipsa said while bringing out Second Chance, Grey pulsating from the Keyblade as she swung wide towards all the Clones.

In rapid movements they all dodged, one getting nicked on the foot. They glowed for a time as if about to revert, but then imploded with enough force to push the floating boulders away from their location. “That’s a no then.” Drezke said, summoning a Keyblade Eclipsa hasn’t seen in a long time. Discord. In a flash of darkness Drezke rushed out, Dark Guardian and Dark Pulse active as they mercicusly hacked the clones into chunks of flesh and blood that then evaporated into dirt and darkness.

“Aggressive, but effective.” Eclipsa said simply.

Eclipsa took notice that the clones were all dealing damage to Drezke. Nothing lethal but the darkness of her love did not bother defending. Not even the Guardian protected them, just attacked. She knew it was meant to protect… so why wasn’t it? When the fighting was over, Drezke has a few wounds, and bathed in quickly evaporating clone blood. “Let’s go.” He said, the Dark Guardian leaving as Discord disbanded.

“So uh...why didn’t you block at all?” She asked curiously.

“Does it matter?” Drezke asked dismissively.

“A little yes, cause you did get injured.” Eclipsa said honestly.

“We heal fast. What’s the point in blocking?”

“There is a small but growing list of things we can’t heal from.” Eclipsa said honestly. “Just...be careful alright?”

They didn’t reply, just kept on going.

Once the road of floating rocks was fixed and crossed the two found themselves in an upside down world, having to use magic to float across. More clones showed up and Drezke went to the slaughter. From quick and painless neck snaps and decapitations to brutal and bloody implotions from punching and even using their jaw to tear the clones in half or more chunks. Again, not a single attempt to block.

“Seriously, what’s wrong?” Eclipsa asked worriedly.

“Nothing.” Drezke said, shaking off the excess clone blood as it evaporated. “I just prefer the Berzerker style.” He was partly lying, Eclipsa could tell that much.

“Even as pure darkness, you’re not good at lying.” Eclipsa frowned.

Again, they said nothing. Once the world was right sided again, they were before a massive field of lights. The orbs weren’t hearts, but they felt something… close to them. “Don’t let them touch you.” Drezke warned. Moving slowly through the aimless orbs of lights.

“What are these things?” Eclipsa asked while moving around the orbs carefully.

"When a heart is shattered the memories they hold don't just vanish. They end up here, roaming aimlessly and without purpose. If one touches you you'll see the person's memory. Some are a minute or two at most, others hours, some years."

“That’s...interesting.” Eclipsa said nervously.

"Yeah. It's a graveyard for those who no longer have hearts at all. Maybe as a nobody they'll get a new one, but they will never remember who they were. Some didn't even get to have a nobody, so these orbs are the only proof they even existed." Drezke said sadly.

“That’s...terrible.” Eclipsa muttered.

"Yeah. Come on, just passed here is the end of the Edge, once we’re there I'm better we'll spot Spoiled’s factory." Drezke said as the two moved through the field of memories of people who no longer exist.

As they passed, Eclipsa swore she saw Drezke stop and look at a few, if only for a second before moving on. Finally the end of the field came, a sign, new and cut deep into stone read 'Suffer for Them.'

“That’s not eerie at all.” Eclipsa rolled her eyes.

As they left the field some distance behind more clones came up, this time Eclipsa saw one of Core, only the one standing there. Their attire is much like those years so long ago.

“Jeez, that look takes me back.” Eclipsa chuckled.

Drezke rushed them, the copy Core using a replica of that Keyblade they used to use and impaled Drezke effortlessly. That didn't stop the Naga as they took hold of the copy Core, wrapping around them as the sound of bone cracking echoed about as Drezke squeezed tighter and tighter around the copy Core. Finally with a sickening pop Drezke released, the copy Core fading into dust and darkness as his replica Keyblade was still impaled inside Drezke's torso. The Naga pulled it out, and tossed the fake aside as his wound healed.

“Are you actually going to tell me what the hell is going on here?” Eclipsa frowned.

"I believe Spoiled's guards are getting killed. That wasn't obvious?"

“The complete disregard for defense, why did you look concerned at a few of the orbs, and a lot of other things?” Eclipsa asked bluntly.

"I don't recall owing you answers." Drezke replied bluntly.

“But I do recall that I’m your spouse and they would like to know what’s bugging you?” Eclipsa frowned.

At that, Drezke laughed. "No, you're Heart's spouse, I am Heart's Darkness, I owe you nothing. I promised you no vows of love and affection. You spend time with Heart! Not Me, not Lake, and you barely take notice of Kexez. To me, you are just that stubborn whore who keeps popping into reality against the wills of Nexus to piss them off, screw Heart then die and shatter them, so please, do me the favor of skipping to that part so we can get it over with."

Drezke kept on, and Eclipsa stood there, stunned and feeling like she'd been slapped in shock. As blunt as he was… there was some truth to it. Every time she and Heart met, loved… she'd die, and it broke Heart.

“And yet there you were, instead of, you know, actually trying to spend time with literally anyone, you’re just going to be some pissant who get’s all pissy at me?” Eclipsa started. “No no, I’m the one at fault here, not you who’s acting like a bitch too scared to actually say something, not Lake who hasn’t even bothered to talk to me, King, or others for some reason, and Kexez is normally busy with a lot of shit, but no, it’s my fault that I was even born, it’s my fault that you ripped King’s Darkness out of him and sent it on a killing spree.”

"I ripped Rejection out, yes! But I didn't send them off to kill, I didn't tell them to join up with Spoiled, that was HIS choice! Cause I needed to prove a point! Without light, without Lake, all us dark halves are monsters! Want proof? Walk back to the orbs! I'm why they're all there!" Drezke snapped. "I woke up, on that world, but it wasn't the first. No, Sixteen worlds I slaughtered. Of those sixteen worlds only infants and children were spared because I can't kill them, thankfully, and you know what? Those kids worship me like a god! I'm a fucking demon and all I see when I look at them is their parents and families bloody corpses as I ate their hearts!"

“Now we’re getting somewhere.” Eclipsa frowned. “But gee, isn’t it weird how you trained those kids to be good people? To help those who were losing to the darkness to make a colony of literal Sentient Heartless people? How you ‘proving a point’, not only hurt King, but killed billions of people to fuel your own hypocrisy?” Eclipsa frowned.

"I was only able to do that because of the kids' hearts. A child's heart is a pure thing, only as you age does darkness slip in. There was finally enough pure light around me to bring me out of my frenzy. I know the difference between good and bad, but without Lake… I had no anchor, no means to keep me from devolving. Lake… Lake knows this, it's why we don't reach out. Lake can live without me, can love… but I can't. If we're apart for… too long I just…" Drezke sat, coiling their own tail for a seat. "I can't be on my own, and I can't be around others. The only reason you and Wolf, Flutter and Psychoshy can is… because you're Heart's weren't balanced. They were weaker, and now they live as their own people. They have their own hearts now."

“And what’s stopping you from doing the exact same thing?” Eclipsa asked curiously.

"They aren't The Heart of all Worlds." Drezke replied simply. "I envy those two, really, but… as Kingdom Hearts, we can't. It would disrupt the entirety of how Hearts work in our realm, Keyblades included. I'd rather not tempt anything."

“Then what the fuck were the Embodiments for then?” Eclipsa frowned. “How come they all got to live, being literally Kingdom Hearts Darkness, and able to have their own life?”

"I don't know. We got a lot of the old Kingdom Hearts memories but most from back then are… messy. I honestly don't know."

“All I can say is that, you have to try before thinking it’s a lost cause.” Eclipsa said softly. “Ever since our marriage, we all became one whole person, that means we are all Kingdom Hearts, and that means Wolf and Psychoshy are out living a normal life.” Eclipsa said honestly.

"Even if I tried, why should I? The blood on my hands is countless. I can't bring them back, so I can at least pay for it."

Eclipsa put a gentle hand on Drezke’s shoulder. “That’s where you’re wrong kiddo.” Eclipsa said softly. “Rejection did the exact same thing, and King blames himself for doing it all, not his dark half, so King knows full well what it feels like...and also, you can bring them all back. How do you think Cript brought back all those dead family members like King’s parents?”

"Doesn't mean I still didn't kill them. I still have to pay for my crimes. Heart is my prison and Lake my warden. At least I can't do any harm this way."

“And we keep ragging on King for doing something stupid when he’s blaming himself.” Eclipsa chuckled at that. “Listen, this won’t get solved by you not talking about this, not going out and actually doing something to repent. If there’s one thing we’ve all learned, it's that prison time only does so much.”

"It's a start then." Drezke said with a sigh.

“And yet you’ve been stuck not doing much for a long time, it’s time to come out of your cell and be apart of our lives alright?”

"Sorry Eclipsa." Drezke said with a sigh. "But I'm one person you can't help. I don't want it." With that, Drezke uncoiled themselves. "Come on, we've gotta be close by now. Once Spoiled is captured or killed we blow her place to the void and I'll take us back. Then back into my cell."

“That’s not going to happen and you know it.” Eclipsa said honestly. “But let’s go and kick Spoiled’s ass.”

With a nod Eclipsa and Drezke headed off, finding the end of The Edge. An endless cliff side where something akin to a Castle Oblivion, but three times the size and covered in clones of all people and races.

“Damn…” Eclipsa started. “Spoiled’s certainly been...busy.”

"Yeah… something is off though." Drezke said, looking around at all the clones about.

“Yeah, they all look frantic for some reason…” Eclipsa said nervously.

"No… there's too many." Drezke said. Taking another look, she saw as many areas they were at were fortified guard areas, but yes, there were too many for the fairly small areas. Some were just walking about outside with seemingly no purpose.

“Why would there be too many of them? Did Spoiled forget to turn off her cloning machine or something?” She wondered.

"Don't know. Don't care." Drezke said, slithering back some distance.

“Yeah...something is massively wrong here.” Eclipsa muttered worriedly.

Eclipsa turned to look at Drezke, then her ears drooped. Drezke was… changing. His wolf upper half became far more feral and larger, his snake lower half grew, growing thicker layers of scales as centipede like legs sprouted out the sides. Darkness pulsated out as sprouting out their back and along their spine were bone covered tendrils that whipped about wildly. Eclipsa starred as Drezke had six eyes now along their face as they howled, a demonic howle. Feral Form of a Floof Noodle. Add Darkness.

“Uh...what the hell?” Eclipsa muttered worriedly.

"You want this place leveled to atoms, this form can do that." Drezke said, Eclipsa giving thanks that their voice was still normal.

“Uh...we might still need to find Spoiled, cause while this place is destroyed, her work won’t stop.” She brought up.

“Don’t worry, this dog knows how to fetch.” Drezke said, almost… gleeful as they were gone before a blink. Looking back at the factory, Eclipsa saw not a single clone outside was alive, and a large hole in the wall marked where Drezke charged in.

“Damn.” Eclipsa whistled while following after them quickly.

Entering, Eclipsa looked around, more dead clones. The hall flooded with the copies corpses as they evaporated and returned to dirt. Everywhere she looked she saw death. Part of her wondered if this was what Heart could do if they ever decided to go berserker. Following the carnage, she soon spotted Drezke standing, back to a normal form outside a doorway.

“Think you got em?” Eclipsa asked simply.

“Don’t think we need too.” Drezke said, stepping aside.

Eclipsa slithered inside, and there was Spoiled. Her hair was ragged and half shaved, eyes wide, pupils like pin pricks as she went over a wall with various notes, that on closer inspection seemed to be more nonsense than actual notes. Her cloak was dingy and torn along the sleeves and legs. The whole room was a mess, covered in papers and writing. She wasn't even paying the two any attention.

“Jesus, the hell happened here?” Eclipsa asked worriedly.

"She's broken." Spoke a voice. Looking up, Eclipsa saw Spoiled's Scythe, hung on a wall rack. "Her mind has snapped, crushed and shattered. A pathetic end for a Nobody."

“How did that happen?” She asked curiously.

"The nature of a Nobody is to regrow a new heart, but Core found a way to bypass it. Pure darkness forged as a false heart. It worked, but that alone wasn't enough. It takes desire, purpose, and a goal. Core's was to see Unum again, Hers was for selfish reasons. Her false heart could not resist the new heart forming, so she tried to shatter the infant heart growing inside her. The act alone nearly killed her, and her mind broke along with it."

“That’s what she fucking get’s for trying to kill an unborn child.” Eclipsa frowned. “So what about you?”

"What about me?" The scythe asked.

“Well you’ve probably just been sitting there gathering dust, watching as Spoiled goes further insane.” Eclipsa said honestly.

"So? Won't stop you two from finishing the reason you came here. So, get on with it. Kill her and shatter me."

“Well…” She started. “Heart wanted to save her still right?” She looked over to Drezke.

"..." Drezke slithered over between the wall hung Scythe and the broken Nobody of Spoiled. As darkness flowed from them Eclipsa barely got to register as in outstretched grasps if almost Darkside like hands, one crushing the mad Nobody into bloody paste on the floor, and the Scythe, smashed into shards that faded into flickers of light. "Heart isn't here." He said without emotion. "Just his monster."

“Oh…” She frowned.