Lexus giggled as well.

Lexus: "Light savor. That's hilarious!"

Lexus burst out into laughter, making the Guard Armor confused. It scratched its head.

Seán: "Is she actually confusing the Heartless?"

Lexus is now rolling on the floor, laughing, her Keyblades vanishing as she pounds the ground with her fist.

Siobhán: "She has some sense of humor, I guess..."
Namekian: "She's basically incapacitated right now. The Heartless, as well - it looks as though it doesn't even know what is going on."

A palette-swapped version of the Guard Armor popped up. It punched the Guard Armor.

PK: "That must be the Heartful variant."
Namekian: "A Suit Warrior?!"

The Guard Armor punches the Suit Warrior back.

Seán: "That's new."
Siobhán: "Totally. At least my mom isn't here to moan about how dangerous it is."

---

Meanwhile... on Irova:

---

Shaun: "Who're you?"
Man: "Who am I? I'm Rio Cross. A Lightning Grapper. I'm searching for my friend, Amy van der Skyff. I go by my last name, though..."

On Irova...

---

Shaun: "So what are you?"
Cross: "Irovan."
Kimberley: "Ignore 'im."
Jennifer: "Don't. He's dangerous."
Cross: "Ha ha, according to who? Shut up."
Shaun: "..."
Kimberley: "Amy... That name... OH! It's that girl who controlled water and could breathe poison gas?"
Cross: "You know her?"
Kimberley: "Sadly, I attended her execution. The last thing I saw of her was when they executed her with poison gas... and since then, I have no idea if she's alive."
Jennifer: "Who can tell?"

Taylor: "Not really, just smash them into oblivion with the Opposite Armor and Powered Armor."
Lily: "And the Dustflier is quite possibly the most POWERFUL Heartless ever."
Dianke: "Thunder, nyan~"
Vicky: "Hell hath no fury, than a well-timed grenade!"

Vicky throws a grenade at the Heartless and Heartful, which then explodes.

Lexus: "Why's Heartful fighting Heartless?"

Lexus: "Yes. I did not, however, encounter Heartful or Heartless. Dream Eaters instead, although Heartless showed up once I found out I was an Unknown. Dream Eaters are attracted to the aura of Unknowns, if I had to estimate that meow meow meow they actually gave me a scar on my left hand, which is why I always wear gloves to hide them meow meow meow I bet Marluxia is hiding somewhere."

Namekian: "... What's with the 'meow meow meow'?"

Lexus: "I did NOT say that!"

PK: "It probably functions the same as 'blah blah blah'. I heard that instead of what she intended to say."

Lexus: "Actually, I was too lazy to say everything, so I said 'meow meow meow' instead. Meow meow meow."

Lexus: "Excuse me, who're you again?"

Seán: "You're just faking."
Siobhán: "Wonder what our other Nobodies are doing?"

---

Back at Irova...

---

A mysterious person in green appeared.

Mr. Green: "So. You're Rio Cross. Prepare to die, for I will kidnap Amy van der Skyff and use her to destroy the world!"
Jennifer: "Shut it, Nega-Lime."
Nega-Lime: "Who're you?"
Shaun: "I wonder."

Kimberley face palms.

Kimberley: "She's our Guardian, you imbecile."
Jennifer (quickly): "Yeah, their parents both died in a car accident!"
Kimberley: "Wha--"
Shaun: "Huh--"
Cross: "Look! Up in the sky! It's red and pink!"

Indeed, there was a man appearing who wore red and pink. He looked angry. Nega-Lime looked scared.

New man: "You no hurt them!"
Jennifer: "You're here!"
Cross: "Great!"
Shaun: "Who's this?"

The new man disappears. Then he reappeared, looking angry, and Nega-Lime looked scared again.

New man: "You no hurt them!"
Jennifer: "You're here!"
Cross: "Great!"
Kimberley: "Huh?"

The new man disappears again. Then he reappeared, looking angry, and Nega-Lime looked scared yet again.

New man: "You no hurt them!"
Jennifer: "You're here!"
Cross: "Great!"
Shaun: "This looks bad."
Kimberley: "A glitch."

The new man disappears yet again. Then he reappeared, looking angry, and Nega-Lime looked scared. Kimberley look Shaun's hand.

New man: "You no hurt them!"
Jennifer: "You're here!"
Cross: "Great!"
Shaun: "Huh?"
Kimberley: "Shaun, stay close."

The new man disappears. Then he reappeared, looking angry, and Nega-Lime looked scared. Kimberley dragged Shaun towards a sparkle on the floor.

New man: "You no hurt them!"
Jennifer: "You're here!"
Cross: "Great!"
Kimberley: "Shaun, can you fight?"
Shaun: "No, I can't! I can't even--"

The new man disappears. Then he reappeared, looking angry, and Nega-Lime looked scared.

New man: "You no hurt them!"
Jennifer: "You're here!"
Cross: "Great!"
Shaun: "... defend myself? What's going on? Is this some sort of rewind-thing?"

The new man disappears. Then he reappeared, looking angry, and Nega-Lime looked scared.

New man: "You no hurt them!"
Jennifer: "You're here!"
Cross: "Great!"
Kimberley: "Irova is an Inhuman-made planet, you see. It's basically all cybernetics and stuff."
Shaun: "WHAT?!"

The new man disappears. Then he reappeared, looking angry, and Nega-Lime looked scared.

New man: "You no hurt them!"
Jennifer: "You're here!"
Cross: "Great!"

Kimberley removed her glove and forced it over Shaun's hand.

Shaun: "Hey! What're you doing?!"
Kimberley: "Bonding. That way, we won't end up in different Glitch Rifts."

The new man disappears. Then he reappeared, looking angry, and Nega-Lime looked scared.

New man: "You no hurt them!"
Jennifer: "You're here!"
Cross: "Great!"
Shaun: "Huh?"
Kimberley: "Hold on tight!"

Kimberley embraced Shaun as the new man disappeared, reappeared (still looking angry) and Nega-Lime looking afraid.

New man: "You no hurt them!"
Jennifer: "You're here!"
Cross: "Great!"

She placed her ungloved hand on the sparkle after forcing Shaun's hand there. The two disappeared suddenly...

---

Lexus: "Which Nobodies?"
Seán: "Engiabo and Tyron, why?"
Lexus: "Irova's stuck in a glitch. If that happens, people become out of character and weird things happen. Cowards can suddenly become brave if Irova's glitched. The Nobodies are inside the Glitch Rift there. Apparently, those two are immune because their Somebodies are immune. Isn't that right, Gina?"
Siobhán: "WHAT?!"
PK: "Gina?"

A red heart-shaped portal appears and a girl in a red dress stepped out.

Girl: "That's me. Lexus' right. So if they are out-of-character on Irova, it's a Glitch Rift. I'm Serenity's sister. You know her, right?"
PK: "Obsessed with rainbows?"

Another, green portal opened and Sarah le Roux walked out. Both portals close.

Sarah: "Uh, no. Not in this variant, at least. That position is taken by a Selena Daria, who is so obsessed with rainbows that she dyed her hair into a rainbow-colour. Weird."
PK: "Oh."
Gina: "Serenity is the Guardian of a Shaie Engiabo and Jason Bond, y'know. I'm Lexus' Guardian and also the Guardian of another town in Sylraphia. When Shané's personality got split in four... Yeah, not going to go there. Too much trouble to tell the story."

Lexus: "Aren't you going to help them?"
Gina: "If they did, they'd be... affected... hang on."

Gina takes a scanner from her glove and puts it over her eye. She presses a button on it.

Gina: "Apparently, Eric's DNA grants him immunity to time loops or time jumps or something like that. Interesting... I wonder..."

She turns to Seán and Siobhán.

Gina: "... You two have that immunity too... so your Somebodies have it."

Lexus grins like a Chesire cat.

Lexus: "Run."
Gina: "Lexus has gone crazy again. Warning, running will deplete your health and may cause psychosis, paralysis and boredom."

Gina summons a Two Become One Keyblade and begins to attack the Heartful and the Heartless.

Meanwhile, inside the Irovan Glitch Rift...

---

Shaun: "I'M FALLING TO DEATH!"
Kimberley: "Nope, you're not! Dive into the Glitch Rift, the Irovan future demands, a planet made of cybernetics, a planet with no soul, a planet with no natural oxygen, everything natural-seeming being pre-programmed--"
Shaun: "WHAT?!"
Kimberley: "Nothing that seems natural on Irova is natural. There's no natural oxygen, it's just a man-made planet, as I have said before. If you're wondering how we're still able to breathe, well.. It's a long story. Everyone who worked on building this planet came from magic schools on Surfacia - or Earth, as you know it - and Draconia. Most of them came from Frobiss and Frogwings, both situated in South Africa."
Shaun: "WHAT?!"
Kimberley: "The oxygen comes from the Oxygen Spell they all combined - essentially, one Oxygen Spell would last only a day or so, so entire schools came together, cast the Oxygen Spell, and every ten years they return to recast the spell, because such a massive combined effort Oxygen Spell lasts ten and a half years. You understand, right?"

Shaun and Kimberley land on ground made up of binary. Soon there's so much binary that the two cover their eyes, Kimberley still holding Shaun's hand tightly. The binary vanishes as the two open their eyes. They find themselves outside a massive tower.

Shaun: "No, I don't... and what is this place?"
Kimberley: "The inside of this Glitch Rift? The last one I was in, was a gas chamber, and the one before that was a desert in the sky..."
Shaun: "So now what?"
Kimberley: "We smash the bug baddies. I don't have a fly swatter, though--"

Giant flies appear, all with an unfamiliar emblem:


Shaun: "What the--?! What are those?!"
Kimberley: "... When I said bug baddies, I didn't mean literal bugs!"

The giant flies open their mouths and a purple gas billows from them! Kimberley quickly drags Shaun away as she runs from them, hiding behind a bush.

Shaun: "H-hey!"
Kimberley: "Forcenveldra!"

A pink barrier pops up around Shaun and Kimberley.

Shaun: "What's going on?"
Kimberley: "That's an advanced spell - a year ten spell - that creates a barrier around the caster. Said barrier reflects spells back onto the original caster, where applicable. It also creates its own oxygen, so we'll be safe here for as long as they're out there breathing poisonous gases... and the barrier also will push back any intruders so they can't even kill us with their poison stingers..."
Shaun: "What...?"
Kimberley: "Yes, those giant bugs are breathing poisonous gas. And I don't have a gas mask with me..."

Shaun flinches.

Shaun: "P-please don't say that word..."
Kimberley: "Why? Oh, you're scared of ga--"
Shaun: "Shh! D-don't say that word..."
Kimberley: "I see now."
Shaun: "So what are those? I saw weird logos on them?"

Shaun draws the emblem on the ground.

Kimberley: "... That's the emblem of the Village Hidden in the Data. Those bugs must be Glitchers - robots that kill people. Everyone from the village - that require oxygen to survive - wear... uh... how am I going to say this without freaking you out...? Uhh..."
Shaun: "Those scary headgear?"
Kimberley: "... Yeah. Everyone from the Village Hidden in the Data wear those masks."

Shaun flinches again.

Kimberley: "... You're that scared just if those words are mentioned, I don't want to see your reaction when someone wearing the stuff appears."
Shaun: "... They'll eat me..."

Lexus: "Gina."
Gina: "La la la la la la, la la la la la la, ek wil... huh?"
Lexus: "Power."
Gina: "You got it."

Gina snaps her fingers. Lightning strikes the Heartless and the Heartful, killing them. Then a door opens up. The group follow it and end up in Castle Oblivion again.

Unknown Voice: "Simple. YOU DON'T."

A figure in black appears out of nowhere!

Lexus: "Xweng?"

Xweng: "Great, you know who I am. This makes it easier to KILL YOU!"

Xweng attacks!

PK: "And by the way, Eric WOULD be affected via contact poisons, while the worst that it can to me and KarjamP is to make us sickly, but it won't kill us."

PK: "So Shaun used Ice-based powers while cowering?"

KarjamP: "Fourth Wall Reading, huh?"

PK: "Yup!"

Meanwhile...

Taylor: "Now what?"
Vicky: "We wait?"
Dianke: "No, we go on!"
Lily: "Never give up!"

Seán: "... Siobhán..."

Siobhán hugs Seán tightly.

Siobhán: "Ich liebe dich, Seán."
Seán: "What?"

Siobhán's face turned red.

Siobhán: "Nothing important..."
Seán: "I guess I'll use those six cards then. What are they...?"

Seán looks at it. They all appear blank, but the moment when Seán holds them to the door, images appear on them...

Seán walks to the door, Siobhán closely following him. He holds the cards out in front of him. PK stood next to him, the others surrounding them.

PK: "Atlantica, Twilight Town, Beast's Castle, Port Royal, Deep Space and Neverland."
Siobhán: "What? T-that's not possible. Seán?"
Seán: "I've never even been to any of those worlds, except for Twilight Town. That's were I met Siobhán..."
Siobhán: "Will there be illusionary versions of us, perhaps? C'mon, let's go!"
Seán: "No. We have to think first which area would be easiest to clear... but why... Of course!"
Siobhán & PK: "What?"
Seán: "Our Somebodies, or maybe their other Nobodies! Maybe their memories are tied to ours! That could be why all the other worlds are here!"
Siobhán: "Good thinking... but there's a problem. Atlantica is underwater, and Deep Space is, well, in outer space."
Seán: "Yeah... let's go into Twilight Town first. I remember it fairly well..."

Taylor: "But those cards come from the memory of the holder, doesn't it?"
Vicky: "If it does, then it means that it comes from Seán and his Nobodies and Somebodies and what-not."
Dianke: "Nyan~"
Lily: "You're not a cat, Dianke. And Lexus is under the enemy's control, in case you hadn't noticed."

The group enter the door and The Afternoon Streets starts playing.

Seán: "Where's the music coming from?"
Siobhán: "From our manacles. Specifically, mine. I've set it to play music..."
PK: "Are you Dragon Riders?!"
Seán: "No, Nobodies can't become Dragon Riders. Us two have special manacles - not manicles, those are for imprisoning people. Our manacles are basically just special armbands that only we can remove."
Siobhán: "Yeah. Our armbands are magically enhanced to have special powers like, well, playing music and such. If we were Dragon Riders, wouldn't those girls have gone after us instead?"
Seán: "... This is the Sandlot. Where the Struggle tournaments take place... I found it to be boring so I stayed at home most of the time."
Siobhán: "It's so peaceful, so serene... until..."

Heartless pop up. Sinister Sundown starts playing in the background.

Seán: "Let's kick it up into overkill!"
Siobhán: "Overdrive, you mean."

Suddenly, two Keyblades strike the Heartless and explode, destroying them. The Keyblades disappear. Then a boy who looks exactly like Seán does (except younger) comes running from the left side of the door the heroes entered from. A scared-looking girl stood beside him, looking around nervously as though she was afraid of more Heartless popping up.

Boy: "No Heartless is gonna stop me! I won't let them get my sister's heart!"
Girl: "Seán... Please..."

A giant Heartless pops up.

Young Seán: "Oh no."
Girl: "No... We can't win... We're... doomed... Let them take my heart..."
Young Seán: "NO WAY! I won't let them get close to you, Ciara!"
Young Ciara: "But..."

The young Seán focuses energy to his left hand, while making hand signs with his right hand. Soon, Seán channels a large amount of lightning chakra to his hand - so much that it becomes visible. The high concentration of electricity produces a sound reminiscent of many birds chirping.

Young Seán: "CHIDORI!"

The young Seán charges towards the massive Heartless, obliterating it. He then falls to his knees, exhausted.

Young Ciara: "Seán!"
Young Seán: "... That... hurt..."
Young Ciara: "Not only do you watch too much television, but you're somehow able to even copy the techniques exactly. Look, the Heartless are after me, just let them take me."
Young Seán: "... I... WON'T... They already... took Mom... and Dad... I won't... let them... take the only... family I... have left..."

The young Seán collapses onto the ground, unconscious. Ciara began to cry.

Mysterious Person: "... I never expected that to be possible, taking out a Heartless using ninjutsu."

A girl in a black dress, wearing a gas mask, stepped out of the shadows. The older Seán quickly turned around.

Present Seán: "... Why'd you lie, Siobhán?"
Present Siobhán: "Well, didn't want you to think that I was going to eat you."
Namekian: "Is that girl... you, Siobhán?"
Present Siobhán: "Yeah. I kinda forgot I used to have red hair back then, though."
Present Seán: "... Red hair, green eyes. No wonder you're easy to enrage..."

The present Siobhán pushes Seán against the wall.

Present Siobhán: "WHAT IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN, YOU IMBECILE?!"
Present Seán: "Ow!"
Namekian: "Hey! I'm trying to listen to them!"

Young Ciara: "No... don't... stay back..."
Young Siobhán: "Relax. I'm not going to hurt you. I was going to cut that Heartless up, but considering he wiped it out with ninjutsu, I decided to come out into the open."
Young Ciara: "... You're... not going to hurt us...?"
Young Siobhán: "Of course not. I hate Heartless a lot."
Young Ciara: "... Well, you'd best... take that mask off... Seán's going to freak if he wakes up while you're still wearing it."
Young Siobhán: "What? I can't do that, then I'd be vulnerable! 'Sides, I almost got murdered on the way here!"
Young Ciara: "What?!"
Young Siobhán: "Thankfully I was wise enough to wear this, but even then, without it I'd be dead now. This is why I hate Poizunsukai - the monster of the poison skies..."
Young Ciara: "You... You survived that attack... The Poison Sky Invasion..."
Young Siobhán: "Yeah, I guess I did, didn't I... Anyway, we should get him someplace safe, and make sure Twilight Town's ready for Poizunsukai - that thing'll come looking for me and I've been running ever since I turned 6. And considering I'm 11 now... I've run for a long time..."

The young Ciara and Siobhán pick the young Seán up and carry him off into another part of Twilight Town. The spectators (except for present Seán) follow. Three minutes go by.

Present Seán: "I'm too much of a coward."

More Heartless pop up. Seán summons his Keyblades.

Present Seán: "But not when it comes to Heartless! Ninja Art - Double Key Sword Shadow Jutsu!"

The shadow of Seán's Keyblades double, being invisible in mid-air but visible by shadows. Seán points at the Heartless, which promptly gets smashed to bits by the shadow Keyblades. Seán then runs in the opposite direction of the others, hoping to avoid the young Ciara and Siobhán. If they were going to wear those scary headwear... Seán'd rather die than see those things. Even if it's to save Lexus - and maybe even his and Siobhán's Somebodies.

Present Siobhán: "This world - and thus the events of this world - are from Seán's memories, even though he is unaware of everything that has happened. He doesn't even know that he was taken to Neverland before because... of Poizunsukai's attack, yet it's a card he has. Although the other worlds could have been when he was too young to remember, I dunno. Ah, they've gone into Seán's old house now."

Heartless pop up around the door, ready to barge in, when suddenly...

Voice: "FIRE STYLE - INFERNO FIRE BLAST JUTSU!"

They get wiped out with a massive beam of fire. Siobhán smiles and looks up.

Present Siobhán: "Never thought I'd see you around here, Ciara."

A girl in a ninja outfit lands on the ground, surrounded by a red aura.

Present Ciara: "Well, you recognized me, ms. Richards..."
Present Siobhán: "DID YOU HAVE TO USE MY SURNAME?! YOU KNOW I HATE THAT LAST NAME!"
Present Ciara: "Sorry, ms. Senei."
Present Siobhán: "DID YOU HAVE TO ADDRESS ME WITH SEÁN'S LAST NAME?! HE IS JUST A FRIEND!"
Present Ciara: "Sorry, Siobhán. I just assumed... well, whatever. I assume you came here via cards rather than teleportation or something?"
Present Siobhán: "Why, yes, we did. Seán's memories, of course. Not mine, I spent most of my time here and not in Neverland."
Present Ciara: "Speaking of whom, where is my brother?"
PK: "He went in the opposite direction when the past versions of you went in this direction."
Present Siobhán and Present Ciara: "That is so like Seán."
Present Ciara: "So he still hasn't gotten over his fear, then. Huh. Anyway, could I come with you guys? I'm trying to figure out why I'm actually here. One moment I was in Ziar Town in Elvania, and the next, I'm in Castle Oblivion of all places. And then the room went dark and I felt dizzy... and then I was inside a memory-based version of Twilight Town..."
Present Siobhán: "Sure. It's not like you're a murderess or something."

---

Meanwhile...

---

Present Seán: "I remember Heartless being here, but definitely not Heartful. What's going on here?"

Seán was busy fighting Heartful and Heartless using his Keyblades. They proved to be a challenge, but even then, he found it easy to fight without using cards, rather than having to use them. Waste of time, he thought of those. Then he saw a shadow on the ground. It looked like someone holding a knife. He spun around and immediately ran away when he saw that the attacker wore a gas mask.

Present Seán: "DON'T EAT ME--"

He began to glow silver and a massive explosion occurred. It left a massive crater in the ground, destroying the Heartless and Heartful. He lay on the ground, not knowing what was going on. It was as though he had a hidden power of some sort.

Attacker: "... That hurt... somehow... it hurt... and I'm... not even mortal but... immortal..."
Present Seán: "Ow..."

Seán leapt up. The attacker's mask was obliterated. She had brunette hair that was just as long as Siobhán's, but she had blue eyes instead.

Present Seán: "Who are you?"

The girl got up slowly, summoning a staff to use as a walking stick.

Girl: "Who am I? I'm the one who's going to take you and your friend to your Somebodies so that they can become one again. And then I can finally kill your Somebody so that he can't marry my sister-in-law. Got it memorized, jerk?"
Present Seán: "Nope, memory's too full."
Girl: "What? Since when are you a machine?!"
Present Seán: "Since I'm too lazy to take shortcuts? I was headed to the entrance to that bell tower thing, but..."
Girl: "What. This is why I told Seth that you're too dumb to live--"

A sudden burst of aura came from Seán's direction, cutting the girl's knife in half and tearing her jacket up. Her black dress deflected the aura burst, however.

Present Seán: "SHUT UP! SHUT THE FUDGE UP! NOBODY CALLS ME DUMB!"
Girl: "... No way. That's not possible. You control aura?!"

A girl dressed in a blue outfit appears out of nowhere.

New Girl: "Sjane. What is the meaning of this?"
Sjane: "Charlotte?! You... You're that time-warping girl..."
Charlotte: "So what if I am? Seán may be a Nobody, but Xeshan is with the Organization. Not Seán or Shaun. And Shane's too pure of heart to be in it - to the point of dying from fear if he was to encounter all the members at once. Siobhán is also a Nobody, with Ximk being an Organization gal. Kimberley's not with the Organization and Kim's just as pure-hearted as Shane, although she'd not die from fear, considering the torment you, Seth, Kunu and Blaze put on her when she was younger. Seriously, forcing her to wear a gas mask every single day just because she's the princess of Draconia Kingdom? YOU MUST BE OUT OF YOUR MINDS. It's almost like you're obsessed with the things!"

Charlotte steps closer to Sjane, who is looking at the sky.

Charlotte: "How would you feel if someone were to do that to you, huh? I could just use the Mangekyou Sharingan if I wanted to, but sadly that's not something I'm able to do without the permission of Valkili."
Sjane: "Who cares? I'd feel happy, by the way, because I enjoy tormenting that stupid sis of mine. And you probably don't know this, but Caitlin's also being tormented, inside a gas chamber as we speak. And now, I'm just going to kill you both-- hey, where is he?"

Charlotte and Sjane look around, but Seán is missing.

Sjane: "YOU MADE HIM ESCAPE!"
Charlotte: "No, I didn't. If he used a technique I'd have noticed, but... I guess he did go to that tower--"

The ground starts shaking as a massive Hearthorror larger than the tower popped up.

Charlotte: "Well, this ain't gonna be fun. That thing's gonna kill Seán faster than an execution chamber would..."
Sjane: "I pity Seán. Not! Killing Seán should be my duty!"

Sjane and Charlotte both teleport away to the top of the tower to witness Seán's battle...