Separate Paths

In the meantime in the throne room called Where Nothing Gathers, Sora was sitting on one of the thrones of the Organization while everyone else was seated on their throne while Riku, Kairi, and Mickey were on the platform between all the thrones.

Xehanort like the villain he is was telling them about his plan of reuniting the Thirteen Darknesses and Seven Lights to recreated the First Keyblade War and that Sora was the last piece to create the Thirteenth Darkness.

He points his Keyblade at the unconscious Sora before a stream of Darkness went for him. Kairi, Riku, and Mickey tried to interfere but were stopped by the other members of the Real Organization XIII when suddenly an explosion happened and Sora as well as his throne was covered in smoke.

"*coughing* Puh, I made it right on time," says Lea as the smoke dissipated while holding his Keyblade Flame Liberator.

Everyone was surprised that he was there when he suddenly disappeared and appeared again as he grabbed two of the members that were holding Kairi and Riku in place.

"How about you let the grown-ups talk while you get your friend out of here," says Lea to Kairi and Riku which were surprised by the strength Lea was using as he just threw the two members across the room the next moment.

"Axel," says Xemnas as Lea smiles before holding his finger against his temple.

"My name is Lea. Got it memorized?" says Lea doing his thing before he disappeared again.

He appeared behind Xehanort surprising everyone as he says, "It seems your time is up, old man."

Lea then strikes at Xehanort only to be stopped by one of the black coats who tries to blocks his attack only to be thrown away by Lea's sheer strength.

The black coat his the wall and his hood got removed at the same time making Lea see the face of his friend when he says, "Ïsa."

"You seem surprised but our time has run out. But we will see each other soon when your Seven Lights and our Thirteen Darknesses meet at the destined place," says Xehanort as they all disappear from the throne room leaving the other group behind.

Lea jumps down and appears beside the others when Kairi suddenly hugged him out of nowhere and says, "I am happy that you returned."

"Well I had to make some detours and was stuck in a jungle for some time but I am officially back," says Lea as he was quite surprised by Kairi's action.

"I couldn't just let Sora and Roxas to this fate," says Lea as he looked at Mickey before saying, "I will meet you at the Mysterious Tower."

Lea then disappeared in front of them again while the others left as well not wanting to linger in this place longer than needed.

Lea appears in front of the couple and Yen Sid and he began to explain what happened when the group arrived and Yen Sid says, "It seems we have two new Masters. Riku and Kairi, you have passed your Mark of Mastery Exam."

"What about me?" asks Sora as everyone knew why he didn't pass the exam.

"Sora, you have fallen into Darkness and almost didn't return. I can't let you pass your Mark of Mastery Exam even if you completed the original exam," says Yen Sid as he then turned to John.

"Master John, you have deliberately hidden the fact that Master Lea was indeed a Keyblade Master so he can help them. I don't know if I should see that as normal in the Crownguard Family or if you did it because you knew about the events that would unfold if Master Lea wasn't around to help them," says Yen Sid as he wasn't furious nor sad but happy that John sent Lea to help.

"Let's just say that a little bird informed me of the events that could unfold if Lea didn't help them," says John as he wasn't revealing much by saying that.

"Anyway, we have now a new threat to face. If Xehanort is really trying to recreate the Keyblade War by using the Thirteen Darknesses we will need to gather Seven Lights," says Yen Sid as he looked at everyone in the room.

"We already have five Light not counting Sora since he isn't a Master yet," says Yen Sid when John stops him.

"I am excluded as well. I have another matter to attend with Nesiara and it is far more important than this," says John as he looked at Yen Sid before saying to Yen Sid's mind, 'I need to prepare for the Keyblade War differently since I and Nesiara a walking a different path.'

'Which path?' asks Yen Sid as John smiles.

'The path that will save my son and everyone else,' says John as Yen Sid was thinking deeply before he looked at John seriously.

'I hope that the path you are going to take is worth it,' says Yen Sid before he turns to everyone else and he says, "We will need two more Lights since Sora should be able to regain his strength before the Keyblade War begins."

"Where are we going to find two more Masters?" asks Riku as Yen Sid looked at Mickey.

"We are going to need to find Master Aqua," says Mickey surprising the new Masters and Sora.

"She fell into the Realm of Darkness when she helped a friend out of it," says Mickey sadly as it was still fresh for him.

"Then we need to help her to get out of there," says Sora as Yen Sid sighs.

"Mickey and Riku will be going to find here. She might know where Ventus is," says Yen Sid knowing that with both they would be able to fill their ranks.

"Then we should leave right away," says Riku when Yen Sid, as well as the couple, stopped him.

"You should rest for now. You can begin searching for her after you have rested for a day or two," says Nesiara as she was telling them that their bodies needed rest or they will burn out before they even get to fight the Thirteen Darknesses.

"She is right. You need to know when it is wise to take a break before embarking on a new adventure," says Yen Sid as the teens nod in understanding while the adults know how important it was to rest their bodies.

"Kairi and Lea should also look for a clue about where Ventus could be if the other group doesn't succeed in finding Aqua in the Realm of Darkness," says Yen Sid holding his chin.

"What about me?" asks Sora wanting to have an assignment as well.

"You, Sora, will be joining Donald and Goofy to find the Power of Waking that you have lost after falling to Darkness," says Yen Sid to Sora who seemed depressed about the situation he was in.

"Come on, it is like riding a bike. You might forget how to ride it but once on it again it comes back to you automatically. You just need to go out there and slowly remember how to use it," says Nesiara hinting at Sora that he hasn't lost it but that he just can't use it at the moment since he forgot how to use it.

"That's right, I think a new adventure for you should awaken it again," says John as he petted Sora's head.

"But I and Nesiara are going on our own adventure to bring an end to this endless conflict," says John as he smiled sadly at them.

"So we will all go separate paths from here on?" asks Sora sadly as Nesiara points at his heart.

"We are all connected through this. We will all find our way to the fated day and help on the fated battle," says Nesiara as she and John disappeared.

"They are gone," says Sora sadly when Riku places his hand on Sora's shoulder.

"They will return," says Riku as they never would leave in such a desperate moment.

John and Nesiara appeared in the warehouse that they use in Red Grave City as they find Kalina cooking some food while Mary and Nora were helping her when they notice that someone entered the warehouse.

"Who goes there?" asks Nora pointing Excalibur at John and Nesiara while Lady pointed her guns at the couple before they realized that it was them.

"You are back," says Nora as the couple nod.

"Yes, but only for a while," says John as they needed to return to the other Universe to save their son.

"We came back to get you and Mary to help your brother from doing something stupid like Bran did," says Nesiara as Nora was now looking at them seriously.

"You mean Leon. You have found him," says Nora as the couple nods.

"Yes, but to save him, we will need everyone's help beginning with your help," says John as he explained what was going to happen soon in the World they were in at the moment while Nora and Mary explained the situation on their side.

"So Leon wants to pull a Bran, not on my watch," says Nora as Mary nods having heard from Nora what Bran did in the past.

This made a smile appear on the couple's faces as they were happy that Nora finally shook off her cold persona since she is with Mary.

"We should go and get the others. We will need to get as much help as possible for that," says John as Nora sighs.

"We will be able to get Kieron and Yui but Celine is out of combat at the moment," says Nora as she visits the others with Mary and Kalina once a month.

"Did something happen while we were gone?" asks John worried when Nesiara sighs at her husband for thinking the worst.

"She must be expecting, am I right?" asks Nesiara as Nora nods.

"Yes, she is in her seventh month and she is guarded by Legolas and the other Elves like a Dragon would guard its treasures. They only let me and the others through because they know who I am," says Nora as John was happy about Celine becoming a mother.

"Then the others will sufficient for this matter," says John as Kalina suddenly joined them holding a phone in her hand.

"I have called the bistro around the corner to send us food since I don't want to stay in the kitchen the whole day cooking," says Kalina hinting that feeding two Saiyans would take too much energy out of her.

The group began to laugh as they sat down and they exchanged some happy stories while eating the already prepared food and waiting for the ordered food to arrive.