The Unversed

Roxas studied the Unverse that were emerging from the ground and the ones that he sensed hidden in the treeline. Waiting to take action.

There was over 110 total, nothing that he couldn't handle.

However there was one thing that had him edge.

Unlike the Heartless and Nobodies, the Unversed had hearts.

Though by the standards of Somebodies, these hearts were rather lacking.

They were lacking both light and dark and comprised only of negativity.

That alone made him worried.

These weren't the mindless Heartless or intelligent like Nobodies. These Unversed was the perfect mixture of them.

Making them a bit tougher to deal with.

Still Roxas took the first action and fired an Aero into on of the emerging shapes and sent it flying.

The Unversed straightened itself up to reveal a dark blue creature the size of a Shadow without any hands, angry red eyes set in a permanent glare, triangular head, and lightning shaped antenna.

Upon getting up, a pair of the Unversed attempted to attack from the sides.

Roxas easily destroyed the first one with the swing of his Keyblade before bringing it down over the second one's head.

However it evaded the attack and sunk into the ground. It came back up behind Roxas and almost atruck him in the back, if he didn't block it with Oblivion.

A quick strike later and it was destroyed leaving nothing but a puff of darkness.

Seeing that he was basically fighting a group of intelligent Shadow, he switched to Oathkeeper for his next strategy.

He waited till they surrounded him before jumping into the air.

"Thundara!" Roxas casted as a massive thunderbolt struck the place he had once been at, vaporizing most of the Unversed.

Only two remained and Roxas immediately struck down the one closest to him.

The other Unversed took the opportunity to land a hit on him. Roxas managed to compose himself before it could do so again and shot a fireball at it. It sunk into the ground and sprung up behind Roxas.

"Blizzard!" He casted, freezing the Unversed in its place.

A swing of the Keyblade and it shattered into pieces.

He didn't have much time to rest as the other Unversed began to emerge from the treeline.

Over half of them were the same kind of Unversed, but the other half were comprised of other kinds of Unversed.

The first new one looked like a much taller one of the first as they looked about a head shorter then him. The main differences were that it's atenia were much shorter, had what looked like armored padding around the legs with what he could guess is the Unversed emblem, and it's arms ending in three metalic claws.

The next new one were a larger. more rotard version of the second one with armored padding all over their body, arms ending in large fists, a longer pair of antenia.

The final kind just looked like flying red pots with the red eyes that seemed sorrowful.

Taking a look around him, Roxas could see that he was right about his previous thoughts.

The Unversed were the perfect combination of the Heartless'a feral nature and swarming capabilities mixed in with the flexibility and intelligence of the Nobodies.

Combining that along with the ferocity they have displayed so far, they were truly a threat.

Not world ending like the Heartless or organized like the Nobodies.

But like a pack of rapid animals, attacking anything in their sight.

A truly dangerious threat.

With that in mind Roxas switched to Oblivion and struck down the closest Unversed closest to him.

(At the same time)

"Do you mind explaining the first wave my king?" The Unversed asked it's king l, as they were watching Roxas kill a Flood with his black Keyblade.

"That was merely a test for them." He said simply while studying Roxas, who had been hit by a Scrapper.

He retaliated by throwing his Keyblade at it, killing the Unversed and an unlucky Flood in its return path.

"So you were trying to see if what happened to me could be replicated with them." It surmised as it watch Roxas slaughter somemore Floods.

Despite it's newfound sentience and capacity for emotion, it felt no emotion for the fallen members of it's species.

All Unversed returned to their king after their death in the form of memories. With their knowledge passed on to the next wave in order to make sure they don't make the same mistake again.

Not that it always works though.

Like every living thing, there were some idiots among the Unversed.

"True, but what happened to you was appearnty a one in a million chance. I modified those Floods to the basis of what I created you. But while it did work, it was only a very slight change. If they had been absorbing the energy for weeks then they probably would be at your level. But that is borderline impossible." The king said as Roxas took out a Bruiser and sent it flying into a Red Hot Chilie.

"I see." The Unversed sighed out, a little disappointed that there would be no other like it in the hoard.

Still it had thought about that possibility and wouldn't worry about it all that much. It would probably better if there was only Unversed with a true mind in the hoard considering how aggressive they as a whole can get.

"Anyway are you going to face him after this wave my king?" The Unversed asked as Roxas had pretty much decimated about half of the wave by now.

"Not yet, I still have one surprise before I face him. But I have to say that I'm both impressed and disappointed with Roxas." The king sighed out, surprising the Unversed.

"And why is that my king?" It asked.

"It's simple. I'm impressed of how he is handling the Unversed. Granted they are the weakest species of the bunch, but with that finess and technique I've to guess he trained by fighting Heartless, the same way I did. Only his style seems less refined then mine or any other Keyblade wielders. I suppose there was some truth in his story after all." The king stated.

"Then how does he displease you my king?" It asked, only to flinch at feeling the negativity starting to roll off him.

"He's holding back something. I can't tell what it is, but I can tell that it is something big and I intend to find out." The king said in a dry tone.

"Maybe you will find out during the next wave." The Unversed said, hoping to calm its king down a little.

It worked as the negativity surrounding the king died down.

"I suppose your right." The king sighed out. "But just in case I should modify it's hide a little, it wouldn't do for it to go down so fast after all."

"And what would that be my king?" The Unversed asked.

"You'll see in a few moments, so just continue to watch as it is almost over." The king said as he leaned into the branch.

(Back with Roxas)

True to word it was almost over as there was only a Bruiser and three Floods remaining.

Roxas had made short work of the swarm, although he was a little exhausted.

Considering that he still hadn't fully recovered from the ordeal in the Corridor of Ages it was a little understandable.

Deciding to end it now Roxas casted Firaga.

The spell decimated the Unversed and left only the Bruiser, which charged at him.

Roxas dodged out of the way and a few quick hits to the back and it was down.

He thought that he could get a temporary reprieve, but he sensed something approaching.

Another Unversed and judging by it's heart, it was a whole other league then the ones he just thought. The negativity it radiated was compariable to the sheer darkness a Darkside generated.

Meaning that this might be a difficult fight.

(Chapter 25 end)

Mukuro7 here and I hoped that you enjoyed this chapter.

Anyway this was to give Roxas a little insight into the Unversed and the next challenge will be even more difficult. In fact I will publish it soon.

So until next time ciao!