Fallen from Paradise

(Radient Garden - Back allies)

"You hear about what happened in the square earlier today?" Lea asked Isa as the two of them walked down the backroads of Radiant Garden. "I mean it was just crazy. Six crazed Unversed tore up the square and proved to be a match for Lightning of all people!"

"I have heard, it has been spreading throughout the city like wildfire." Isa sighed out. "That and the wild girl, Rosso went on another one of her blood rages."

"Didn't hear that one, where did you hear that?" Lea asked.

"From Aeleus, who was debriefed about it from Braig and Lightning." Isa said, shocking Lea.

"Him, the guy who keeps throwing us out whenever we sneak into the castle! I thought he hated us, grumbling about us after he tossed us out! Literally!" Lea exclaimed.

"On the clock he does, off the clock he hates only you. Then again most of Ansem's apprentices don't like you especially after the incident." Isa said with a small grin, getting Lea to shudder and cross his legs.

"I thought I told you to forget the whole thing Isa!" Lea shouted out.

"Odd, that is coming from the guy who keeps asking people if they got it memorized." Isa said with a chuckle, getting Lea to groan.

"Okay I will admit, I had that one coming to me." Lea sighed out. "So if you heard from Aeleus, then you must know about what happened."

"I do, just not much. He was keeping a few things confidential, but I do know that the Unversed attack was caused by somebody wishing to kill Lightning." Isa said, shocking Lea.

The idea of her being killed was beyond him, considering how easy it was for her to rend him into a bloody pulp during the incident. Still by the sound of it she was alive and kicking, which was good.

"That is pretty hardcore, using those monsters to kill someone. Any leads on who it was?" Lea asked, getting Isa to shake his head.

"Aeleus never disclosed anything towards me about the identity and I feel like that is going to stay that way. What I do know is that he has moved on and his sights are focused on someone else in the incident. Someone who has already left the city." Isa said.

"Let me guess, someone else trying to kill Lightning?" Lea asked, getting the blue haired boy to shake his head.

"Quite the opposite actually. He actually helped fight off the Unversed with her and Braig, even managed to kill one with a little girl Yuffie if I heard correctly. He even held his own against Rosso before Even knocked her out." Isa said, getting a sharpe whistle from the red haired boy.

"He managed to do all that and managed to hold himself off agains that crazy girl, well consider me impressed." Lea said. "Did they happen to catch his name at least?"

"They did in fact, Aeleus mentioned that his name was that if he returns Radient Garden, he'd thank him for helping his fellow apprentices in the square...and maybe to keep away from Lightning. Claims she wants answers from him." Isa said, getting the both of them to shutter.

"I kind of feel sorry for the guy, still Roxas that's a unique name." Lea said.

"One that you could say that you won't be forgetting anytime soon." Isa said, with a slight teasing tone.

"You can say that." Lea said, before chuckling along with Isa.

It didn't last long as they heard the sound of something tearing around them, forcing the boys to huddle up, back to back.

"You think it is Unversed?" Lea asked, pulling out his frisbees.

"If it is stun them, and then let's get the hell out of here." Isa said while readying his bat.

They were not like Ansem's apprentices or Rosso when she goes insane after all.

"Sounds like a plan." Lea noted, ready for anything.

Except for a tear to appear in front of them and something to crashing down right in front of them, kicking off dust before closing.

"Lea, what the hell was that?" Isa aske.

"Not Unversed that much I can tell." Lea said, before jumping back as something embedded into the ground in front of him.

It looked like some kind of sword with part of it a key?

It was primary blue with astronomical symbols with the teeth resembling some kind of gear and at the end of the sword was a chain with a small green book at the end.

Lea stood there for a few moments, before trying to touch it.

Only for the thing to vanish right before his eyes.

"That was a stupid thing to do, who know's if it was possibly cursed or not." Isa said from behind him.

"I know, still just seeing if it was real or not." Lea said, eyeing the indent left by the the pavement. "It was definitely real."

Isa just grunted at that as the dust began to clear up and a groaning coming from a small crater.

Both boys widened their eyes at the sight and rushed towards the crater.

For inside it was a young girl, looking only about 5 years old.

She had violet hair and was wearing a tatter white and purple dress that stretched to her knees with the symbol of a snake of some kind printed on it. A cobra to be precise.

She was in pretty bad shape and looked to be passed out.

Isa and Lea crouched over her to check her condition and breathed a sigh of relief that she was alright.

Lea made a move to try and move her, only for Isa to slap away his hands.

"What the hell man!" Lea snapped at him.

"You can't just move someone in her condition, at least without the proper training." Isa admonished his friend.

"So you want me to get one of the apprentices?" Lea asked, getting the blue haired teen to nod.

"Yes and do not leave out any details. You were the one who saw what happened after all. I'll keep an eye on her while you get her." Isa said, getting Lea to nod.

"Alright just make sure that she keeps breathing when I get back!" Lea called out as she ran off as fast as he could.

Isa crouched over the girl only to here her groan and her eyes to flutter, revealing purple eyes that fluttered for a few moments before closing and returning to the depths of unconscious.

He breathed a sigh of relief that she was in a better shape then he thought, until he thought he sensed something. Isa turned only to find nothing around him.

Still, he wasn't taking any chances.

Once again pulling out his bat, Isa stood there. Keeping a vergil over her until Lea came back.

That sword that Lea almost touched, that was similar to the ones Aeleus described Roxas had and considering the fact he had someone who was trying to kill him meant there was probably a connection to them. So it was for the best that he stood guard here incase anyone, human or Unversed decided to try anything.

(Just around the corner)

"That kid has excellent senses, I'll give him that." Luxu replied watch Isa stand guard over the little Keyblade wielder. "Might be a good idea to keep an eye on him in the future."

He had been watching Rosso, who woke up and tried to bust out through the reinforced door when he sensed something he was all too familiar with.

A Dandelion slipping through the cracks of the world that the Master has set up for theming order to save them.

Sadly that turned out to be flawed possibly beyond what even the Master of Mater's could see and occasionally Keyblade wielder would slip out.

More so now then in recent years with examples such as Ventus.

With him being the only one that has not suffered anytime of effect slipping through time and space.

In fact it cured him of a nasty nasty little problem, well at least until Xehanort got his hands on him.

Curious about who it was, he knocked Rosso out and came here only to find that he was beaten by Isa and that troublemaker, Lea.

Still he was more then surprised to see that it was in fact a girl so young, but considering that she appeared to be from the Anguis Union's it made sense.

If a Keyblade wielder was found to be that young, unless they were an orphan they were left with their families. No use in separating a child from their parents after all. Still if they were an orphan they would be temporarily be taken care of by one of the Unions and trained for a bit to defend themselves before they were found a proper family or stayed within the Union to train.

The later had to be accepted by one of the Foretellers within the Union, something that rarely happened.

Invi however was a major exception as she mainly held on to the ones that wanted to stay within the Angius Union and were magically adepted.

All of them were either sent away or sent with the Dandelions when the Keyblade War began.

And this girl seemed especially magically adept if her Keyblade was a Spellbinder, one of the rarer ones the Master created.

"Speaking of which, I need to return this to the girl when I get the chance." Luxu said as he spun around the Keyblade before dispelling it.

"Poor girl trapped in an unfamiliar world and era. Hopefully she is among those who lost their memory as that kind of trauma is bound to affect one greatly at that age. At least she has someone to look after her." Luxu said before pulling out a small thin black book.

Bearing the sigil of the Mark of Mastery.

He would have placed his Master's sigil on it...if he knew of this's existence after all.

No this was his own Book of Prophies...one that is pretty much useless for so long and vastly inferior to The Master's or the copies once held by his adopted siblings.

But with Vanitas's and the inclusions of Roxas, it might finally come into use.

"Let's see." Luxu said as he flipped open the book. "Page 4."

It was double sided with the right side picturing a image of a paradise full of people and below it was the image of a falling angel, with broken wings, and Keyblade in hand. All glowing a soft silver.

A little morbid mind you, but he felt it was perfect to capsular the image and to match the title.

As on the left side glowing in silver was just a few simple words.

Fallen from Paradise

Considering this page activated whenever a Keyblade wielder fell from the world of the Dandelions, it made sense.

Normally he would have ignored anything else as the glow would have died down after a few days.

But with recent events...well the earlier pages deserved a check.

"Let's see page 3." Luxu said as he turned the page, only to cough up dust. "Note to self clean this thing later tonight. And just as I thought, a match."

On this page on the right side was the image of a blacksmith's forge with a young man working on not one, but two Keyblades. Both Keyblades ones he didn't recognized. In the background was the sigil of the Mark of Mastery.

Fitting since on the left said it simply read.

Legacy of the Forge

A fitting title as this page, as it only supposed to activate if someone forgets a perfect and completely new Keyblade on their first try. An event that hasn't happened since himself all those years ago.

So to his surprise, it was glowing silver.

"I thought so, now let's see the if any others are activated." Luxu said as he turned to page 2 and coughed up some more dust.

On the right side was the image of a small monster and arrows pointing to more forms with each and every image becoming more and more human.

The left side simply read.

Evolution of a Demon

And it was flickering unlike the consistent glow of the others.

"So this one hasn't happened yet, but the glow is promising. Just one more to check." Luxu said as he turned to page 1 and once again coughed some more dust. "Oh dear Kingdom Hearts I really need to clean this thing off."

On this page was the images of multiple clocks being torn apart and being pieced back together with the image of three fighting figures in the background. One wielding two Keyblades, one he knew fairly well as the younger incarnation of Xehanort, and the third one blurred. On the left side it simply read.

The Battle in Between Time

And this one was glowing silver too.

"So three fully glowing and one half glowing. Things might actually come to a heel soon. Still just one and a half more pages then I will finally know if it is time." Luxu said as he put away the book as he sensed something. "Shit Rosso's awake once again, better knock her out again before she tries to break down the door."

With that Luxu vanished into a Corridor of Light, just missing Aeleus and Lea arrive to help Isa with the little girl.

(Chapter end)