Kingdom Hearts: Legend's Quest IX: The Gathering

Gameplay is the same as usual so are the options

Story
(2 years have passed since the Player's journey to the Future) (In Rylandar, the six sages are meeting up to discuss something) Orange: Good thing this place was rebuilt two years ago, I wouldn't have liked staying in the Land of the Departure the whole time. Blue: Why is it that we've gathered here? Ventus: As you know the six sages are military figures of the Light Order along with the leader. Jin is currently the leader. (Thinking: His life expecetency is to expire in a few years, but we're not here to discuss that right now). There are two more others just like the Light Order. There are the Sacred Ones and the Rein Order. The Sacred Ones unlike us is ran by one indivudal. The Rein Order is ran by three people. Red: This meeting is to see if we can join the orders together and form an alliance. (The Sacred's One leader walks into the room) Rakkan: Thank you for inviting me sages. *bows* Ventus: Take a seat. * takes out a chair* Rakka: Thank you. *sits*. Green: Do wish to have a cup of tea? We're still waiting for the leaders of the Rein Order to arrive. Rakka: Yes please. *takes a cup*. Ventus: Your trip was tiring, was it not? You came all the way from Asgard. That's really far from here. Blue: Asgard? That's amazing. Rakka: Well I can tell you all about it sometime later perhaps. *the leaders of the Rein Order walk inside. Their names being Calvert, Farrel and Dirk* Dirk: May we talk a seat? Green: Certainly. *they all sit* Calvert: This meeting is to discuss an alliance yes? Ventus: Correct.Would any of you suppose we do so? Rakka: Certainly. I am all for it. Farrel: All three of us feel the same. But how can we join our people together? The purpose of an alliance is to allign ourselves together and become comrades. We need to be able to trust each other. Gold: Then that means we have to find a way to gather the people together, but what? Rakkan: I purpose a Tournement. Calvert: A tournement? Do you mean...? Dirk: It hasn't been done for who knows how long? Orange: What Tournement are you speaking of? Rakkan: It's called "The Gathering". Ventus: The Gathering was once a tournment that where many individuals from many different parts of the universe would gather and fight in a tournement. It wasn't like usual tournements. It's hard to describe, since it was different each time. Dirk: That sounds like a good plan. We should also have a decent amount of our own joining in as well. The Knights of the Rein Order have much honor and are eager to prove themselves. Especially the youths. Ventus: Are any sages objected to it. Gold: Not at all. *the others agree* Ventus: Well if all the sages agree, then so do I. Rakkan: It's settled. We'll just have to plan everything out. Then make the arrangements. Farrel: With you being from Asgard, I'm sure we'll have an intersting tournement.

(PC and Utikra are shown sparring with Durgenfell in Dragon's Lair. They are in the grassfields) Durgenfell: You two have improve tremendously over the past two years. Before you(PC) were 15 years old, now look at you. 17 years old, you're going to grow to be a fine adult. Utikra, you're now 2 years old. You've grown along well. I can see what happend in the future helped with the training helped. PC and Utikra: Thank you. Durgenfell: You two can take a break for now. Ah! I just remembered Cade is going to be here soon. PC: That's great! During the times I got to see him over the past two years he didn't really get to tell me what he was doing. *Cade walks by* Cade: How's it been? PC: Great, Utikra and I have been training here for two years. This is pretty much our home right now. Cade: That's good. Utikra, looks like you've also been doing just as well. Utikra: So why did you stop by? Cade: Well actually I came here because the entities have called you both. They wish to speak to you. PC: The entities want to talk to us? Cade: Yes, they'll teleport us now that I've made contact with you. We're going to that Paradise where you fought Aku was.

(They are teleported to the Entities' Paradise. It's much more beautiful since PC visited. It has many beautiful plants and excellent structures) Cade: This way. *they enter the meeting room where all the entities are sitting* Life: So you've brought them here. Saika: Good. Utikra: Why have we been called before all of you? Surely we're not here to chat. Darkness: You two don't know this, but the six sages, Rein Order, and the Sacred Ones are going to hold "The Gathering" torunement. PC: The Gathering? Why is that? Devil: *explains to them what happend in the meeting*. Utikra: How exactly do you know of this if it's still be organized and not publicly announced yet? Guren: Cade was easedropping during the conversation. He learned of them gathering and knew something was going on. He then relayed the information to us. PC: Why is it so important for us to know of this tournement? Cade: For the past two years I've sensed a prescence. I didn't know what it was, so I have been investigating it. With this I can assume that whatever this mysterious being is, if it's a threat, could strike at anytime during the tournement or even be inside it. The question is where, when, and how? Darkness: We need you to enter the tournment so you can combat this threat. Whatever it may be. We'll be looking into this as well. PC: Alright, you can count on me. Light: Good, you can continue training in the meantime. Utikra: Thank you for informing us. Cade: I'll take them back now. *they leave the room* Devil: Meeting dismissed. (Darkness and Saikia walk in the hallway)  *Darkness turns his head to Saikia* Darkness: I told you we can depend on him/her. Saika: Didn't take long for you, you were his/her sibling once. Darkness: You were his/her mentor. Saika: How about our relations toward each other? Darkness: Why would you ask that? Saika: We've known each other since nearly the beginning of time and I'd like to know where we stand. Darkness:*blushes a little* We're really good friends, close friends in fact. Saikia: Oh? Nice to know you trust me greatly. Darkness: With my life, but we can't die so you get my point. Saika: I see. Your  trust makes me feel much better. Know that my case is exactly the same as yours. Darkness: Is that so? Saika: Yes. I enjoy talking with you more than I do the others. We have much more in common. Darkness: We should talk more then, how about sometime soon? Which place, take your pick. Saika: Your domain would nice. It's been a while since I was there. About 1,000,000 years to be exact. See you until then. *she takes the left door and leaves* Darkness: Did I just ask her out? Darkness, what the heck are you doing?

(PC, Utikra, and Cade are sitting in the castle at Dragon's Lair) Cade: It's September right now, it might take them until October when the tournement to be ready to start. Make sure you train as hard as you can for the month before The Gathering. PC: I understand. Cade: Good. Then I can see the results of your training for the past two years. One more thing. PC: What is it? Cade: Don't think about that alternate future too much. Remember that you can use what you saw to prevent that. I believe you can do it. PC: If I fall into darkness, then you end up coming along with me. Cade: I said don't worry, I know you can do it. PC: I'll stop worry about it. Cade: Good. See you in a month. PC: Until then. *Cade walks out the castle* Utikra: I can sense he has something on his mind. PC: Is that because dragons can tell how someone is feeling? Utikra: We can sometimes tell what their state of mind or how they're feelings. We can't always do it. PC: Intersting. Well whatever he's thinking about it has to do with whatever he's investigating. Utikra: We can probably expect your friends to sign up. PC: That's good, I haven't seen them that much over the past two years.

(Over the course of one week, Ventus sends messages to PC, Riku, Chris, Terra, Aqua, Eraqus, Xesthan, Master Kajin, Aku, Jack, Mickey, and Hayashi to join. The six sages, the 3 Kings of Rein, and the leader of the Sacred Ones are enlisting as many people in their order to join) (At Dragon's Lair the PC is shown talking to Xesthan through a hologram) PC: So you were asked to show up as well? Xesthan: I was. I'm also pretty surprised that they're getting the idea of unifying their people through a tournement. Rakkan happens to be from Asgard. I'd like to get the chance to ask him about that place. I don't know how long it's been since I visited. PC: You've been to Asgard? Xesthan: I have. Now I can tell you about that some other time. PC: Everyone else is showing up, it's been a while since I've seen them. Xesthan: Master Kajin is also brining someone along with him. Whoever it is, they're going to join the tournement to. He never said who it was, only that he was coming along with someone else. PC: What am I going to do about Utikra? He can't join since beast companions and summons won't be allowed. Not even as his own self. I want him to at least be able to watch. Xesthan: I'm pretty sure the sages will come up with something. PC: Nice talking to you grandpa. Xesthan: Alright, see you later. *message ends*   *Void's Shadow appears next to PC* PC: Hi Void's Shadow. I would ask how you've been, but you're dead... Not to be rude. Void's Shadow: None taken. PC: Do you know anything about what Cade is investigating? Void's Shadow: I wish I did. I can say for certain that it isn't just a force that wields darkness. This seems to be much different. PC: What kind of threat would you think of this to be anyway? Void's Shadow: I don't know. If it was a dark threat, I'd be able to sense it no doubt. We still have no idea so don't worry about it  until the tournement starts. I'm sure the ghost of Sliver is sensing this as well. PC: I'd like to know, what happend since Hades and Malificent were killed anyway? Surely there needs to be someone who can run the Underworld near the Olypus Collesseum. Void's Shadow: From what I know someone named "The Underking" was appointed to replace Hades. It's all fine over there. I guess I'll see you again later sometime as well. *disappears*

(3 weeks have passed, leaving only three days left until the tournement starts) Durgenfall: You've been training very hard now. The tournement was only officially announced to the public 1 week ago. There are three days until you go so you should rest now. Relax for today, then you can fly to you can take your Gummi Ship to it. It's a long trip. It should take the whole day to get there so set in on autopilot. Yes, Utikra you can come with him/her. Utikra: What do you want to pass the time by doing today? PC: As long as it doesn't involve coming along with you to pick up a date. Utikra: I won't. PC: You don't have to, there's still Rodan right? Utikra: Date a dragon from an alternate future that raped me? No thank you. PC: Then you can always hook up with Crimson. *laughs* Utikra: I already said I'm straight! Durgenfall: You just have that appeal that can spread even to male dragons. Which is why Crimson was overly obseesed over you. *tries to keep himself from laughing* Utikra: Let's go read your books then. (1 day later) PC: Bye Durgenfall. Utikra: Bye. Durgenfall: I hope you two do well. Especially you , good luck. Remember every I've taught you so far. *PC and Utikra get on the ship and travel to Nadral, where "The Gathering" is to take place*

(The ship arrives at late night in the docking bay, about 7:00 pm) PC: We're here. Utikra: I'll fly out for a bit. I could draw attention to us. PC: Alright. *Utikra flies off*  (PC walks for a few minutes until Master Kajin is seen with a 17 year old girl. Her hair is green and she wears light green robes) PC: Is that...? Master Kajin: Do you have your all your food, clothes, everything? ???: Grandpa, I can take care of myself just fine okay? Master Kajin: Alright just call me if you need anything Hyan Jae. Hyan Jae: I will, don't worry see you later. *Master Kajin walks off* PC: Hyan Ae? *Hyan Jae notices PC* Hyan Jae: Is that...? PC: Hyan Ae! Hyan Jae: Only few know me by that name. I can sense the light, I know who it is. *they walk up towards each other* PC: How long has it been? *if the PC is male she hugs him and kisses his cheek and whispers "Long enough"* PC: What was that? Hyan Jae:*she takes her arm off* Oh nothing... *Normal conversation resumes* Hyan Jae: Not since our previous lives. PC: Hyan Jae, there's something you need to know... Hyan Jae: About the alternate future? Yeah I'm aware. PC: How? Hyan Jae: I recieved the memories from my future self in the alternate future at the point when you ended up there. Anything from your point of view I'm unaware. PC: I see, I'll explain it all to you if you want. Hyan Jae: Sure, let's go get something to eat and talk about it then. You can tell me on the way to. (they are eating dinner while the PC explains everything at a resturant) Hyan Jae: Wow. It really must been hard to kill Rohan was it? PC: He was trying to kill Hyo so I had no time to think. Anyway, do you have a Jubberate with you? Hyan Jae: In fact, I happen to have one. Find her two years ago. Her name is Valem. I also had her fly off somewhere so she wouldn't catch any attention. PC: Will you help me hunt find out whatever this threat is? Hyan Jae: Sure, anything for you. We'll be fine. You've fought the entities, your grand uncle, and your future self. There's no reason for you to not have any confiedence in yourself. You still have Utikra, he'll always be there with you. Literally. PC: Ha that's true. Kyung must have a reincarnated life here so we should be able to find him. Anyway what have you been doing this whole time? I never knew Master Kajin had a grandaughter. Hyan Jae: I've had problems of my own to deal with and had to recover memories of my past lives as you did. (Meanwhile Utikra runs into Valem while flying around. They exchange a few words and find out who they are) Utikra: Intersting, want to go talk on the mountain. There's a nice view from there. Valem: Sure. *they descend*. *they also talk about the events that transpired in the future* Valem: A dragon such as you not even a year old getting in the middle of war, that's a lot to go through. Utikra: With  I was able to make it through. Including the friends we made there. Anyway, Hyan Jae being Kajin's grandaughter, I would have never thought. Valem: We could say the same about  being the grandchild of Xesthan the whole time. Utikra: Well he/she didn't know either.  only learned of it two years ago. Valem: Hyan Jae also lost her parents. Her father was killed in action and her mother died of disease. Utikra: Around the time  lost his/her parents, and  was only about 1 month old I'm sure. Valem: That's sad. Utikra: Instead of talking about depressing topics, care to join me on a flight? Valem: I'd love to. I need to stretch out my wings. (back to PC and Hyan Jae walking to near the Inns) Hyan Jae: I need to go see my grandpa now. Nice talking to you. PC: Same here, I promised to say hi to my grandpa. *she walks inside* Utikra:*lands* I set up my shelter in the woods. It's pretty nice there. *sees Hyan Jae* *PC male dialogue* So, how did your date go with Hyan Jae? PC: It was not a date! We're just good friends. *normal dialogue resumes*  *Valem speaks* Valem: Hey Utikra, I got food ready for our shelters. PC: "Our shelters"? Utikra: *smiles* We're just going to be around the same area. No need to be out there alone. PC: Right, right. See you tomorrow then. Utikra: I'm coming now. *Utikra and Valem fly off* PC: Didn't take him long.

(Later that night) (PC is shown inside the room he/she rented at the Inn. PC sleeps and dreams. PC is on a stone floor and the whole room is shown as a blue space, no wall or ceiling is to be seen) PC: Where am I? (a large man in red armor approaches PC) PC: Who are you? What is this place? ???: ... PC: Why am I here? ???: ... PC: Is everything all right? ???: *snaps fingers, 3 other men appear in red armor. Then he draws his sword*  PC: *draws keyblade* If you brought me here for a fight, then so be it. *one of the red armored figures dashes toward PC, he/she serves and slashes him. It vanishes* PC: Are these things even alive? *the other two figures sprint towards the PC in two different directions, straightfoward and behind. PC uses earthquake and defeats them both, leaving the large figure to be left* PC: Let's go. *gets into light master form stage 1. The two jump into the air towards each other and exchange blows with their weapons. PC gets an opportunity to knock his/her opponent's blade down then casts a blizzardage with his/her left hand to the figure's face, causing it vanish* PC: What was that about?

(The next day. PC walks outside the Inn) PC: I shouldn't tell everyone I know of the unidentified threat. For all I know, the walls could have ears. There's still a day until the tournement so I could just walk around. *after a few minutes he sees Riku, Chris, Aqua, and Terra walking around* PC: Hi! Riku: ,  it's been two years. How have you been? PC: I'm alright, so I'm not surprised Ventus asked you all to come. Terra: Yeah, but Ventus is one of the six sages so he can't enter. So he's going to miss out. PC: Chris, is it alright for you to enter? What if someone finds out you're a demon? Even though you no longer serve the Devil, you're no longer a human. No offense. Chris: None taken. I'm not going to ask Devil to restore my human form anyway. I like the idea of being able to live a little longer than you. *laughs* Besides, unlike you I can't reincarnate. PC: That's true. Aqua: I'd like to see how much you have improved. We've been told about you being trained by a dragon. PC: You'll see when the time comes. Aqua: Just remember we've also improved a lot. You won't find us quite so easy to defeat. PC: I prefer it that way. It wouldn't be much fun if we all weren't around the same level. I'll be on my way then. I have something I need to do. Riku: Alright, see you later. *PC keeps walking for a few minutes through the city* PC: Wow this city is quite something. While there are a lot of skyscrappers and enough shops to consider this part of the world a tourist attraction, this area of the city doesn't have a lot of people. *sees a Lion sculpture and gazes it* Wow, this looks cool. *a young 17 old boy walks next to the PC* ???: Indeed, this is a fine piece of art. Everything is well crafted perfectly. *PC looks next to him/her realizes who the boy is* PC: Kyung? Kong: Actually I go by Kong now. Good to see you here. How have you been? PC: Good. From the way you reacted, it seems as though you already took a minute to realize who I was. Why didn't you ask me. Kong: It just wanted to be sure it was you and not someone else. *For females he says* Kong: I just wanted to be sure it was you and not some random girl. Then would think I'm weird and tell me to go away. That's happend to me before... I also didn't want to mistake you for Hyan Ae, that would have been much more akward. *stares at the female PC's butt* Just wanted to admire the view. PC: Well that is well crafted. Kong: It is... *Thinking: Oh wait, it's the statue. I shouldn't just say something to get a reaction. I need to control mtself* Kong: Uh... yeah. It's quite nice. PC: You okay? Kong: I'm fine. *female only dialogue ends* PC: I saw Hyan Jae yesterday actually. Kong: Hyan Jae, so you mean the current incarnation of Hyan Ae. Well that's good, I plan on saying hello to her as well. PC: Did you recieve visions from the alternate future as well? Kong: I did. Why? PC: I can tell you later. I just wanted to know if you have a current wolf partner. Kong: I do actually. His name is Ginera, seems as though he liked the name so much he kept it in the alternate future. Haha. I prefer it anyway. PC: Utikra and Hyan Jae's Juuberate have already met. They're in the forest part of the world nearby. Kong: Ginera happens to be around there as well. He should be able to find them, they shouldn't be too hard for him to miss. PC: I would tell you why I asked of the visions, but someone may be listening now. Just ask Hyan Jae, she has green hair. Can't miss her. Kong: Thanks, I'll go look for her and say hello. PC:*gets into dark alley* *Aku and Xesthan appear* PC: Have you been informed? Aku: Yeah. Xesthan: We can't search in groups or else it will  catch the enemy's attention. That is if they are an enemy. Aku: Well if they were allies it wouldn't give us any feeling of uncertaincy. That's what I think. PC: I'll be investigating with Hyan Jae and Kong possibly. Aku: I'll go by myself. Xesthan: I'll search with Hayashi. I would want to tell Master Kajin, Eraqus, and especailly Yen Sid on this matter. But if the threat, whatever it may be, hasn't revealed itself yet then not many of us should know of their existence unless they find out themselves. We don't want to catch any unwanted attention. Aku: We don't know the measure of what we may be facing or their motives. We must approach this cautiously. PC: You're right.

(The next day all participants to the tournement make their way to the main building which is immensely huge. PC is standing in a large wide room. The size and width make even 10 large shopping malls lack in comparison) PC: So this is the hallway. There are also a lot of shopping malls here as well, to make money off the people coming here to see the tournement. I need to make my way to the colliseum. All of the participants are going to be there. Hyan Jae: Actually there's been a slight change in plans. PC: What's that? Hyan Jae: We're not going to be gathering there, there's too many partipants to fit there. About 64,000 people are participating. PC: Wow. That's a lot. Hyan Jae: Instead we're going to recieve our directions through the huge televsion screens attatched to the walls. (Rakkan's screen appears on the screen) Rakkan: Thank you to all who registered for the tournement. Without all of you, this event would not been possible. Now, with how this is going to work. You will have some of our workers hand you a diamond colored. cloth. Do not lose it. You are to seek opponents with such cloth and defeat as many as possible. You can travel to many different worlds if you wish, but it has to be within the Six Sages' system. The cloth cannot be taken through theft, it has an enchantent to prevent that. This is the first phase. This phase will end in a week. Once you have defeated your opponent, destroy their cloth. If your cloth is destroyed, you're out. Game over. The tournement will be in effect within 3 hours. That is all. I wish the best of luck to all of you. Just try not to kill each other. *screen fades* PC: So that's how it is. The purpose of this stage is to lower the number of participants so "The Gathering" can move on. Hyan Jae: Precisely. *Kong walks by* Kong: Let's focus on investigating. We'll fight any opponents we see on the way. PC: Agreed, we're not going to exactly go looking for fights against them, but we won't avoid any either. PC: I'd like to visit Neverland first. There's a friend that I feel like seeing. Hyan Jae: Sure thing. Kong: No problem. I'm sure our beast companions see the broadcast or heard it even though they're in the forests. We should go to your ship then pick them up. *they walk to the PC's ship. Kong enters, Hyan Jae is seen talking to Kajin* Hyan Jae: You knew? Kajin: Of course I did. You're my granddaughter you can't hide anything from me. There may be some danger up ahead, so I'm going with you. PC: Your help is welcome Master Kajin. We can spare more in our company, it's not as if we'd draw suspicion. Kajin: Good. *looks at Kong* You are Kong, yes? Kong: Yes. Kajin: Nice to meet you. I'll enjoy getting to know you. Kong: Likewise. *they enter the ship and fly through the forest to pick up the beast companions*

(Point of view goes to Utikra, Valem and Ginera) Ginera: So you two slept next to each other and it didn't mean anything? Utikra: Yeah. Ginera: And the fact that you two cuddled for body heat when it was cold didn't mean anything either? Utikra:..Yeah. Ginera: (Thinking: I asked Valem the same questions, they're very alike. The attraction between the two is obvious. I'm not going to get involved anyway) *the gumi ship comes to pick them up* PC: We're ready to go. Hop on! *the beast companions enter, then the ship immediately flies toward it's destination*

(the ship lands on Neverland) Kajin: Since we're in this stage of the Gathering any participate that we encounter will challenge us. The beast companions should be left on here for the meantime. They can come out in case we are in need of them. Kong: Understood. Valem: Someone needs to watch over the ship anyway. (They walk to Peter Pan's location) PC: Peter, how's it been? Peter: Good. *notices how the PC has gotten older* Wow, you sure have grown. Ever considered living here? You don't have to age. PC: That's very generous Peter, but this isn't a place I should reside my whole life. Peter Pan: Alright, I understand. So, do you need something? PC: Has anything out of the ordinary caught your attention lately? Peter Pan: I don't think so. Not a lot of people come around here really. *Master Kajin recieves an alert on his data pad* Kajin: What is it? *Mickey speaks from the hologram* Mickey: You guys gotta see this. Kajin: See what? What's going on? Mickey: Look *shows dead participants. Blood is spilled around their bodies* PC: Oh my... Where are you? How did this happen? Mickey: I'm not sure. I'll send you guys the coordinates. I never would have suspected this to happen. Kajin: We're on our way! PC: Sorry Peter, we have to go. It's urgent. Peter: Nice talking to you. Good luck dealing with that.

(The party lands in Disney Castle) *they run to Mickey's location, in the fields* PC:*sees all the bodies* How many of them are dead? Mickey: All 321 of them are dead, no survivors. Hyan Jae: Who would do this? Master Kajin:  From what I see, these participants were all slain rather easily. They couldn't put up which of a fight. This was do by one individual. Do you also notice something significant? Kong: They still have their cloths! Master Kajin: Yes, that means the killer has no interst in this tournement. We need to report this to the Sages. Mickey, can you assign men to surrond the area and keep civilians away from here? Mickey: Yeah, I'll do that. I will have to stay here until everything's taken care of. *4 mysterious figures in different colored armor appear. Colors of red, green, blue, and yellow. They send  magic missiles at the party* *the party jumps and dodges the attack* PC: What was that? Mickey: From above! PC: Ah... *sees them striking in their direction with oddly shaped keyblades. The party each draw their keyblades and block their attacks* PC: Just what are you? Why do your keyblades possess that shape? *the four don't respond, and persist with their attacks. They fight evenly with the party until a larger figure in orange armor gets inbetween them. This one is clearly stronger than the other four* Orange Armored Figure: Not now, this is not the time. Understand? Armored Figures: Yes. *they enter blue colored corridors and leave* PC: Just tell us who you are! *quickly gets above the man and proceeds to strike his with his/her keyblade, but the man blocks with his own keyblade* Orange Armored Figure: Within time, you shall see the opportuinity. Be sure of it, Galen Septim. PC: How did you know my previous name? *jumps back* Orange Armored Figure: Your presence will also be needed Warrior of Wolf and Jubberate. *travels throw a corridor* Hyan Jae: He knows of us? Kong: What is going on? PC: He isn't anyone we have met in previous lives. That one thing to be sure of. Kajin: It's also a good thing to note that,  they fought us with no difficulty. I'm sure there's more of them. Mickey: I'll inform Yen Sid of this as soon as I can. PC: They're keyblades, are different from ours. The shapes are slightly more curved, and the chains radiate an odd use of magic. They don't seem to have any association with the Realm of Light, Darkness, or even of the realm of inbetween. Kajin: Very strange indeed. (they leave in the gumi ship)

(the gumi ship lands on Olympus Coliseum) Kong: There sure are a lot of participants here. Hyan Jae: It seems as though the collesuem is being used for an area for the fights. Phil: How have you been kid? PC:  I'm good. And you? Phil: I'm alright. This "Gathering" tournement has been bringing larger crowds in the coliseum. PC: Can you tell me anything about the "Underking"? Phil: You mean the guy who replaced Hades as the lord of the Underworld? Well I suppose he's better than Hades was. He hasn't done anything to piss me off...yet. Hercules: Now don't talk about him that way Phil. He's been here for two years and hasn't tried to scheme anything. Phil...yet. PC: Hercules! Hercules: , so what are you doing now? Just having some fun with the tournement? PC: Yeah... and we're also... (Thinking: Well there's no point in trying to hide it any longer. The enemy already knows we are looking for them) *explains what's been going on* Hercules: I see. I will try to look up information of those keyblades you described at the libriary in Olympus. I don't think dad would mind if I told him the situation. But that will wait until tomorrow. I also participated in the "Gathering" and I promised some guys I would fight them today. PC: Thank you. Kajin: In the meantime, we participate in the matches here. PC: It's been a long time since I would fight other opponents without having my life at risk.

(Meanwhile at Yen Sid's tower) Mickey: What do you make of this? Yen Sid: Whoever those killers were, it seems as though they belong to a faction that is targeting "The Gathering" participants to rid of any possible threats. I've sensed a threat such as this for some time. Mickey: What should we do? Yen Sid: There is not much to be done unless the enemy were to reveal themselves. Inform Ventus. The six sages, Sacred Ones, and the Rein order must know of this. And only the hire ups. These murders will not go unnoticed. They will eventually question you so it happend in your grounds so there is no point in hiding it. Mickey: Do you think there's a mole among them? Yen Sid: I wouldn't think so. The Rein order fights with honor. The six sages have had time to strike if they were evil. I've met Rakkan, he's a good friend. Mickey: So did you go to Asgard? Yen Sid: Yes, but that will best be saved for another time.

(back at Olympus Coliseum the next day) PC: So did you find anything? Hercules: I couldn't. Those keyblades have an unknown origin as far as from what I found. You would probably have to go to the Underworld and ask for the Underking. *hands over the Olympus Stone* You never know what you can find down there. PC: Thanks. *they walk to the castle of the Underworld which takes about 2 hours* Kajin: Weren't there heartless down here? PC: Yeah, I think the Underking has been able to keep them away. Kong: Yeah, with those skeletal guards keeping this place in order. Guard: What brings you here mortal? PC: I wish to speak to the Underking. Guard: We need some type of identification. PC: *draws keyblade* Would this suffice? Guard: So you're the one the other warriors have been talking about. The boy/girl who has defeated numerous foes including the likes of the entities. Very well, you may proceed. *they walk inside the castle and make their way to the throne room* Underking: For someone to come into the Underworld to speak to me, especially one for one such as you, means you seek something. PC: Yes, sir. Underking: Let's get to my private quarters. Knowing you it means that it's a long explanation. (they walk to his bedroom. PC informs the Underking of what has happend since he/she spoke with the Entities) Underking: Whoever this foe is, they're are likely to be formidable. These keyblades you've described...let me think. They seem to possesses cosmic keychains. Kajin: Cosmic? I've never come across one like that. Underking: As you know, keyblades can take form in the Realm of Light or Darkness. They possess keychains which give them shape. Cosmic keychains are artificially created by Cosmic energy. Cosmic energy is an affinity within itself such as Light and Darkness. Cosmic energy is cabable of extrodinary feats. Such as killing an enemy and leaving no wounds to behind, talking to souls, and flight. These are all different forms of what cosmic magic can do. PC: I learned how to talk to souls from Saika, is that considered Cosmic magic? Underking: No. What you and Saika use is to commonicate to souls through your own. Cosmic magic can be used to speak to souls through nature. These armored men you encountered certainly serve a much higher master. Hyan Jae: What should our next course of action be? Underking: Just be patient. You have almost nothing to work off of. It's rare for anyone to use cosmic energy. PC: I should inform the Entities about this. Kong: There are ships at specific points to make us from going out of range from the tournement. Kajin: We should wait until this phase is complete. PC: Good idea. There are six days left. We should make the most of it by defeating other participants. Underking: Good.

(The Six sages, 3 rulers of the Rein Order, and Rakkan recieve the news) Calvert: This is disturbing news. Dirk: 321 dead, and about 4 or less were responsible. Calvert: One of my friends was among them... Ventus: It seems to be that the ones responsible have power in the same league as  and Master Kajin. Meaning they are also in our level. Rakkan: Enemies around the strength of each of us is troubling. I'll send out news to the public right away. Farrel: I'll organize knights to stand guard in worlds within the range of this tournment. Red: We should do the same. I'll get some of our own men as well as reinforcements to the Light Order. Rakkan:  I'm sure I have dicisiples ready to do the same. Ventus: , it looks like you're involved with these events as usual. Siliver II:*appears next to Ventus* He's/She's fought the entities, his/her granduncle and grandaunt, and his future self... Ventus: ...His/her past, present, and future. What's next?

(the party fights in the Olympus Coliseum for 5 hours. It is now 2:00 pm) Kong: I think we should be on our way fighting elsewhere. Hyan Jae: Good idea, I don't want to spend the entire week here. *they enter the ship and explain what happend to the beast companions* Utikra: Cosmic energy, intersting. Valem: If only we could travel with you more in these worlds, the killers would have been taken care of. (The ship travels until it comes across an abandoned ship drifting through space) Kong: The scanners on the ship say this vessel was destroyed recently. Ginera: It's worth a look. Master Kajin: Some of us need to go while others stay behind to guard the ship. Hyan Jae: I'll go with Valem. PC: Utikra, let's go. Utikra: Alright. M. Kajin: We'll stay behind. PC: We should get in our keyblade rider armor just in case the oxygen in that ship runs out. Humans can't breath in space for too long. * gumi lands inside the party enter the abandoned ship* (After 23 minutes, they find a data pad* PC: It says... Datapad: A giant vessel came within our sight. It destroyed all of our fighers. Those of us who survived went on escape pods. They entered and killed us all. I am bleeding as I type this. If someone finds this, know that the infamous Bla-...-ost was behind our deaths. Beware of hi-... Hyan Jae: He couldn't finish it. PC: That name he tried to say... it seems familar. Utikra: Yes I think it was-  *A man in black armor with driods enter* PC and Utikra: Black Ghost! PC: I thought you died two years ago! I killed you! Black Ghost: You thought wrong. I barely survived. But now I am much stronger than our last encounter. *Utikra and Valem use fire breath and destroy the driods, but Black Ghost jumps out of the way* BG: Acceleration Mode! *quickly runs behind PC and Hyan Jael then stranger them both before could react* BG: Prepare yourselves for death! *PC and Hyan Jae get into their master form, each in stage 1 to get Black Ghost's hands off their throats. Hyan Jae's master form is master Stardust form* Black Ghost: *draws a beam saber* *PC and Hyan Jae sprints towards Black Ghost, he easily counters them, but proceeds to inflict several blows on both of them* *PC charges at Black Ghost, both of his/her keyblades are block by BG's beam saber. He/she then uses a dragon breath spell towards BG's head, but he evades and targets his oppponent with a punch. PC drops one of the keyblades and barely manages to block the punch with the left hand. BG then kicks PC to the ground and readies the final blow, until Hyan Jae comes from behind and freezes his feet to the ground as she enters master form stage 2. Black Ghost uses more power and throws an energy grenade at her, causing the girl to hit the wall*  *Valem and Utikra fly towards him* Black Ghost: Kneel! *he sends a strong shock wave that knocks them towards the ground*  *PC enters master form 2* PC: Don't lay a finger on my friends! *uses a spell that starts choking him,but he frees him self. They then dash towards each other PC uses readies firaga while Black ghost readies a pulse of energy. Their attacks meet, and send each other back. Each of them hit a wall. Black Ghost being in another room full of bombs. PC manages to cast another firaga which causes the whole room BG is in to explode. He/she then grabs Hyan Jae and get on Utikra. Utikra and Valem fly back to the ship. The ship flees* *Black Ghost recieved minimal damage b\* BG: He/She certainly has gotten stronger. But it was not enough to defeat me. I look foward to the next encounter*

(1 hour later. The ship has out of the enemy's range) Kajin: Thank goodness you all come out okay. PC: If it weren't for those bombs, we wouldn't have been able to escape. Kong: This Black Ghost, he's quite the opponent. PC: Those armored figures and now Black Ghost... More to deal with. Kajin: Hyan Jae is going to be in her quarters recovering. She recieved a lot of damage during that fight. Valem, she'll want you by her side. **If the PC is male, he will make Hyan Jae food and stay in the room with her until they reach their next destination**

(The party lands in Twlight Town 1 day later) Kong: I think it would be a good idea to spend two days here fighting against other participants. Master Kajin: Hyan Jae is recovering so she'll have to stay in the ship until she recovers. I'd prefer to have her there then the ship because with Valem she has protection. PC: I think we should split up so we can find matches on our own. Kong: I'm eager to find challenging opponents. The guys we fought in Olympus Colieseum weren't much. *they split up*

(Master Kajin walks to train station, on his way he meets Eraqus and Xesthan on his way there) Xesthan: What have you found. *Kajin explains* Eraqus:This is not good. Kajin: Black Ghost was strong enough to fight my granddaughter and  at the same time. He could have killed them. Xesthan: Knowing Rakkan, he'll give a break inbetween the phases. So that means they will all have some time to prepare themselves at least. Eraqus: It's possible. Kajin: I still remember when we met him. Xesthan: As do I. Eraqus: I'm surprised you two haven't told your grandchildren about that time. Kajin: Yes you're right about that that. Well I'll be going, I'm going to fight more oponents. I have 32 cloths so far. Eraqus: Well I've only gotten 21. Xesthan: It isn't much, but I have 343. Kajin: Ha ha. It's always like you, wasting no time at all. Do you plan on having 1,000 by the end of this week? Xesthan: Likely I am. Well, see you soon. Kajin: Likewise. Eraqus: Yes, I need to get going as well.


 * Kong walks until he runs into Ansem* Ansem: From the description, I can identify you as Kong, correct? Kong: How do you know me? Ansem: Your friend  talks to me through the data pad sometimes and tells me of people he/she meets. You are one of them. Nice to meet you. Kong: Well any friend of  is a friend of mine. *shakes hands* So you're participating in "The Gathering" as well? Ansem: Yes, but I didn't enter to win. Just to give myself some proper exercise since I work in a lab for most of my time. You seem to be quite strong, may I have a match against you? Kong: I didn't see any reason not to. Ansem: Then let's not waste time. *after  21 minutes, Kong defeats Ansem* Ansem: Impressive, I didn't expect you to be this strong. Kong: I can say the same, your skill with summons against opponents is incredible. *Ansem hands his cloths* Ansem: Say hello to  for me will you? Kong: Sure thing.

(PC walks until he comes across a male knight in silver armor) PC: Nice to you meet you. You're a knight of the Rein Order right? Rin: Yeah, my name is Rin. And who would you be? PC: . Rin: You're the grandson/grandaughter of Xesthan Rikudo! Wow, I hear about him through my grandparents. You must be really strong then. PC: Would you like to fight? Rin: It would be a pleasure. I always wanted to have at least one match with Xesthan, but his grandchild is next best thing. *PC and Rin fight in their master form stage 2, Rin's MF being Silver. PC defeats his/her opponent with difficutly* Rin: You're pretty good. That means I still have to get stronger if I ever hope to even match up to your grandfather. *hands over his cloths* Perhaps we can meet again sometime. PC: Yeah sure. *Rin walks away*

(on the ship Hyan Jae is seen talking to Utikra) Utikra: Having Master Kajin as a grandfather must be something, eh? Seems a lot like what  tells me of his/her living with Xesthan. Training, reading, being told recalled experiences of his/her master's past, and stories of older times. What happened to your grandmother? Hyan Jae: My grandfather told me that my father was born from the cause of my grandpa having intercourse with my grandma on accident. They were drunk and were embarrased afterwards, especially after my grandmother was impregnated. Utikra: Seems like they toke it well, strangely. Hyan Jae: They fell in love later so it didn't matter, but was killed decades afterwards. So I never met her. Utikra: Very sad. Hyan Jae: Can you tell me anything about yout parents Utikra? Utikra: No, I don't even know where I was born. For some reason I was seperated from my parents When I was still in my egg, my magic followed <PC> into his/her ship, where I hatched. Durgenfell wouldn't know. I didn't think about finding them, this is the first time I thought about it. Maybe <PC> and I can find them when we get enough time. Hyan Jae: You should. Utikra: When <PC> find out the truth of his/her origins, that wasn't a heartfelt moment. He was shocked when he found out he/she was the Warrior of Light's reincarnation, his/her brother in the 2nd life is Darkness and Jitsuzai being the father, his granduncle and grandaunt tried to kill him/her. The only happy memories being when meeting Destiny and finding out Xesthan was his/her grandfather. Hyan Ae: Must have been fate finding his grandchild, ha? Utikra: Yeah, that was the day that changed everything for <PC>. I can recalled it as if I was there, when I was even born untill a year later. Sharing memories does have it's usage. It was nice talking to you Hyan Jae. Hyan Jae: Yeah, no problem.

(later many hours have passed, it is now night time. the party relays their day) PC: Ansem? I remember him. Kajin: So how many cloths did you and Kong get? Kong: I have 79 right now. PC: I didn't really go crazy, but I now have 277. Kajin and Hyan Jae: Ha ha. Kajin: I talked to your grandfather, he had 343 earlier. I swear, you two are going to be a reason for the big decrease in participants. Valem: There should have been more participants, this tournement's going to go by fast with you amount of opponents you all can defeat. PC: That's why I slowed down, I could have had 332 if I wanted to. Ginera: Look at him/her, from what you've told me <PC> is really Xesthan's grandchild alright. Utikra: You should see what happens when elderly women and their daughters/sons (depends on gender of PC) try to flirt with them on the street. Ginera: Try? Utikra: They wouldn't even get a chance. You'd have to see it yourself to understand, it's quite humorous. Kajin: Hyan Jae, how are your injuries? Hyan Jae: I'll be ready to go by tomarrow. I feel much better now. Kajin: Then you should wait an extra day before fighting again, you don't want to over exert yourself after just recovering. Hyan Jae: Alright, I will.

(the next morning, PC encounters Jack and Valkara) PC: What are you two doing here? Jack: Participating in the tournement of course. PC: You're with her, that means...I see. Jack: Yeah, anyway how about a match? I would haved liked to wait until other phases, but if I have to fight you eventually then I may as well do it now. Valkara: If you don't mind, can you let both of us fight you? You would end the fight two quickly if you fought each of us alone. PC: No problem, but it won't change the results. *Jack casts blizzaga at PC, but he/she dodges. Valkara then uses a paralyzing needle spell, but PC still dodges it. PC quickly gets in front of Valkara, and hits the pressure points of her right arm and proceeds to kick her face which knocks her down* Jack:(Thinking: He's not using his keyblade or magic?!) *casts magic missile, but PC ducks and throws rocks from the ground at Jack's hands to keep him from casting a spell, then elbows him to the ground* Jack: Amazing, you made quick effort on defeating us without a weapon or a single spell. Durgenfell has taught you well. Good match. PC: Same here. *takes cloths from both off them* I'll see you around. *walks away* Valkara: It's hard to believe he's/she's only 17. Such power... (The gumiship departs for a world a few hours later)

(the next day, while the ship is still on course) Kajin: There's just today and tomarrow, then this phase will be finished.

(the ship lands in Beast's Castle)  PC: Hi Beast, how are you? Beast: Good. Things have gotten better here since the demon's presence left the town. PC: How about reverting to a human, any progress on that. Beast: Actually I can take this form anytime I choose now. *reverts to human* My real name is Adam. I toke that shape so you could recognize me. PC: So you chose to participate in "The Gathering". Adam: Yeah, it might sound odd to you, but I joined because I was itching to fight in my Beast form. Fighting can be enjoyable if my life is not on the line. PC: Ah, so you stay here because you want the challengers to come to you? Adam: Indeed, they have. I have 200 cloths. Kajin: Impressive. Adam: I can show you all around town before you get busy with matches. Kong: Very nice of you, we'll come along. *23 minutes later green ghostly figures in the shape of zombies appear from the ground* PC: *draws keyblade* What is this? *Adam changes into his beast form* Adam: Kill them and ask questions later. *they destroy all enemies in the area* Hyan Jae: What were those things? Kong: I have no idea. PC: I haven't encountered creatures of that kind, their prescene feels strange. Adam: I'm picking up a scent, perhaps I can track down who summoned them. Follow me. (they party follows Adam to the forest, after running for a mile they find  the one responsible. It's a woman in mage robes) ???: So you've found me. I was expecting that. I can't take you all on at once, but whatever. *summons a giant monster that looks like a green twlight thorn* You can fight this in my place good day. PC: Who are you?! Who do you work for? ???: If you really want to know my name, it's Yuria. I also can't say who I work for, superior's orders. *disappears*  Adam: We should make quick work of this- *Utikra breathes fire on the giant's face, Valem then stabs it with for poisonous tail, then Ginera destroys it with his claws* Kong: How did you know this was here? Ginera: When you see a big glowing light, it probably means there's a fight. Utikra: Especially if you take into account who's in the company. *looks at PC* PC: I just happen to find enemies wherever I go. Adam: Now that we've gotten that business taken care of, I was wondering... Do you want to stay at the castle for the night? Bell would love to have some guests. Kajin: Thank you, the pleasure is ours.

(the ship leaves Beast's castle the next morning and lands on Rylandar during the afternoon. People are running around the streets screaming)  Citizens: We're being attacked! Run! PC: *grabs a running woman* Who's attacking? Woman: There are mages along with Behemoths and men in armor attacking the city! PC: Are the Sages, the sacred one leader, and the 3 kings of the Rein order here? Woman: No, they left to Nadral yesterday since the stage of "The Gathering" was ending today. All we have are the soldiers stationed here. Kajin: As highly trained as they are, they won't be enough... PC: We'll deal with them, you just get to a safe place. Woman: Thank you so much! *keeps running* PC: *calls the beast companions* You heard that? Utikra: Yeah, Valem and I will take care of airborn enemies. Kong: Let's split up, I'll go with Ginera. Kajin: I'll go with Hyan Jae. PC: That means I'll go by myself. Hyan Jae: You can come with us. PC: It's fine. *draws keyblade and runs toward the government buidling which is at the end of the city* *PC fights many enemies on the way until he/she sees a man in  white and red armor. The man in his late 20s has blond hair* Blaze: I'm sorry, but it looks like you won't be entering this building. PC: I know exactly why you're there, it's to bypass the security installed and use it to give you information on the troops' training and exploit their weaknesses. Blaze: Intersting how you immediately thought of our intentions. Our  comrades are slaughtering the guards as we speak, within minutes the information shall be extracted. PC: Not if I can say anything about it. *changes into master light form stage 2* Blaze: If you're prepared to fight, then I shall get serious as well. *changes into Fire master form 2 and draws his two katanas* *they jump towards each other and clash blades continously. They exchange spells back and forth, Blaze is using fire magic while PC is using light magic* PC: *uses strike raid with both keyblades, Blaze then blocks with his blades* PC: *jumps towards Blaze* Soaring Dragon Kick! *black and orange colored magic surronds his/her leg as it makes contact with Blaze's chest, sending him back through the glass door of the government, cracked glass surronds him* Blaze: Looks like I underestimated him/her. *disappears into a corridor* PC: That was tough, he probably could have defeated me if the fight continued to drag out. *kills more enemies on the way to the terminal in Ventus's office and disposes of the ones attempting to hack the terminal as well. He/she takes a mic off a fallen soldier that follows orders from the six sages* PC: This is <PC name>, I have dealt with the intruders that entered the government building and attempted to hack the top secret files. Station more men here to safeguard it. Over. Commander: Roger that. Thanks for the help. Over.

(Hyan Jae and Kajin are shown fighting dozens of heartless, they dispose of them) Hyan Jae: Heartless, Chimera, giant scropians, and more monsters. They're just full of these things aren't they? Kajin: Reminds me of the time I was on a mission with Xesthan at  facility keeping experimented creatures, that was not fun. (figures in red and blue armor appear) Hyan Jae: The guys who tried to kill us days ago. Kajin: How are you and what do you know of my granddaughter's preincarnation origins? I would have to assume you are a foe. I will prepare a quick death to any who dare touch her, understand! ???1: Haha. Once I'm done with you, I'll take Hyan Jae with us. It'll be worth her while. *Kajin quickly sprints and thrusts with his keyblade, the blue armored figure* ???1: (Shit! This guy is not messing around) Kevin: Logan! Kajin: I will murder you... She is not joining this faction you belong to! *prepares electric magic in his left hand* Bliztkrieg! *Kajin shocks his opponent until he dies from the spell* Kevin:*walks awat slowly* You just... killed Logan. (Thinking: The superiors were right, we should have taken them more seriously, but I can't defeat this old guy anyway. I'll make a run for it.) *sprints to his left, but Hyan Jae gets in front of him before he flees* Hyan Jae: *impales Kevin with her keyblade* Tell us who you're working for! Kajin: I can stop any spells that cause to die upon attempting to reveal information, that's not going to work. Kevin: Then I'll just take you all with me! *magic surronds his body* Hyan Jae: Get away from him, he's going to combust! *kicks him off her keyblade and runs with her grandfather as Kevin explodes* Kajin: That man just commited suicide... They're loyal enough to kill themselves? Just what cause do they believe they're fighting for? One would only give their life for a cause they believed to be more important than their own life.

(Kong and Ginera defeat several green colored zombie-like creatures until they reach a bridge) Kong: They're just like the creatures we fought in Adam's world. Could it be that summoner again? Ginera: The scents I pick up say otherwise. I feel a much more powerful prescene. *A man in emerald colored armor stands before them on a bridge* ???: You've been handling yourselves quite well. Now let's see how you'll dare against me. Ginera: Be careful, this one is nothing like we've ever fought in the past. Kong: Then we'll use 100 percent.*they each get into Moon master form stage 2) ???: Oh? Yes, this is very fascinating. I know that he would have liked to meet this one. *Kong's and Ginera's either don't hit or are blocked easily. ??? then teleports behind them use a green colored wave of light that defeats them in one hit* Kong: This power... Ginera: What is he? ???: At your current level you two don't stand a chance against me. *Blaze appears behind him* Blaze: Lord Planet, our plan to take the data files failed. We were intercepted by <PC>, I underestimated his/her abilities. Planet: The Eienzo is truly powerful indeed. He/She can be useful for our plans. You are dismissed Blaze, return to Sun. Blaze: Yes sir. *disappears* *Kong and Ginera lose conciousness*

(30 minutes later,  PC, Hyan Jae, Kajin, Utikra, and Valem meet at the bridge where Kong and Ginera fought Planet. Planet is on a tall building next to the bridge. Planet: Looking for them? *drops Kong and Ginera* *Valem catches Ginera while PC catches Kong, then they leave them on the floor* Valem: He defeated Kong and Ginera effortlessly... Planet: So you've fended off our servants... we still have more. This is far from over. PC: Who are you?! What  faction do you belong to? Planet: I am Planet. *6 other figures appear next to Planet as Xesthan, Aku, and Hayashi join the party* All of the Figures: We are Cosmic Entities. Xesthan: Cosmic ... PC: ...Entities? What's going on? *a female walks in front of the group*  Heart: We are the Cosmic entities, we were created by the incident that occured when Galen Septim fought an unidentified man, the same one that change the entity's very being and weakened them. I am Heart. The rest are Planet(male), Sun(male), Moon(male), Hatred (male), Star (female), and Mind (male). *the six entities appear on a building in the opposite direction of the Cosmic Entities* Darkness: What is it that you seek from us? Hatred: We challenge you to  Galaxian Strife, a battle between the Cosmic Entities and the original Entities. Sun: This will not start right away. We give you three months to prepare combat against us. You may choose sevants or representitives. Such as Xehanort was to Darkness and Keshin was to Saikia. Moon: You will be apart of this *looks to <PC>*, Xenithar, for you have a half-entity locked inside. Devil: (Thinking: They might be seeking to take our position. Whatever they're motive is, it can't be good) We accept! Star: Very good. Today is October 17th. January 17th will be the date this starts. Please be sure to make this fight entertaining. *they disappear* Aku: Of all things are enemies could be, they're Entities? Hayashi: Very shocking indeed. Guren: We will have to decide our represenitives. Light: Let's discuss this back in the Paradise. Then we will discuss of coruse of action. Life: *talks to the party company* Even though the Galaxian Strife has not started, they will attempt to strike in many different ways possible before it starts. If you know anything about wars between gods, this should not be new. PC: I'll be sure to tell Cade of this tomarrow. Darkness: Yes, he needs to know of this. We shall have to inform you of how the meeting goes tomarrow. So expect me to see you tomarrow. PC: Ok. (the party leaves on a ship back to Nadral)

(the entities are seated in the meeting room) Life: We'll each have to ready our forces. Devil, do you still have demons willing to serve you? Devil: I only have control over the minor ones, Chris ans Aku are the only demons who have kept their body. Life: How about the rest of you? Guren: I actually have no forces of my own. Light: Same with me, I only have servants, not soldiers. Luckily we will have the newly built army by the Six Sages and the Light Order to make up for this. Saikia: I still have empty survivors to heed my call. Life: I still have Terraforms, those forces have been untouched. As Death I used the undead, and I hope not to do so again. Darkness: As much as I dislike this, It seems as though I will need to assume control over the heartless once more. Guren: Now we should all choose representatives. Although we each have many we can use in our army, we each could use another. Saikia: I shall chose <PC>'s friend Riku, his ability with souls far surpass Keshin's. Life: I will choose Xesthan Rikudo, of all mortals he is the most powerful and is 2nd only to Cade. Darkness: I will choose my younger sibling, <PC>. Light: Why would you have him/her be your represenitative? He/She is of pure light, except that darkness locked inside. Darkness: I'm doing this so he/she can be under my watch, I don't want anything happening to my younger sibling. The other reason being that, he/she is very powerful, and is very capable as we've seen in the past 3 years. Guren: Then I'll choose Kajin Taka. Light: I choose Ventus. Devil: I'll choose Aku, he's served me for a long time. He knows my forces the best. I'm sure he wouldn't mind fighting with me one last time. Life: It's decided, we should all notify our forces immediately.

(the next day in Nadral) (Rakkan is shown on the screen) Rakkan: A week has passed. Only *looks at list* .... 2809 of you remain! I'll state the three participants that gathered the most cloths. The first is Xesthan Rikudo. The one who was below him is... his grandchild! <PC>. In 3rd we have, Aku. Now the 2nd phase will be in two days. One on one matches will be held. You will only fight one match. The 3rd phase will begin a day after. We will have healers come to you if you lose limbs or take severe injuries. *screen goes blank*

(PC is shown walking in the mountains near the city where Utikra is. Cade and Darkness appear next to him/her) *PC and Darkness explain what happened to Cade* Cade: Is my house in Rylander okay? PC: Yeah, it's fine. Cade: I know it's odd that I asked that first, but I just concerned is all... The Cosmic Entities. From their explanation it means they are artificial and not true entities. Now they've challenged you and the others. Why have they appeared now? It's been a little bit more than 1,000,000 years since they've been created. My life span expired a few months after that event. I then reincarnated shortly after my death. If I only I found out about their existence decades after my reincarnation... Darkness: Don't blame yourself, not even we knew. You keep beating yourself up for not being there when Galen Septim died. PC: My preincarnation wouldn't want you to do that. Cade: You're right, I shouldn't. *takes a deep breathe* Now, the battle against the Cosmic entities I presume will be in the same fashion as wars between gods. One challenges the other, they ready their forces and fight. During the period of the preparation, one side may try to strike at the other in a number of different ways. Darkness: Yes, that is how it will be done. Utikra: 6 Entities vs 7 Entities, I don't like those odds. Darkness: We don't either, but we have no choice but to fight.Why they didn't strike when you were fighting us is strange. Cade: I may find some information as to why this is during my investigations. *looks at PC* Don't worry, I'll stay in touch. *walks away* Darkness: In the meantime, you'll be continueing to participate in the tournement. Let us worry about the preparations for now. PC: What are you going to do in the meantime? You've already contacted some of the stronger heartless to gather the others right? Darkness: Right. I also had a word with some Darkness Zealots I never knew existed, although their views are twisted, they will serve me and do as I say. They are sending word to their entire organization. So I have some free time on my hands. For now I can relax and spend time with Saikia... I mean  enjoy watching you all participate. PC: Alright, you two have fun. Darkness:*feels embarrased* Yeah, good luck with the tournement. But you won't need it. *disappears* PC: Planet defeated Kong and Ginera like they were nothing. I struggled with one of their servants... They're really powerful. Utikra: We just need to work harder then, remember that we have many strong allies. PC: Yeah. **Female PC dialogue only** Utikra: Are you troubled? PC: It's about Kong, he toke a lot of damage from his fight. It already happened to Hyan Jae. Utikra: It's going to happen. I'm sure he worried about you everytime you went to battle. Come on, no need to be down. Will a flight make you forget it? PC: Yeah. **Female only dialogue ends**

(Meanwhile at the private meeting room that is in the same building as where the matches will take place) Ventus: First the murders, now the attack on Rylandar?! If it weren't for <PC> and the others arriving by chance, they would have recieved data on our entire forces. Rakkan: There's no way of them seizing that information since your men have restricted that information to your business data pad for the time being. Dirk: We'll have to take stricter security measures on our homeworlds. Calvert: Now we have Galatic Strife on our hands. From what we know, they haven't been prepared for a war. It's only been two years since they were defeated. But these Cosmic Entities surely have been preparing. Blue: It's possible they gave the entities 3 months is because they want more of a challenge. We should have my forces prepare as well. Farrel: Agreed. Rakkan you already have the entire tournment planned, correct? Rakkan: I'm almost done planning the entire thing. I'll alert my commaders back at Asgard to start preparations. When this tournement is finished, I'll put my full devotion to it. Red: Good. Green: This meeting is dismissed. Ventus:(Thinking: If <PC>'s friend Kong and his wolf, who is close to us in power was easily defeated, what chance do the rest of us have? I know the Entities restoration has made them powerful then they were in the weakened states they were fought in, but still...)

(the next day, Aku and Chirs are seen talking) Aku: Do you still bear a grudge against me? I did try to kill you. Chris: After two years, it's passed. Let's leave it in the past as much as possible. Aku: Right. Although there's someone who could avoid their past no matter what they do. Stay strong, <PC>.

(PC is talking to Void's Shadow while eating at a cafe) PC: Don't you think the employees will be scared from the site of a ghost? Void's Shadow: I'm using magic to make myself look like a living person. Its fine. PC: These Cosmic Entities were created through that confrontation my previous life had with that still unidentified man. The memories I recieved from my previous life did not give me enough information to remember everything that happened then. Even the spirit of Galen Septim that lives inside does not know. That incident had caused the Entity Crysis as well. Why is it that all of my enemies so far have had some relation with me? Void's Shadow: I don't know. However, you have me help you. I can use my knowledge of the Keyblade War in battle. PC: And I already have your Oblivion's Bane to help. Void's Shadow: Yeah. **PC Male only dialogue* Void's Shadow: Besides, you have a good woman at your side. Keep her close. PC: No its not like that. Void's Shadow: Keep telling yourself that. *laughs* Wow, you just have a way of getting into these akward conversations don't you? *Male only dialogue ends*

(1 day later, the 2nd phase of  "The Gathering" begins) Rakkan: There are exactly 100 rings in this entire building be sure to go to your designated area. (Thinking: This is still going to take a while, but we'll be making a lot of money from it)

(Meanwhile Darkness is sitting in the throne room of his domain watching the tournement watches with magic. Saiki awalks inside) Darkness: Nice of you to come. Saikia: You're watching that, has your sibling fought yet? Darkness: Yes, as expected he/she didn't use much power. Oh, where are my manners? Let's go to my private quarters. I have everything set up. *they walk to his private quarters* Saika: *sees the table and notices that the chairs are on opposite sides of the table and the food is all prepared* You prepared this without your servants doing it for you? Darkness: I prefer to make my own food. *pulls Saikia's seat* Saikia: Thank you. *Darkness sits on his seat and projects the tournement on the wall to their right* Saikia:  I barely even remember the last time we sat down like this just to relax. Darkness: Much has happened and we do live in two different domains. Saikia: That reminds me, I remember you being who chose me to become the soul entity. You also helped me design my domain. Its intersting that you were able to craft something so beautiful and bright considering how dark your domain is. No offense, I actually like the design of this place a lot. Darkness: Thank you, Saikia for being a good friend since I met you. Saikia: Darkness... Saikia: You can just tell me right now, there's no hiding it. Darkness: Hiding what? Saikia: The way you talk to me, and the food... You're in love with me aren't you? Darkness:I...I...yes. I am.Saikia: I feel the same way. Now let's stop this conversation before it gets to be like a corny romantic movie and get to business. *throws Darkness into his bed and jumps on him* Darkness: Straight to the point, I like that. Saikia: I've been waiting a very long time to do this. We should have done this sooner. *she kisses Darkness' lips as the screen fades to black*

(the 2nd phase has been concluded) Rakkan: We now have 1404 participants left. I shall now announce the 3rd phase. All of you will be randomly assigned different planets to go to. You will be dropped off at a certain place and required to reach the assigned checkpoint. There is a time limit however, you will have 1 month to do so. Food will be provided, but you must bring your clothing. Good luck.

( the PC can be seen talking to Xesthan) PC: So what place were you assigned? Xesthan: I was assigned to the  ruins of Cyran Lyr... (Thinking: That was where Haruka was killed...) PC: I'm sorry... Xesthan: So what were given? PC: I am to be at "Savage Vale". Xesthan: From what I've been told, that is planet where the worst of the worst criminals are exiled to. They are to survive there for 3 to 12 years to gain their freedom. Studies have shown that they did not even survive the first week. While you are powerful, I am still concerned for your safety since I am your grandparent after all. A lot of those criminals were very strong fighters. Many of them were masters in the field of surviving in hazard places as well. I'll gvie you equipment I have to prepare you. PC: Do you happen to possess them because of all the dangerous worlds you've been to? Xesthan: Yes, they should come in handy.