Amaya stayed closer to Joshua as she watched the battle "he was the one that told us of the girl and.his worry for her being around theses a creepers..."said amaya watchingthe barriers block them from ascot.

She wanted to help but it seemed if she did it could hurt his own pride being protected by his adopted sister. Hell, Joshua probably wouldn't let her interfer with the fight like normal.

"I am not suprised that nobody would withhold details just like you Joshua"she saidsighing as he adjusted elyse giving her her witch hat to occupy her while they waited for the fight to end

Belle was offended when Rika (not that she knew any of the girls names) ignored her. Luckily Oner also joined them and talked to her. Belle was still annoyed by the answer they received, but at least was glad that neither Ascot or his opponent would be in great danger. While walking towards the nearest bench she spoke to Oner. "Jeez, what a cold and heartless person. Well you could expect that from a Nobody like her, but still." she said and added a big sigh afterwards. She sat down on the bench and watched the fight.

When she saw Ascot having some kind of super strength, she was glad that he finally found something he was special in too. However this kinda brought her mood down, it seemed like she was in the only one in the group that didn't have anything special, something that made her stand out. Yeah, she was a Thief among the keyblade warriors, but this only meant she was the weakest of them all. She couldn't even do anything while Oner was fighting Mika. While sinking in her thoughts she kept watching at the fight.

"And good riddance," Jake said, seeing the Horned King consumed by the cauldron. Always the same smug arrogance, and always the same screaming disbelief. Bad guys just don't ever learn. He turned to look at the rest, trying to see if anyone was wounded or killed in the fight.

He was pleasantly surprised when Gurgi was revived; the mutt was annoying at times, but it took a lot of heart to sacrifice oneself for others. He pulled out some jerky from his backpack, gave them to the dog, and rubbed his hair.

"That was brave of you there, buddy. Just make sure not to make it a habit; you nearly gave us a heart attack back there!"

He took Taran aside for a bit after his kiss with the Princess.

"Say, kid?" he whispered to the boy. "That was some sword-swinging there... could use a little improvement, though. Try to follow through on a slash by using the momentum to guide you into the next hit, just maintain your footing and don't just spin like a top, know what I mean? Oh, and try and be a gentleman; ladies love the knight in shining armor bit, so be nice to the Princess and you might keep her heart. Good luck, champ."

He gave a shooting motion with his hand, winking with approval to Taran before turning to Thomas.

"Thanks for the covering my back, buddy," he said, reaching out for a handshake as he put away his axe. "Guess we better go find Reno now. I think the Horned King mentioned something about a portal?"

He looked around to see if there was a portal, or some clue as to where Reno had disappeared.

Thomas was understandably a bit put off by the pig nuzzling against his leg, that a bit unusual even for their journey and he shied away with his upper torso even if he couldn't with his leg. He was just as surprised when his keylade appeared unbidden, dipping down as if by its own accord to touch the upraised snout of Hen Wen. The contact precipitated something, and a light ascended from where blade had met skin, to form into a Sign of the Zodiac, something very surprising to see. also incredibly lucky considering they hadn't been looking for one, but he would accept the gift nonetheless, opening his hand to let it gently land there, looking it over before putting it away in his pack.

"thanks, but I need to get going and find my companions, wherever they are," Thomas replied to Taran's offer, his mind already working on what might have happened and where they could have gotten off to. It took up his time as Jake went around to say his own goodbyes before returning to him, and Thomas shook the proffered hand almost absentmindedly. "I'm sure you could have managed without me, but you're welcome."

He gave Jake a skeptical look. "No, he didn't. They must have left the world, since I guess I can safely assume that Reno broke out of this jail once already." He frowned as he realized that they were back to doing a needle in a haystack, and this time they didn't even have the benefit of Reno flying ion a straight line. He sighed as he came to an inescapable conclusion, and one that he didn't enjoy in the slightest. He could already imagine the reaction of the others when he showed up in Twilight Town without Reno, and having lost Belle as well. Some fine mess he had made of this. He doubted any of them would take him seriously afterwards.

He materialized his Glider before looking over at Jake. "I'm going to Twilight Town to meet with some friends who can help look for Reno and Belle. You need a lift, or do you have your own glider?" Once Jake had answered and gotten ready, Thomas took off, avoiding collisions as he exited and then flew off towards his destination, to meet his foreboding fate.

Jake shook Thomas' hand, but was apparently a little worried.

"You alright, kid?" Jake inquired in concern. "You seem a little out of it..."

However, he got no response, and was unwilling to push the point. The kid was rather suspicious; probably took him a while to trust people.

"Oh, right, Glider..." Jake took out his keyaxe, and turned it over a couple times in his hands. "Hold on a second, been a while since I used this func-"

Suddenly the keyblade glowed in his hand, floated to the ground, and expanded to form a rather large, gothic looking hoverboard with a roaring lion's head at the front.

"Ah, there we go," Jake exclaimed. "Just like riding a bike."

He hopped on the Glider, and gestured to Thomas.

"Lead the way, Thomas."

As he followed the other keyblade user, he gave a quick salute to the others present.

"See you around! Next time I'm in the neighborhood, I'll drop by for a visit, alright?"

As he followed Thomas, he noticed that the boy was brooding.

"What's on your mind, Thomas?" he inquired. "You're worried about Reno too, huh? Look, the kid may be a sandwich short of a picnic, and overly naive, but I'm pretty sure he's safe."

Somewhere in Twilight Town, two people were walking. They looked similar to each other, the main difference being their genders. Other than that they looked kinda similar. The slightly taller male was walking beside his sister and looked at her. "Jeez, do we really have to stop the fight? I actually kinda want to see the results of it." he said.

"Exomin. You know we have to do this. Hayner is the mayor here, and he wants to retain peace and order in this place." she said with a calm voice and straight face. "...But I guess watching a bit of the fight won't be a problem." she said adding a little smirk afterwards.

Exomin threw his hands behind his head. "I don't understand why Seifer and his friends can't do this. He is from the Disciplinary Committee, right? He should be doing this kind of work."

"Seifer and his followers are not recognized as official enforcement of this town. We are. And besides Hayner still has some kind of childhood grudge against him, or so I heard." Eximna suddenly stopped in the middle of the road, causing Exomin, who was slightly behind her, to bump into her. "What's wrong?" he asked, scratching his head. Eximna stared to the sky and saw two vehicles land on the ground, of which both had a person riding it. Eximna walked up to them.

"Please state your name and business." she said, with a silent Exomin following her.

Thomas looked on passively as Jake pulled out his Keyaxe (Something he wondered about. Was there some technique to shape your weapon like that, or was that just how he got it?) Once the warrior had taken out his Glider, Thomas nodded, did a small wave goodbye to the pretty much strangers, and took off, leading as Jake requested, though he was more than certain that Jake himself knew where Twilight Town was and didn't need him to direct them. But he did so regardless as the other remembered how to fly in turn.

Meanwhile, his mind thought about how the others would react when he eventually arrived, something not helped by his other self, who kept making subtle jabs while not really helping him feel better. Some leader he was, when splitting up had made him lose Belle as well, and botched this rescue mission, though that might be offset by recovering a Sign somewhat by accident. He could tell that that wouldn't totally make up for it though. When Jake asked what was on his mind, he had to remind himself where he was before speaking. "Nah, knowing Reno as I do, I'm sure he's fine and doesn't need my help." And that was true, since up until now they hadn't found any Heartless especially resistant to magic, and even if there was one that bucked the trend, Belle was around to provide some physical help.

He chuckled a bit as he shook his head. "No, what I'm more worried about is how my other companions will react when they find out that not only did I not find Reno, I also lost Belle, the companion I was traveling with. And somehow I doubt getting one of the Signs will make up for that." He sighed and shook his head, letting himself laspe into silence as they went on, Twilight Town coming into view before they swept in to a landing.

And it seemed there was a welcoming committee there waiting for him, asking who they were and why they were here. Thomas hopped off his glider and sent it away, while doing the same for the armor he could. "Thomas Delatori, I'm here to meet with some companions while we're on our quest to save the universe and stuff," he replied, splashing on a grin that he diodn't feel. But he had to keep up appearances after all.

Jake gave a sympathetic smile.

"Don't sweat it, kid. Everyone screws up. Things happen, and nobody's perfect. We just pick ourselves up and try again.

"Seriously, I'm talking out of personal experience. Used to be a rash kid, still am. Hell, I took on the Horned King and his army while completely stinking drunk, which is why your buddy Reno had to bust me out of prison earlier."

When they landed in Twilight Town, Jake jumped off his Glider, which then glimmered brightly before going back to his hand as a keyaxe. He twirled it around a couple times before strapping it to his back again.

"Heh, Twilight Town. Been quite a few months since I've been here." He then noticed the welcoming committee.

"Yeah, I'm with him," Jake said, confirming Thomas' story. "John Grendell, my friends call me Jake. We come in peace and all that..."

Satoko was shocked that Asked broke her strings. At first. Then she was steaming mad. She raised her quan-dou to block his attack and held her ground, not giving an inch.
"Well at least if I lose I didn't lose against you!" She shouted at him" I lost against you friends. You're nothing without them it would seem. Just a weak pathetic child that runs to their aid whenever you're in trouble. I refuse to give into that kind of thinking. My strength is my own and if I can't beat someone I'll work harder to get strong enough to beat them myself. If you rely on the strength of others all your life you'll never be strong. You'll always falter when you're alone."

Joshua watched the stalemate drag on for several minutes before noticing the effects Ascots new ability where having on the boy. Needless to say he was alarmed.
"ASCOT, STOP RIGHT NOW!" He shouted just before an explosion of pure darkness erupted between Satoko and Ascot with enough force to blow both fighters back.

"My, my, my. You children are such a lively bunch these days." a man's voice said from the darkness. It was the kind of voice that made you either instantly fall in love with the owner or made you instantly hate him. When the darkness faded all that stood in it's face was a cloaked figure. Unlike the Organization or Six Sense's cloaks, which were nice, elaborate, and somewhat stylish, this man wore a simple, tattered hood and cloak, as as it he had been journeying through some very dangerous places for a very long time.

Joshua and Rika were by their friends' sides in an instant, Joshua summoning Total Eclipse and Rika summoning a short sword and shield that looked like they were made out of crystal

"My, my, so hostile even though I just saved you're friends? If they had kept on fighting they would've died before either of them gave in. Well the human would've died. The Nobody simply would've faded away. But let's see who we have here... the warrior of darkness, seeking the light, the paladin who is too close to the light for his own good, The princess of heart with an affinity for snow, a mage with two souls in one body, a theif who doubts herself, the Puppeteer and the Warden, A child I don't know and... Oh. If I'm not mistaken Lucus' own flesh and blood. And his own daughter... such a strong light within her. Maybe enough to attract the attention of a... certain weapon." The cloaked man said before chuckling to himself

"I would label you as an enemy." Joshua muttered

"No... not yet. Right now we share a common enemy in those miserable Six Senses losers. But after you rid of them for us I can promise no such common ground." The man said" Though mind you, you've all made watching you very interesting. Especially that Thomas fellow. I feel for him. Oh but I probably shouldn't say why. That bit of drama I'm staying out of but if things go south... well we'll welcome him into our folds. One bit of drama I can get over with is you're girlfriend's little heart problems around those signs you're hunting for. You see, we've had eyes on them for years, hoping to eliminate them when the time was right but... well, why get our hands dirty when you excellent young 'heroes' can do it for us."

"You talk too much." Joshua said

"Yeah, I'm sure the mage there could say the same thing about that Mika fellow he fought. Seems to be a common theme among us 'bad guys'. But talk is cheap and I'm sure you hate seeing your girlfriend suffer as she acts as a sign detector. Mind you, they hid one in a place you lot would never think to look. Luckily our agent in Underland saw them hide that sign." The man said before raising a hand towards Amaya and causing a portal of darkness over her heart. It would be very, very painful but he would extract the sign that had been hidden away inside of her, the sign being an object of darkness that he could control. By the time it was out, Joshua would be by her side again, cause Amaya's health and safety was a much bigger concern of his then Ascot's (as she was his girlfriend as EVERYONE kept pointing out).

"Now, be a bunch of good boys and girls and get rid of those Six Pain-in-the-Asses for me. I'm a very busy man and I got plans to make. Maybe we'll meet again in due time. Though I doubt it'll be under good circumstances. So until then, ta ta and have a nice day." The man said, before vanishing in a Corridor of Darkness.

"Well... that was informative." Satoko said, struggling to her feet.

Oner watched with a small smile on his face as Ascot summoned forth a new power and broke the puppet master's strings. In that situation it would have been a contest of will, and his will was strong enough to be able to call forth new power from within himself and within those he knew in order to beak Satoko's control. It truly was an impressive feat, and Oner would have continued watching had he not seen the same things Joshua had seen. Oner could tell what affects Ascot's newly obtained power was having on him and knew that if he didn't act now then he would be in danger.

Once again both his and Reno's Keyblades appeared in his hands, only this time instead of Reno's just floating above his left hand he grabbed the blade firmly, the circle on his forehead glowing brightly with both light and darkness, the two elements enveloping Oner's body and swirling around him harmoniously, completely obscuring him. Of course, this covering only last for a moment before clearing away, a new person standing where Oner was before. His pointed ears were about an inch longer, his hair now extended down to his middle back, pale white and jet black streaks in his hair in a well balanced fashion, but not half and half as the streaks were all over. The circle on his forehead shone with both pure light and pure darkness, these elements moving and flowing through the lines that went down from the circle and down both sides of his face and body.

Oner was about to act, willing to smash the barrier apart since this fight was now an endangerment to lives. Luckily, or unluckily depending upon how one looked at it, some other force had its own plan, the explosion of darkness being something that came in an instant. A new figure came, one that didn't look like a member of the enemy organization due to a lack of their same cloaks, but there were always those who didn't wear their uniforms in every group. Oner(?) clutched his Keyblades tightly and stood ready to act as they all listened to the man speak, the man surprisingly knowing alot about everyone, even Oner. Of course the man was somewhat right in his statement about the now transformed Oner as that was a way to put it, but the new arrival was also quite far off as well.

"Its true, that Mika fellow did talk alot". Oner(?) spoke this in agreement, but when he did there were two voices. Oner's mature, calm, quite, and still young voice (since Oner was still also a child) and Reno's happy-go lucky, child-like, innocent voice. Then the man suddenly extracted Amaya's sign from her in a very painful process before vanishing, apparently also being an enemy of their enemy, but that didn't necessarily make him a friend either. Still though, there wasn't time for that, as now two of their party members were hurt.

Oner(?) figured that Joshua could take care of Amaya while he went to heal Ascot, moving onto the arena and moving next to him, the boy very quick as he seemed to move to Ascot from his position outside the arena in one fluid movement. "You won't be dying today, not on our watch..." Those same two voices, Reno's and Oner's, spoke again in a calm, yet confident tone as he waved his blades in a gentle, quick motion over Ascot, using Curaja on him a few times with that single wave of his blade to help heal Ascot's wounds and preserve his life. Ascot would still probably need rest, but at least with the multiple high powered healing spells his life wouldn't be in danger.

After that he turned to face Satoko, the boy's red and green eyes, both of his eyes actually being red and green at the same time, looking at her. "This fight is over since our mystery intruder had the courtesy to end it. Its a draw for now since another party interfered and both of you are hurt, so there is no point in continuing now. If you truly do want to continue you can either schedule a rematch or fight us". Oner and Reno's voices once again both spoke at the same time, in a calm manner, from the boy as he stood there, pointing the Keyblade in his right hand, Oner's Keyblade, at Satoko. "Your choice".

Amaya watched the fight listening to sakoto before she yelled over to Ascot "You are strong in your own way Ascot...You are a very strong warrior...don't doubt yourself ....you are far stronger then you know"she said trying to be encouraging as she felt sorry for her adopted brother and wanted to help.

Suddenly, a huge amount of darkness formed a male in tattered cloak and hood. She moved a bit closer to Joshua,not trusting this Guy one bit. She listened to him label each one of them of what he knows.

"Actually, there are two of that monster's flesh and blood and if you get near either of them I will hurt you."said rose adjusting elyse in her arms watching the figure with disgust.

Rose sighed hearing him speak of elyse might attrach a keyblade like how amaya has along with ascot and Joshua. Rose honestly didn't want elyse to have one for her own protective motherly instincts but then again she thought the same for her first daughter but amaya took a turn in a different path, one rose never thought would be possible in her lifetime.

What the man said and did next surprised amaya as she watched him point his hand towards her as a portal of darkness formed over her heart she let out a gasp then a scream, instinctly moving her hands over her heart clinging her cheast as she hunched over "J-joshua...i-it hurts."she managed to say between screams as she arched her back as her hands let go of her cheast as she crippled to the ground like a sack of potatoes. She had a faint pulse, and heartbeats with very shall breaths. Her pale blue eyes rolled to the back of her head as she was to and to her the world was pitch black as she laid there with Joshua beside her.

"You...Monster..."was all rose could say before she moved over to amaya sitting elyse down "elyse stay with your sister and Joshua."she said getting up. As a faint purple hue began to form around rose as it grew in length and color " I held in all my anger, regrets...all those emotions I had in control...how dare you EVEN THINK of harming one of MY children...HOW DARE YOU!!!" She yelled as her eyes changed to a bright gold color. She pointed her hand towards him as a blood red ball of fire formed infront of her palm before she tossed it at him, missing him since he escaped through a corridor of darkness.

She turned towards the group taking deep breaths, slowly calming down, getting back in control. She moved over to where the man was and picked up the sign "no wonder the gardens felt different the night you vanished"she said moving over to Joshua holding out the sign "I think it belongs with you..."she added before examing amaya as she noticed her temperature had gone up from some sweat glands forming on her brow. Rose focused a simple blizzard simple into a few balls of snow and ice putting them on and around amaya "she might be out for a bit...I didn't even expect that"she added getting up going to check on Ascot and the nobody.

Belle was watching the fight with a smile on her face. She was happy to see Ascot finally have an advantage in the fight. Unlike her battle with Ascot on Treasure Planet, this one was serious and unlike Belle the nobody didn't hold back. However when Satoko aggressively started to attack Ascot, she became worried, but as Ascot would want stayed on the bench. She didn't trust either one of the girls, but she did trust Ascot. And if something were to go wrong, Oner was already ready to interfere. However the conclusion of this fight was different than expected. A man appeared out of darkness, and kept ranting on about how he has been watching our every move, and knows all of our plans. He even said she doubted herself. There was some truth in it, but it was not like she felt she was useless.

After his rant Belle shouted. "Well, then we won't collect the signs!!!" and angrily turned her back to the closing portal that Rose just attacked. As Rose went to pick up the Virgo sign that was extracted out of Amaya's body, Belle headed over to Amaya. "Will she be okay?" she asked, shortly joined by Rose who checked her temperature and confirmed that she would only be out for a short time. She then looked at Joshua. "Do you know more of this?" she said a it rude, but quickly changing to a normal voice again. "Or not?" she looked over the Ascot and Satoko and saw that Oner or Reno already was there to stop them from continuing fighting and check if they were okay. She could focus on other things now.

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"Welcome to Twilight Town then." Eximna said with a monotone voice to the two males in front of her. Exomin stuck his head in front of his sister with a kind off embarrassed look on his face. "Sorry for my sister she is very formal and plays by the rules. Don't mind her, enjoy your stay in Twilight Town!" he said on a surprisingly more cheerful voice than his sister. Suddenly they saw a big blast of darkness coming from the Sandlot.

"What the hell is that?" Exomin said rubbing the back of his head.

Eximna sighed. "Well, thank you for wasting our time. Now we are late for the place we need to be. We had to stop a fight between one of the city's nobodies and a light warrior." she sighed once again and ran into the direction of the Sanlot. "You guys can tag along if you want to. Sis is worrying too much again." he chuckled and chased after her.

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Meanwhile at the Mysterious Tower Yen Sid was sitting at his desk in his big green chair. Riku standing beside him and on the other side Yukio.

"From what I understand the mission of the young keyblade warriors has become very dangerous. I don't know if it was that smart to appoint Nagi to another team, but it already has been done now. Instead I want you to keep an eye out for the young warriors, to make sure none of them falls into darkness, at least not deeper than they already are." Yen Sid said referring to Thomas. "Even now I feel a dark presence near Twilight Town. This goes beyond the plan of the Six Senses. I hope that they at least manage to get the signs." he said.

"Of course Master Yen Sid." Yukio said and bowed. "It was nice seeing you again uncle Riku." Yukio said and waved him goodbye.

"Say hello to your father from me." Riku replied.

"I will once I go back to Destiny Islands." Yukio said and left the chamber.

"Huh," Jake said, reaching for his axe but then deciding against it. "A brawl in this part of town? Seems important... Sure, we'll tag along."

Jake was curious as to what was going on. Besides, he might find something interesting. Though he decided to be ready, just in case worst came to worst.

Ascot accepted Satoko's triade with something resembling serenity, and repsonded:

"As someone wise once said; 'my friends are my power, and I am theirs'. As for 'never', " spoke the boy, "I will never give up on trying to change you!" He then moved to smash Satoko's guan dao aside and pummel her to unconciousness, but then, Darkness, Capital-D Darkness of a type that he hadn't experienced before, slammed into him, shattering his Avatar form and knocking Satoko aside.

The man, a man who, from Ascot's observations, had enough power to be an Evil Overlord in his own right, began talking, revealing a wide store of knowledge about the group, knowledge that Ascot stored for further use. So, Belle doubted herself, and Oner and Reno were one person? All that was good to know, yet, nevertheless, he had to get up, he must continue the fight...

Ascot screamed in distress when Necro (not that he knew his name) extracted the Sign from Amaya's body. Joshua and Rose were distressed, too, and the latter tried to kill the Evil Overlord, yet failed. So, the group were slated for another battle once the Six Senses have been defeated? Good and bad to know. Ascot would have pondered this further, if not for the fact that Oner had taken him from the battle and started healing him.

The boy listened to Oner's words, and knew that trying to intimidate Satoko was the wrong approach. So, he forced himself back to his feet, ignoring the remaining sting from his burns as well as his fatigue.

"No," spoke Ascot. "I'm continuing the fight. Satoko wants to continue as well. As I said, I'm not giving up on trying to change her; because..." he said, facing Satoko directly, "my destiny is to reach out, and form new connections, and keep on doing so till the day that I die. And I will keep on forming new connections, because that's the right thing to do." He then waited for Satoko's rage.

The dual introduction was slightly amusing, one of the two having obviously gotten more emotion than the other (Since it didn't take a genius to figure out that they were related Thomas shrugged at the apology. "It's fine," he replied, though almost immediately after there was an explosion from nearby, a dark explosion that set his face to a pained grimace as lightning bolts shot through his arm. He grabbed at it reflexively, but almost as quickly let go, battering down thew pain while putting up a front that he was fine for the three he was with. Fortunately, they had started moving towards the disturbance, which gave him a break.

He rolled his eyes at the serious one before moving to follow Jake and the two that had greeted them, figuring that an explosion of darkness probably meant that the others were involved.

"Yeah i got her, no wories." Joshua said, keping a close, yet gentle hold over Amaya. When Rose handed him the Sign he took it and pocketed it witha slight nod. She would know that was good a thanks she would get with him being concerned for Amaya's well-being. Then Belle came over and asked him if he knew anything more about the situation. He could only shake his head as he replied" No, no I don't. I've only met one of the Six Senses, a man going by the name of Breasel. He's the one who taught me how to use the Corridors of Darkness. However those two sounded nothing alike.

What bothers me is that he brought up Lucus... oh yeah you don't know. The black-haired woman with the child in her hands. They're names are Rose and Elyse van Isis. Lucus Griffonbane was their husband and father respectively. About a year ago he totally lost it and fell into Darkness. While he was still human he abused both of them and while Rose could've easily been rid of him she didn't because he used Elyse against her. Not long ago he lost his heart. I guess he has a Nobody somewhere and that our mysterious... 'friend' knows him."

Joshua then heard Ascot bring up continuing the fight and was about to yell at his new younger brother when he spotted something and smiled.

Just as Ascot finished his little speach a small hand grabbed his shirt and tugged on it. The Nobody they had come for, Amelia, was standing behind him, her creeper nobody friends behind her protectively.

Oner, Reno, or whoever was up on that Arena in front of Ascot with the two Keyblades and the rather strange and mystic appearance was about to protest openly when Ascot planned on continuing the fight, but then he saw the small figure tugging on the back of Ascot's shirt, making him lower his two Keyblades before two sighs escaped the boy at the same time, as if two people were sighing simultaneously. The boy closed his eyes, the light and darkness swirling harmoniously in the circle on his forehead enveloping and covering his body completely in a single moment in a gentle motion before dissipating.

Once the elements had both dissipated now the normal, jet black haired Oner was standing there, the circle on his forehead and the lines going down from it just white once again, and not currently glowing. "Sorry for waking you up like that Reno". Oner mumbled this beneath his breath before opening his eyes and looking at Ascot now. "You both are hurt due to an enemy's interference. If you two still truly want to fight then you both should wait till you fully recover. That way you both can fight without any surprises, tricks, or any unexpected interference".

He then chuckled as he looked at Amelia, then back at Ascot. "Besides, I'm pretty sure your new friend doesn't want either of you to continue".

Jake ran as quickly as he could, wondering what could have happened. He turned around a corner, sliding to a halt, axe in hand. He saw a pair of nobodies - one apparently having taken a bit of a beating - and several light warriors; one grown-up woman and several kids no older than Thomas. One girl was laid out on the ground, shivering, with a a boy and a girl trying to console her, and another badly wounded boy being cured by...

"Wait a second..." Jake took a good hard look at the one trying to cure the badly wounded boy. Sure, he had only seen Reno for a few minutes, but he could have sworn that kid was incredibly similar.

"Reno?" he inquired, his voice a mixture of curiosity and confusion. "That you?

"And what the hell happened here?"

He looked around. It was a regular mess, as though a fight had erupted, besides the fact that there were three wounded.

Ascot felt a hand pulling on his shirt, a tiny hand that he immidiately guessed to be Amelia, and his mood did a 180-degree turn. Instead of determination, he felt happiness. Instead of a desire to fight, he felt a desire to pat the young Nobody's head and sit down with her, which he proceeded to do, in defiance of Satoko and her obvious rage. The boy smiled, and spoke:

"I'm sorry, Amelia. I know I must have caused you to worry, and I apologize for that." He then pulled out an apple, and split it in pieces with his Keyblade. "Want some for you and your friends, Amelia? Perhaps I can sing again for you." And then Ascot would begin to sing Winter Wrap Up to the little girl, seemingly unmindful of the irate young woman near him.

However, if Satoko could look past her anger and actually observe Ascot, she can see that the boy was actually happy to be with Amelia, and, furthermore, was genuinely concerned with making her happy. And, if she would remember her triade against Ascot, about how he was nothing without his friends, she would realize: Amelia was one of those friends now.

Oner sighed as Ascot seemed to lose immediate interest in continuing the fight as he paid attention and played with Amelia. Oner figured that even Satoko wouldn't attack Ascot while he was playing with a young child. If she did, then that would leave Oner to question her sense of priority. Of course, none of that was said out loud. In fact, it was a simply a mere passing thought as he stepped off of the arena, just in time to see Jake, Thomas, and two other people he had never seen before arrive on the scene. Jake immediately went to questioning Oner, asking him of his identity and wondering just what had occurred here.

"You could say that I am Reno. I am Reno's reflection, his other self. Oner. Of course, Reno is also my reflection and my other self as we are the same person, but at the same time not the same". Oner scratched the back of his head as he began to try and figure out how to explain it. It truly was a hard to explain fact due to for Oner and Reno it was just a natural thing, natural like the air people breath. "Its hard to find a proper way of putting it, as not even that mysterious figure who came not to long before you all arrived, causing chaos when he did, had it right despite how much he seemed to know about all of the others". Oner just sighed and shook his head before returning his gaze upward towards Jake.

"But for all intents and purposes, Reno is indeed safe. Fast asleep and out like a light, but safe nonetheless".