Kingdom Hearts Story (My First Try)

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  1. Kenni-Chan King's Apprentice

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    Chapter 23​


    The white room was silent, only the man and Larxene stood, they waited for Axel to return. A black portal appeared and Axel and Hara stepped out of it, Hara bowed her head. Larxene smiled at Axel, when he had arrived.
    "Nice work!" she complimented,"Finally, that annoying guy's gone, it feels so much less dirty here now."
    "Marluxia," Axel caught the other man's attention,"You sent Vexen to test Sora's power, didn't you?"
    "Not just Sora," Larxene answered for the man,"Both of yours, too. It was to see whether you had it in you to take out one of your seniors, and for Hara it was to see what affected her heart. And you did splendidly. Welcome to the fold. With us working together, it should be a piece of cake taking over the Organisation."
    "That's why you brought Sora..." Hara whispered.
    "Of course!" Larxene replied, holding onto Axel's shoulder,"He wants to meet Naminé, so, we'll let them meet."
    Naminé sat in the corner of the room, holding onto her scrap book, she had drawn something, Marluxia turned to her.
    "You should be happy, Naminé," he said,"It's almost time for you to meet, the hero you've been waiting for."
    "I'm...glad," Naminé replied, not looking up from her drawing, Larxene then walked over to her, she bent down and smiled.
    "And remember, don't do anything mean that might hurt Sora's feelings," Larxene told her.
    "I know," Naminé nodded.
    "Make the memories overlap and strengthen these new feelings," Marluxia said, and then disappeared into his black portal, along with Larxene, but Axel, Hara and Naminé stayed.
    "Sora..." Naminé spoke, putting her hands over her drawing, her drawing was of Sora, Axel and Hara turned there heads towards her,"Even if I can meet you, what should I..."

    Sora stepped out of the doors, to see Riku standing there, his sword in hand, did he want another fight? Was it too late for Sora to make up with his friend?
    "Riku!" he cried, running towards him.
    "If you go on, you'll hurt Naminé," Riku spoke.
    "You still want to fight?" Sora asked,"Vexen was controlling you and he's--"
    "It doesn't matter what happens to him," Riku interrupted,"I'll protect Naminé by stopping you. That's what's in my heart. Yes, I'll protect Naminé! I promised her all that time ago."
    "Promised her?" Sora wondered.
    "When we were small, one night, lots of shooting stars fell," Riku explained,"Naminé wondered what would happen if one of them hit the island. She was worried, so, I told her: 'Even if a shooting star fell on us, I'll protect you.'"
    "You promised?" Sora asked, he had the same memory, though,"With the toy sword?"
    "How do you know that?!" Riku asked.
    "Because I..." Sora said,"I made the promise to her then! On a night of shooting stars, I told her I'd protect her."
    "Don't lie!" Riku cried,"You weren't there then!"
    "You were the one who wasn't there!" Sora argued,"I have the charm Naminé gave me that night!"
    "Charm?" Riku repeated.
    "Look!" Sora pulled out the charm he'd shown the others before, Riku's eyes had widened.
    "Why?" Riku asked,"Why do you have that? Ah...I understand."
    "Riku..." Sora sighed, as Riku pulled out his charm.
    "That's a fake! I have the real one!"
    "Wh...what's going on here?"
    Riku put his charm away and lifted up his sword,"I'll destroy that fake!"
    Sora stepped back and got out his Keyblade, would his fighting with Riku ever stop?

    "Riku!" Sora cried, as Riku stood there panting.
    Riku ran up to the stairs, but as he did so he dropped his charm. Sora noticed the charm was on the floor and went to go pick it up, when Donald and Goofy arrived.
    "That's Naminé's charm, isn't it?" Donald asked.
    "It's the same as mine," Sora nodded, picking up the charm,"Why's he have it too?"
    The charm the glew a bright white, almost blinding them, they squinted their eyes and turned away. When the light had stopped they looked back, the charm had changed into a card, Sora took a look at the card, on the card it had a picture of an island on it, it was a familiar one to Sora.
    Goofy's eyes widened,"It turned into a card?!"

    They stood in wonder, Donald and Goofy were thinking about why this was all happening, and what was actually happening. Sora was ready to go to the next floor. He waited for them at the bottom of the stairs.
    "This is all getting so confusing," Donald said.
    "It doesn't matter now, anyway," Sora replied, turning around to them,"All we can do is go on."
    "But it's strange that both of you have the same memory!" Donald replied,"One of you's got it wrong!"
    "Got it wrong?" Sora repeated, angrily,"Don't you trust me?!"
    "That's not what we're saying," Goofy sighed,"But it is a little off."
    "Then, we should ask Naminé," Sora replied,"Then, we'll know for sure! Anyway, we've no time to hang around here!"
    "Sora, what's wrong?" Goofy asked, concerned, he seemed so toutchy.
    "What?" Sora asked,"Nothing's wrong!"
    "But, when it comes to Naminé, you're acting totally different," Goofy explained,"Isn't that weird? Even though you couldn't remember her name before you came here..."
    "And now she's all you can think about," Donald finished.
    "It's just strange," Goofy replied,"Shouldn't you think all of this over at least once?"
    "Strange?" Sora repeated,"Think it over? What are you talking about? You want me to just abandon Naminé?!"
    "That's not it..." Donald replied, still concerned that Sora was going to get hurt.
    "Then, do what you want!" Sora replied, angrily,"Just hand around here all you want! I'm going to see Naminé!"
    Sora ran up the stairs to the next floor in his anger, Goofy and Donald called after him,"Sora!"

    Naminé sat in the white room, on her chair, Hara standing in front of her, Naminé looked up, Hara's was frowning at her, Ryoko walked up into the room, Hara looked over and smiled, she'd been waiting to see him, she then turned back to Naminé.
    "How could you?!" Hara yelled, angrily at her,"You're making a boy who doesn't even know you, remember you like you're his best friend! And you take away MY friend! That hurts, Naminé! But, of course, you're a nobody, you don't have a heart, you don't have true feelings... But you seem to know guilt, at the beginning of this, you didn't care, you merrily changed Sora's memories, not an inch of guilt struck you, but now it's hit you! Isn't it a bit late for that?!"
    Axel then walked over and grabbed Hara's memories, he nodded at her and she walked over to Ryoko.
    "All he cares about now is you," Axel continued from Hara's message,"So, you're the only one who can save him. Ria can't help you now, Hara's anger has taken over her."
    "But it's too late," Naminé sighed.
    "Don't jump to conclusions just yet," Axel replied, and turned away from her, he then walked away from her and over to Hara and Ryoko,"Hey, Naminé. Notice Marluxia's not here any more?"
    "I don't see what you..." Naminé began.
    "There's nobody here to stop you, I know Hara won't, will you?" Axel asked, Hara shook her head, and put Ryoko on the floor.
    Naminé stood up and ran to the door, Axel nodded at Hara, Ryoko stayed by Axel's side, and Hara followed Naminé out the door.
    "Don't let me down," Axel pleaded to them, as the door closed he look down at Ryoko, the lion looked then up at him,"Weeeell...it's starting, Sora. I hope you're gonna put on a hell of a show for me. Hey, hey. This really is fun. You guys really are the best!"

    Sora ran across the hall to the next door, he was still angry at his friends. He pulled out the card he was about to use, Jiminy jumped onto Sora's shoulder.
    "Sora, you shouldn't of talked like that..." Jiminy began, but it seemed Sora didn't want to listen.
    "Be quiet!" Sora yelled, angrily at Jiminy.
    Jiminy sighed and went back into Sora's hood, it didn't seem that anyone could get through to him, no-one, except Naminé.

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    Chapter 24​


    Sora walked along a familiar beach, he looked around and then out at the ocean, he knew exactly where he was this time.
    "I'm not going crazy," Sora said,"Right? I know exactly where this is... Yeah! This is our island--where Naminé and I used to play together!"
    "Heeeey!" a voice called, Sora turned to three other children about the same age as him come running towards him.
    "Whassup, Sora!" the taller boy said, he had a huge grin on his face and very foreign accent, he had brown-red hair that came up in a quif.
    "So, whatcha wanna do today?" a young girl asked, she wore a yellow dress and had brown hair that came down to her chin and then curled up.
    "Hey, guys," Sora smiled,"Am I glad to see you, uh..."
    "'Uh', what?" the shorter boy asked, he had brown hair that was very scruffy.
    "We got food on our faces?" the taller boy asked.
    "Please, Wakka," the girl walked up to him,"Only you could be dumb enough to not notice food stuck to your face."
    "Hey, whoa!" the taller boy replied,"That's hittin' below the belt, ya?"
    "I dunno, Wakka," the shorter boy laughed, turning to him,"I think Selphie's on the mark."
    "Aw, not you, too, Tidus," Wakka frowned.
    "Oh, yeah!" Sora cried,"You're Selphie, Wakka and Tidus, that's who you are!"
    "You hit your head?" Wakka asked.
    "No, uh..." Sora stuttered,"Just thinking aloud."
    "I know..." Selphie smiled,"You're thinking about HER again!"
    "Oh, I get it," Tidus laughed,"Yeah, he's a total zombie when she's on his mind."
    "That would explain why he's acting all funny towards us," Wakka laughed.
    "I bet you want us to take a hike," Selphie walked up to Sora, and smiled,"So, you can be ALONE, huh?"
    "Umm..." Sora thought for a moment,"I guess."
    "All right, all right," Selphie laughed,"We'll disappear for a while. Go get her, cowboy."
    "We'll try to be quiet while we SPY on you," Tidus laughed.
    "Hey, Sora's serious," Wakka scolded his friends,"Give the man some room."
    "Just kdding," Tidus replied.
    "See you later, Sora!" Selphie smiled, and her and her friends carried on running down the beach.
    Sora ran up the beach the other way, from which Tidus, Wakka and Selphie came.

    Sora ran to a part of the island, it was on a part he remembered sitting on a tree with his friends. In the middle of that part aswell, stood a very familiar boy. The boy turned around and had a big smile on his face.
    "Hey, Sora," Riku smiled,"What's the big rush?"
    "I know you..." Sora replied,"You're Riku!"
    "Gee, thanks for remembering me," Riku replied, sarcasticly,"It's been, what, a couple of hours."
    "Er..." Sora stuttered,"Never mind. Are you okay? Are you still under his control?"
    "What are you talking about?" Riku asked.
    "I get it..." Sora sighed, after a moment of thought,"You must be the Riku from my memories."
    "'There Riku From My Memories'?" Riku repeated, a little cofused by what Sora was talking about,"Sounds like you're stuck in the land of make believe."
    "I guess I kind of am," Sora agreed, smiling at Riku.
    "You're such a kid," Riku laughed,"How are you gonna take care of HER if you act like that?"
    "So, you know where she is?" Sora asked, in hopes of finding her,"I've been-"
    Sora was interrupted by the ground beginning to shake, both him and Riku were wondering what was going on,"What's happening?"
    "How should I know!" Riku replied,"Whatever it is, it can't be good. I'm gonna go warn the others!"
    "Then I should go--" Sora began.
    "I know, I know!" Riku interrupted,"It's your job to look after her. So, get going!"
    "Okay!" Sora nodded, and each boy went in a different direction.

    The island had come apart. It was covered in darkness, Sora looked around, his island had been destroyed. The only bit that remained, was the bit that he was standing on.
    "The island!" he cried, looking around at his destroyed home.
    He ran to the edge, all he saw was a large drop into darkness. Something was creeping up behind him, he turned to see a large Heartless, it was about 10 foot tall and had a heart-shaped whole in its abdomen. Its eyes glew yellow, Sora got out his Keyblade and got ready to fight.

    Sora looked up at the creature, it fell into the darkness, he looked around,"Oh! I have to protect her! Naminé! Where are you?!"
    Behind him stood Naminé, she seemed sad, Sora turned round and smiled,"Naminé..."
    He ran towards her but was stopped as a black portal stood in front of him. Hara stepped out of it. She turned to see Naminé standing behind her, she frowned, Hara knew she shouldn't interfere, but she seemed to have no choice.
    "Sora, no!" she called,"You don't know her!"
    "You're wrong!" Sora argued,"Of course I know her!"
    Hara thought for a moment, she then got out her Keyblade,"Prove I'm wrong. Fight me!"
    "What?" Sora stepped back, he didn't want to fight her,"I'm not going to fight you!"
    "Then, I'm right, and you're wrong," Hara replied,"To prove I'm wrong, you have to fight me. Scared?"
    Sora frowned and got out his Keyblade,"Not at all!"

    "AH!" Sora yelled, as he flew onto the floor.
    His Keyblade landed just under his hands, and he looked up, he brought himself up into a press-up postion.
    "Sora, I'm sorry," Hara apologised, and then turned to Naminé and frowned,"See what you have done?! Thank you, Naminé, for destroying my friend. He's become a monster thanks to you! Marluxia's right, you SHOULD be happy!"
    Hara opened a portal and left, Sora brought himself to his feet and ran over to Naminé. Naminé smiled, but deep down she was hurt by the words Hara had told her, but all of it was true, she got what she wanted, and what she was told to do.
    "Sora..." she smiled,"You came for me."
    Sora nodded and then grabbed her hand,"I've waited so long to see you again... I've fought hard to get to you!"
    "I wanted to see you, too," Naminé replied, she bowed her head,"But...I was wrong. I wanted to see you, but... Not like this. It's all wrong."
    "Naminé...?" Sora asked, concernedly.
    "I've always been alone," Naminé explained,"It was so lonely, I couldn't stand it... So, I called out to your heart, called you here. I'm so, so happy that you came here to me, but that's only because I..."
    "No problem, " Sora shook his head, smiling,"I promised I'd take care of you."
    "Sora, thank you," Naminé thanked, and pulled her hand away, she went further away from Sora,"And I'm sorry. But, I'm not the one who should be here."
    Behind Sora stood a faded Naminé, she wasn't as clear, but you could still see her shape, it was like Naminé's sould had come out.
    "That's right," she said, Sora turned to her, confused by why there were two of them.
    "Naminé?!" he cried, looking behind him.
    "That's not me over there," the clearer Naminé said,,"I'm not in your heart."
    "I'm not in anybody's heart," the other Naminé continued.
    "I'm not anywhere," the clearer continued.
    "What's going on, Naminé?" Sora asked, he was so confused,"What's happening? We were always together back then, weren't we? But then we got seperated... That's why I came here, to see you!"
    "Is it really me you came to see?" the faded Naminé asked, which was annoying Sora even more.
    "Of course it is!" Sora cried,"I've forgotten so much in this castle, but I haven't forgotten you!"
    He pulled out the charm that Naminé had given him, he held by the chain in the middle of the two of them,"Look! Weren't you the one who gave me this?!"
    "That's right, I gave you that," the clearer Naminé nodded.
    "No, Sora!" the other Naminé cried, drawing Sora's attention,"Don't trust me!"
    The clearer Naminé turned away from Sora, which made him even more confused, he had no idea what was going on. Maybe he should've listened to Hara.
    "What do you want me to do?" Sora asked.
    "Sora, just remember again," the faded Naminé tried to help him, she smiled at him,"Remember who's most important to you. The one who shines in the very depthsof your heart. Call together the fragments of your memory. No matter how far the light is, your voice will reach it."
    "Who's important to me?" Sora looked at the charm and smiled,"Isn't it obvious? It's Nami-"
    The charm then glew up, the light was blinding, so Sora had to close his eyes. The charm changed form, Sora opened his eyes and looked at the charm. It was no longer a star it was more of a starfish-like object. He looked up at the clearer Naminé, she turned around, her whole being changed to a familiar girl. Kairi smiled, and Sora had been moved back onto the safer island.

    "Who..." Sora stuttered to himself,"Who was that? I can't remember her, but she feels so...familiar."
    Sora looked around and couldn't see Naminé anywhere,"Wait! What about Naminé? Where did she go?"
    Sora ran up the beach and headed back to the castle, maybe some more of his questions could finally be answered.

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  2. Petor Merlin's Housekeeper

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    Nice move, adding the part of when Hara who forces Sora to battle with her on Destiny Islands. Can't wait to see what happens next.
     
  3. Kenni-Chan King's Apprentice

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    Chapter 25​


    Sora ran through the doors of the castle. In the middle of the floor, Naminé stood, bowing her head, Sora ran up to her,"Naminé!"
    "It's not you, the person most special to me..." Sora sighed,"Isn't you, is it?"
    "No," Naminé denied,"The girl you care about...the one who was always with you... It's not me. It's her."
    Naminé turned to Sora, she stared at him, upset, she knew she shouldn't have lied.
    "But, who is she?" Sora asked,"I just can't think of her name. If she's so special to me, why can't I remember?"
    "It's because..." Naminé stuttered, it was time to tell the truth, but did she have the courage to,"I went into your memories, and-"
    "Let ME explain this," a voice interrupted, they turned to see Riku standing at the bottom of the stairs, walking towards them,"Plain and simple. Your memory is a train wreck. You're not the one who's meant to protect Naminé... I'm supposed to protect her! But you and your memories always get in the way, Sora!"
    Riku lifted up his sword and Sora got out his Keyblade, this was going to be their final fight, no matter what they said.

    Riku fell to his knees, Sora ran over to him, even though they had been fighting all through the castle, didn't mean he didn't care for his friend.
    "Riku!" Sora cried, standing over his friend concerned.
    "Here's some more!" Riku yelled, angrily, and used his dark magic knocking Sora backwards.
    "Sora!" Naminé cried, Riku walked over to the hurt Sora, and Naminé followed.
    Sora brought himself up a bit,"Riku..."
    "Looks like I win," Riku smiled, evilly.
    "Riku, stop!" Naminé pleaded.
    Riku lifted up his sword to finish off Sora for good,"You're through fake!"
    Naminé clenched her fingers together and gritted her teeth,"I said stop!"
    Riku's eyes widened, he suddenly dropped his sword and fell to the floor. Sora sat up and looked at the destroyed Riku,"Riku? Riku! Riku!"
    Sora got up onto his hands and knees to take a better look at Riku, he then looked up at Naminé in despair, what did she do to him?
    "What did you do?" Sora asked,"What did you do to Riku!?"
    A black portal appeared and Sora sat up on his knees, Larxene stepped out of the portal next to Naminé,"She broke his heart. More like smashed it, really."
    "His heart, smashed!?" Sora repeated, he was still in shock, Naminé had killed him, getting himself to his feet,"Then,then, Riku, Riku's dead!"
    Larxene laughed, evilly,"You're so much fun to watch. If it's Riku you're worried about, then worry no longer. Riku was never here to begin with."
    "What do you mean!?" Sora asked, as Hara walked slowly down the stairs.
    "You want me to tell you?" Larxene asked,"Me, tell you? I don't know..."
    "Quit playing games!" Sora ordered, angrily, he ran towards her with his Keyblade, but she just kicked him back down, he struggled to get back up.
    "All right, have it your way," Larxene smiled,"It'll kill you to hear this, but I can live with that. That thing lying there is a puppet Vexen made. Nothing more than a toy. Isn't it funny? It called you a fake, but IT was the fabrication all along."
    "That Riku..." Sora's face dropped,"Is a fake!?"
    "Fake in every way," Larxene explained, picking up the Riku puppet,"It was only finished recently. Without a past, how could it remember? It's memories with Naminé were planted, not real."
    She chucked the Riku puppet into the side of the room,"All this time it's been picking fights with you over bogus memories. Isn't that right, Naminé? Behind that cute little face, you do some awful things."
    "Naminé?" Sora's face was still dropped, he was even more confused by this, than when he was on the islands.
    "You are so STUPID!" Larxene insulted,"Don't you get it? Messing with people's memories is all she's good at. She re-arranges people's memory. She can even draw memories of things that never happened. The girl who you've been dying to protect...is a manipulative witch who shackles people's hearts with phony memories!"
    "Then..." Sora stuttered,"Everything I remember..."
    "All lies!" Larxene finished,"Lies! Lies! An illusion Naminé made! Binding you in the chains of your own memory was central to our trap! It makes me tingle to think how easily you were duped. We nearly had you. This was our chance to make one of the Keyblade masters our puppet! That jerk Axel used Naminé! He wrecked everything and betrayed us!"
    "You'll pay..." Sora tried to say, but he was still in pain from the fall.
    Naminé ran in front of Larxene, blocking her from the struggling Sora. It was Naminé's turn to help Sora, Hara stood in watch.
    "Wait!" Naminé called, blocking Larxene.
    "Huh?" Larxene asked,"Excuse me? Isn't a little late for a conscience? Last time I checked, you're the one who got Sora into this mess."
    "But!" Naminé cried.
    "I should tell you that I'm in an extremely foul mood," Larxene gritted her teeth and frowned,"Thanks to you, all our plans are toast!"
    Larxene hit Naminé over to where Riku was, she sat in a curled postition. Sora tried to help, but he couldn't get up. Hara folded her arms and just watched how this fight would pan out, she wasn't in a helpful mood.
    "Naminé!" Sora cried,"Hara, do something!"
    "Sorry," Hara sighed,"But I don't want anything to do with your memories, anymore."
    Larxene smiled, evilly,"What? Do I detect distress? You don't even know her!
    She then turned to Hara and smiled,"So, you're going to help us?"
    "No," Hara shook her head,"I just don't want to help HIM anymore, he won't listen to me, so what's the point in listening to him?"
    "Larxene," Sora called for her attention,"Maybe... Not. But... I still made a promise. I, promised Naminé I'd keep her safe. Maybe my memories are fake, but they're still mine. I...know that."
    "Are you stupid?" Larxene asked, seeing the boy struggle to get up,"There is no promise, there never was. You are delusional. Must you insist on playing the hero? If anyone's a hero, it's Hara, she's been trying to help you this whole time, but you wouldn't listen to her, so now she's not even trying. Oh, whatever. It's your funeral... Nighty-night, you sham!"
    Suddenly, a shield hit Larxene's spikes, and magic made Sora get up, Donald and Goofy ran in front of Sora, even after he'd had a go at them, they were still there for him.
    "You gonna go through us?" Donald asked, running in front of him.
    "Donald!?" Sora called,"Goofy! You came back!"
    "Of course we came back," Goofy smiled,"We were worried about you."
    "We weren't about to let you have all the fun yourself!" Donald replied, Sora smiled at them.
    "Right!" Goofy nodded,"It's always been the three of us..."
    "Got that!" Donald agreed,"And it always will be!"
    "Ahem," Hara coughed, walking over with Ryoko, she was holding her Keyblade and smiling at Sora.
    "Five of us!" Ryoko said, walking over.
    "You two are gonna help me," Sora asked.
    "Why not?" Hara smiled, and got ready to fight.
    "Hara!" Larxene called.
    "Sorry, Larxene, sometimes you gotta turn you back on people," Hara replied.
    "Have it you way," Larxene shook her head,"Quintuple the pain for you, means quintuple the fun for me!"

    Larxene held her chest and moved backwards, she had lost her fight, she was starting to fade away,"No... Nooo! I refuse to lose to a bunch of losers! I'm...fading? This isn't...the way I... I won't...allow..."
    Larxene faded away, and the group that had been re-united turned to the Naminé that was sat on the floor, she seemed upset, she was sat in front of the Riku puppet. The group walked over to comfort her, she looked up at them and then bowed her head again.
    "Are you Naminé?" Goofy asked,"We're friends of Sora. I'm--"
    "Goofy, I know," Naminé replied,"And this is Donald."
    "Gee, how did you know?" Donald asked.
    "Congratulations, Sora," Goofy smiled,"You finally found your friend."
    Jiminy sat on Sora's shoulder,"Hmm... Where to begin... Naminé, I know it's not easy, but maybe you could tell us what's going on."
    "I don't mind," Naminé shook her head,"It's my fault, after all..."

    After explaining the whole matter, Naminé brought herself to her feet,"I took the people and memories from Sora's heart... And little by little, I replaced them with false memories that I made."
    "So, the promise Sora made?" Donald asked.
    "A lie," Naminé sighed,"All a lie. Sora never promised me anything. Me being on the islands was a lie, too. This is our first meeting. I was never Sora's friend..."
    "You were never anything more than that..." Sora sighed.
    "Yes," Naminé nodded,"In your true memories, I was never there."
    "So, you're the reason the rest of us lost our memories, too," Jiminy said,"Can we ever get them back?"
    "Not right away," Naminé replied,"If we go to the thirteenth floor I can fix everything. But, Marluxia..."
    "Is that the person who made you tamper with our memories?" Jiminy asked.
    "He said he'd keep me locked away in this castle forever if I didn't obey..." Naminé replied, almost crying thinking about when he had said that,"I've been alone for so long..."
    "So, you did as you were told, because you were lonely," Goofy understood why she did it, the group only wanted to help her.
    "I'm sorry..." Naminé apologised, still upset.
    "Don't be," Sora sad,"Please don't cry..."
    "Yeah, I know, I don't have the right," Naminé sighed.
    "That's not what I meant," Sora replied, and turned away,"Look... I'm really not happy about you screwing around around with my memories. But, you know, I can't really get mad at you, either. These memories you gave me... In my head, I know they're lies. But they still feel feel right. Like my promise. I promised I'd protect you, and if you cry... I...feel guilty. Like I let you down somehow. So, please...don't. Until I get my memory back, smile and be happy. It's easier on me that way."
    "Sora..." Naminé sighed.
    "Think he's laying it on a bit thick?" Donald sighed, asking Goofy and the others.
    "I don't know," Hara thought, laughing,"Sora's always like this around girls."
    "Shut up, you lot!" Sora ordered,"I thought you lost your memories!"
    Donald looked up at Sora,"Friends don't forget things like that!"
    "Gimme a break..." Sora joked.
    The group laughed, including Naminé, Hara then turned to Naminé, she stopped laughing,"Naminé, I'm sorry, I got angry at you. But, now I realise what you did was for your happiness, I think I understand. Naminé, on the outside we look different, but on the inside we're just the same."
    Naminé smiled,"That's ok, you were right though."
    "There, that's the Naminé I remember!" Sora smiled,"I, used to really like it when you smiled. I mean, in my fake memory. But you're not fake, you're real."
    "Thank you," Naminé thanked, but it was then time to face the final floor.
    "Well, let's go," Sora said to his friends,"Hara, Ryoko, want to come?"
    "Sure," Hara nodded,"Why not?"
    "Yeah," Donald nodded,"Let's go get our memories back!"
    "Maluxia is up there," Ryoko sighed, remembering what Naminé had said,"So, you'd better stay here, Naminé."
    "Yeah, look after Riku for me," Sora asked, smiling at her,"We'll come get you after this is over."
    Naminé nodded,"Okay."
    The group started to walk off, they waved goodbye and Sora and Hara turned back to Naminé and smiled.
    "Be careful, Sora, Hara," Naminé said.
    "We'll be fine, I promise," Sora replied.
    And they continued walking up the stairs to the next floor.

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    Chapter 26​


    They walked through the hallway of the thirteenth floor. This floor was larger than the others, Sora and Hara stopped. Sora pulled out the charm that had changed its form, he thougt for a moment.
    "Who was it?" Sora asked,"Who gave me this?"
    "I don't know," Hara shrugged,"But whoever gave you that, gave me this"
    She pulled out another charm, but it was only half of one, she looked at it and shook her head, so did Sora,"It's no use."
    "Can't you remember?" Donald asked, as he, Ryoko and Goofy.
    "Naminé is the only thing I remember," Sora replied,"So, do any of you remember anything?"
    "I can't remember anything, no-one from my childhood at least," Hara sighed.
    "I think we're supposed to be looking for someone important, too," Donald sighed, trying to think about it,"But I can't remember... I'm a little scared."
    "Then, let's make a promise!" Goofy suggested,"What you said back there got me thinking. When you've got a promise to keep, it's easier to have courage."
    "Courage..." Sora repeated, he then nodded.
    "Yeah, let's make a promise," Donald smiled, and put his hand in the middle,"No matter what happens, even if we end up far apart, even if we forget each other..."
    "We'll stay in this together..." Goofy continued, and put his hand in the middle.
    "All for one," Sora smiled, putting his hand in.
    "And one for all," Hara finished, and put her hand in, along with Ryoko's paw.
    "Yeah, that's a promise," Ryoko smiled.

    Naminé sat down next to Riku on the previous floor, she was trying to get him to wake up. A black portal appeared behind her, but she didn't take any notice of it. She didn't even know that someone was behind her.

    Marluxia walked around the room, a black portal appeared and Axel walked out of it. Marluxia didn't even turn to face him.
    "You're a fool among folls to show your face here, traitor," Marluxia said, not turning to face him.
    "Traitor?" Axel asked,"I don't know what you're talking about."
    "You let Naminé go," Marluxia explained,"You and your meddling. The Keyblade masters could have been our slaves."
    "Right, your big plan," Axel nodded,"You use Naminé to re-write Sora and Hara's memories piece and piece. And they become her puppets. Then, using Naminé, Sora and Hara, you and Larxene overthrow the Organisation. Am I right? 'Cause that would make you the traitor, Marluxia."
    "But you eliminated a fellow member," Marluxia replied.
    "Didn't you two need to trust me?" Axel asked.
    "You're a double agent," Marluxia explained,"Vexen was just a cover-up."
    "Come to think of it, all I did was weed the garden."
    Axel made his spiked wheels appear through the flames of his hands. Marluxia looked down at them and smiled, evilly. He knew exactly what would come of this.
    "Don't you remember?" Axel asked,"'Dispose of the traitor.' I always follow orders, Marluxia."
    Axel and Marluxia continued there interluide, whilst Sora and his friends made their way across the top floor of Castle Oblivion.

    "Larxene paid the price of her disloyalty," Axel continued, and jumped over to fight Marluxia,"Now, it's you turn!"
    Marluxia got out his weapon, as Axel lept forward to attack him. He dodged Axel's moves, Axel chucked his spiked wheels at Marluxia, but marluxia put his weapon in front, all it did was sharpen the knife-like thing on the end of the stick.
    "In the name of the Organisation you betrayed," Axel said,"I will annihilate you."
    "Go ahead and try," Marluxia teased.
    "It'd be my pleasure," Axel replied, and lept forward to attack him, but still Marluxia dodged.
    The fight continued, each of them leaning into attack each other, but neither of them getting anywhere. Marluxia then made the petals dance, and Naminé appeared in front of him, Axel couldn't fight her, that was unfair play. Marluxia then made Hara appear next to Naminé, and Axel couldn't fight either of them, no matter how strong they were, they were scared stiff.
    "What game is this?" Axel asked,"Cowering behind them won't stop me."
    "Are you sure?" Marluxia asked, sure that Axel wouldn't hurt innocent little girls,"Not forgetting one of these is a Keyblade weilder, anything could happen in her fear. Listen up, Sora!"
    As Sora, Donald and Goofy entered the room, each with their weapons in hand. Axel didn't turn back, but Marluxia would do anything to destroy Axel.
    "Axel is willing to harm your friends just to get at me," Marluxia said to Sora,"Finish him off."
    "Well, so you've become Marluxia's puppet?" Axel stated.
    "After I finish you, he's next!" Sora replied.
    "Sora, no!" Hara pleaded, Axel was Ria's friend, and she was a part of her, he didn't deserve to die.
    "Listen, Sora," Axel said, turning to him,"We've got more in common than you think. I'd rather not fight you... But I do have a reputation to think of!"
    "Ax.." Hara pleaded, but Marluxia covered her mouth, so no-one could hear her shrieks.
    Sora held up his Keyblade and got ready to fight Axel, he knew this wouldn't be the final battle on this floor.

    Axel held his chest and panted for air, he was hurt, it was quite easy to tell, but it didn't seem he was going to die, after all, "You're not half bad. It was worth saving your hide, after all."
    "Saving me?" Sora asked,"What do you mean?"
    "I'd hate to kill the suspense," Axel laughed, the darkness covered him and he disappeared.
    "Axel!" Sora cried, but he was already gone.
    Sora looked around and saw that Marluxia had escaped with his friends, he saw the door ahead of him and ran through it. It was time he finished this, it was time he got his memories back, once and for all.

    He ran through the hallway alongside Donald, Goofy and Ryoko, to find Marluxia standing in the room, Naminé on one side of him and Hara on the other. He looked up at Sora running down the hall,"So, you've destroyed Axel. Perhaps I should thank the power of the Keyblade."
    "Let Naminé and Hara go!" Sora ordered, angrily.
    "Have her!" Marluxia said, shoveing Hara forward,"But you can not win, Naminé."
    Hara looked back at Marluxia and then ran into Sora's arms, she started to cry. Sora looked at her, surprised, he put his arms around her to comfort her and smiled,"It's okay, Hara, you're safe now."
    Sora moved her next to him, facing Marluxia, he comforted her with a smile and she wiped her tears. She nodded and smiled, and then faced Marluxia.
    "Naminé..." Marluxia said, putting his hand on her shoulder,"Erase Sora and Hara's memory."
    Naminé gasped and the others frowned at him, she turned to Marluxia and pleaded,"If I do that...!"
    "Yes, their hearts will collapse," Marluxia nodded.
    "Their hearts..." Goofy repeated, worriedly.
    "Collapse!?" Donald repeated, he was worried too.
    "I'd prefer them undamaged," Marluxia said,"But even a riven heart can be rebuilt with time. Do it, Naminé."
    Naminé shook her head,"No. Even though I decieved them, Sora and Hara forgave me. I could never break their hearts, ever! I don't care what you do to me. I won't hurt them!"
    "You'll pay..." Marluxia said.
    "Do what he says Naminé!" Sora ordered her, he didn't care what happened to him either,"I don't care! Erase my memory!"
    "Sora, what are you saying!" Ryoko tried to talk sense into him.
    "Who am I going to look after if I don't have you!" Sora explained,"So, do it! Erase my memories, break my heart... I'll still have my promise. I'll still protect you!"
    "Sora, no!" Hara called, and walked forward to Marluxia,"I'm the one who started all the betraying, and I'm the one who will end it. At first, I was afraid of you, Marluxia, but now, I'm not. And I won't let you hurt Sora or Naminé or my friends! Not while I'm around, anyway!"
    "Naminé, I don't need my memory to take on Marluxia," Sora said.
    "Yeah, even if they forget, we won't!" Donald cried, which made Hara turned to her friends.
    "All we gotta do is remember for them!" Goofy agreed.
    Hara turned and smiled at her friends, Sora smiled back, he looked at Naminé,"Yeah, with everyone else's memories, we can piece our own together again in no time!"
    "Ignorant fools," Marluxia insulted the two Keyblade weilders,"If Naminé destroys your memories, you'll be nothing but lifeless shells! Your hearts will be unable to feel, to care! Just like that pathetic immitation of Riku!"
    "Guess again," a familiar voice said, but no-one was around.
    A portal opened in the air and Riku shpot out of it, with his sword in hand, he lept forward to attack Marluxia. Naminé screamed as she moved out of the way. Hara jumped over to where Naminé was, even though Riku had such good aim, Marluxia dodged his attack by moving backwards.
    "How!?" Marluxia cried, angry at how he had come back.
    "Riku!" Sora called, happy to see his friend was alive.
    "No, just someone's pet project," Riku said, standing up properly.
    Naminé and hara moved back to the others, Marluxia was angrier than he had ever been before.
    "But..." he said,"You're an empty shell! You're nothing!"
    "My body and heart are fake," Riku explained,"I never was anything. But, there's one thing you can't take from me, anyway, even if it is a lie! I made a promise. I will protect Naminé."
    "Well, now..." Marluxia slyly spoke, he held up his arm and got his scythe out,"You've chained your heart with nothing but false memories. You've cast aside your heart's freedom! All these lies have made your heart weak... You can not deafeat me!"
    Riku put one arm in front of Naminé to protect her, whilst the other hand held onto his sword. Sora in one hand held his Keyblade, but he put one arm in front of Hara to protect her, he turned to her and smiled,"Even if I didn't make a promise to you, I'll protect you."
    "Sora, thankyou," Hara smiled, getting out her Keyblade,"But...I want to help."
    Sora nodded,"Okay."

    Marluxia's petals swirled around him, and the darkness took him hold, he started to fade, until he finally faded away. Sora, Hara, Naminé, Riku, Goofy, Donald and Ryoko stood there in shock, was it that easy? Something didn't seem right though.
    "Did we get him?" Donald asked, Sora turned around and did a thumbs up sign.
    "You could say that," a voice said.
    "I knew it wouldn't be that simple," Hara frowned, as a black portal appeared, Marluxia appeared.
    "What you destroyed was just an image of me," Marluxia explained.
    "So, what!" Riku yelled, running towards Marluxia, he yanked his sword into him, but he just faded to petals,"Ah! Another trick."
    The others ran up to Riku, they all looked up at the door stood in front of them. Each one of them wondered, what was going to come after all this. Sora was the one who broke the silence,"The real one's...in there?"
    "Yes," Naminé replied, they all just stared at the large door.
    "It's powerful," Hara said,"Whatever's on the other side. I can feel it."
    "Well, then, we'd better hurry up and stop it," Goofy replied.
    "Sora, Hara, let's go!" Donald ushered.
    "Riku..." Sora asked,"Keep Naminé safe."
    "You want..." Riku was surproised,"Me to?"
    "You don't want to?" Sora laughed.
    "All right."
    It was time to finish this once and for all, the power that lived on the other side of the door was about to be revealed, and it was their job to stop it.

    Sora and Hara ran inside the large door. No-one was there, but they looked up to see Marluxia floating in the air.
    "Drown in the heart-lord world..." he spoke,"Your heart will become nothingness!"
    Petals span in circles, until a very large tornado blew, Sora and Hara pushed against the currents of the wind and petals. They looked up to see a large metal machine, it had pink, pinsors for legs and a metal body, but up the top of it, Marluxia sat. Sora and Hara got out their Keyblades.
    "I shall scatter your heart to the empty winds!" Marluxia said.
    This was the final battle, it seemed unfair, he had a large machine and they had nothing but cards and Keyblades, and just their hearts for weapons. But they both knew, the outcome of this battle would decide the outcome of their memories and hearts.

    Marluxia's machine was breaking down, he screamed as his whole being started to fade. Petals and wind was everywhere, surrounding the two teenagers. Hara thought for a moment, about what Larxene said about being a hero, she lifted up her Keyblade,"Goodbye, Marluxia!"
    She stabbed her Keyblade into the ground, the blow caused Marluxia to completely fade, but the blow was also powerful enough to make Hara fade, too. She turned to Sora and smiled,"Goodbye and thankyou, Sora."
    Ryoko ran in the doors and ran over to Hara, he wasn't going to let his friend go alone. They started to fade away, the pixels of their beings started to fade. They then vanished, Sora ran over to where the Keyblade had been stabbed,"Hara! Ryoko!"
    Petals still continued to fall, even though Marluxia was gone, Sora frowned up at the petals, and then ran back through the doors from where three people had entered, but only one returned.

    As Sora ran through the doors, Donald and Goofy closed them. Sora held up his Keyblade, the icy blue light that they hadn't seen for a while, zapped against the door, it was locked, no-one would see the deadly world that lay behind it.
    "You okay, Riku?" Sora asked, turning to him and Naminé.
    "I'm not Riku," the puppet replied,"I'm fake. I can't remember when I was created, or why... All I've got left is you and Naminé. But those memories aren't real..."
    "Hey, Naminé," Goofy called, the girl looked at him,"Can you put Riku's memories back to normal?"
    Naminé shook her head,"I can't..."
    "Don't worry about it," Riku replied, he turned and walked away."It's alright."
    "Wait!" Sora called for him to turn back,"Who cares if someone made you! You have your own heart. It doesn't matter who made it. Those feelings and memories are yours and yours alone. They're special!"
    "Sora, you're a good person," Riku complimented, and turned around to him,"I don't have to be real to see how real your feelings are. It's good enough."
    Riku started walking again down the hallway, Sora didn't want him to go though,"Riku! Goodbye..."
    "Can you fix our memories?" Donald asked Naminé.
    "Yes," Naminé nodded,"Just because you can't remember something doesn't mean it's gone."
    "What do you mean?" Goofy asked.
    "Remembering one thing, leads to remembering another, and then another..." Naminé explained,"Do you get what I'm saying? Your memories... They're connected. Like links in a chain. Those same chains... Are what anchor us all together. I don't destroy memories. I just take apart the links and re-arrange them... You still have all your memories."
    "So, you can put them back together?" Jiminy said, jumping onto Sora's shoulder.
    "Yes, but first I have to undo the links I made," Naminé explained,"Then, I have to gather up the memories scattered in your hearts and re-connect them. It will take time, but I think it will work. No, I'll make it work. It's my turn to help you out."
    "All right," Sora nodded,"We're in your hands."
    "Oh?" Jiminy thought for a second,"Wait just a second! You said that you have to undo the links that you made. But that means--"
    "Yes, you won't be able to recall what happened in this castle," Naminé replied.
    "Not even you!?" Sora asked.
    "I'm sorry," Naminé apologised,"It's the only way. Sora, you have to choose. You can lose your memories of this castle and reclaim your old memories... Or keep the your memories here and give up the memories that you've lost."
    "I have to choose?" Sora asked.
    "Yes," Naminé nodded.
    Sora stood in silence, and no-one else spoke, Donald and Goofy looked at Sora in hopes he'd make the right decision, Sora then looked up,"I want my old memories."
    "Okay," Naminé turned round to Sora and smiled,"I understand! Who needs false memories, right? Especially when you have real memories. Anyone would say the same."
    They stood in silence for a while, but Goofy broke that silence by asking the heartwrenching queston of,"Sora, where are Hara and Ryoko?"
    Sora bowed his head,"They never came back. They sacrificed themselves to save us from Marluxia. They must've really cared."
    "Hara and Ryoko?" Naminé asked,"They're not dead, they're sleeping."

    They walked into a room, where large, egg-shaped pods stood. They walked in front of the main pod. Donald and Goofy looked up at the pods.
    "We have to sleep in these to get our memories back?" Donald asked.
    "You'll be fine," Naminé re-assured,"It might take a little time, but I'll take care of you."
    "But when we wake up, we won't remember you anymore..." Goofy sighed.
    "How are we going to thank you later?" Donald asked.
    "It's not a problem," Jiminy said, standing on Sora's shoulder,"i'll make a note in my journal, 'Thank, Naminé'."
    "Of course!" Donald nodded,"Why didn't I think of that!"
    "Good night, Naminé," Goofy waved goodbye, and he and Donald went to their pods.
    "Good night," Naminé waved, she then turned to Sora,"You too, Sora."
    "Okay," Sora nodded, and walked over to the pod, he held onto the bottom of it to climb inside, when Naminé continued speaking.
    "It may have started with a lie," Naminé said,"But I'm really glad I met you, Sora."
    "Yeah, me too," Sora nodded,"When I found you... Even when I remembered your name, I was so, so happy. The way I felt was no lie."
    "Goodbye," Naminé smiled, but Sora shook his head.
    "No, not goodbye," he said,"I'll find you again, after I wake up. And when I do find you, we'll be friends for real. Promise me, Naminé."
    "You'll only forget," Naminé replied.
    "I won't," Sora denied,"Even if you take apart the chain of memories in my heart, the links will still be there. This memory will always be inside me somewhere. I know it."
    "I guess you're right," Naminé replied,"Let's promise, then."
    "Yeah, it's a promise," Sora nodded, he walked towards Naminé, they held out their little fingers, tied them together and shook on it, it was a pinky swear.
    Sora stepped backwards and jumped into his pod, Naminé held her hand, and smiled at Sora,"It's a promise. The loose links will sink into the darkness in your heart. You won't be able to just reach in and pick the one you want. But, Sora... You made a promise to someone you could never replace. She's your light, the light within the darkness. If you can remember her, all the memories lost in the shadows of your heart will come into the light."
    "Another promise..." Sora whispered.
    "Look at the good luck charm," Naminé said,"I changed its shape when I changed your memory. But when you thought of her, it went back to the way it was."
    Sora pulled out the good luck charm, as the pod started to close, he looked at it. He smiled at Naminé, the pod had closed and it was his time to sleep. Naminé walked away and then looked up at a pod that had a girl in.
    "Good night, Hara," she smiled,"I'll look forward to seeing you...Ria."

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    Chapter 27​


    Sora stood, staring at the charm that the girl had given him. He was stood in the dark. Naminé appeared next to him, but he didn't notice her, she stood there floating, watching over Sora. Outlines of people started appearing in front of Sora, but still he stood in the dark, unable to see the light, to be able to see the people. He shook his head, when three very special outlines appeared, you could just see their features. Sora looked closer, until he could feel his light coming back to him,"Kairi!"
    Kairi smiled at Sora, she spread light over all the familiar outlines, to show all of Sora's friends, Aerith, Leon, Yuffie, Cid, Tidus, Selphie, Wakka, Riku, Ryoko and Hara.
    "All my friends..." Sora smiled, he then turned to see a special person standing next to him,"Naminé!?"
    "Don't worry, you'll forget me," Naminé said,"But we have our promise, so I can come back to you."
    "A promise is a promise," Sora nodded, looking up at her.
    "One day, it'll be our light," Naminé smiled,"The light that brings us together. I'll be in your heart, until that time comes..."
    "Yeah, I know," Sora nodded again,"Forgotten, but not lost."
    Sora then drifted off to sleep, along with Hara, Donald, Goofy and Ryoko, their memories, were being put back together, the battle for their memories was over. They finally, could relax for a while, until their memories were complete at least. Many new adventures awaited them, but who knows, their destiny dragged them forward, hopefully meeting new people, having new adventures, would be their top priority, along with finding Naminé...

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    Credit: Kingdom Hearts: Chain Of Memories © of Square Enix and Disney
    Hara and Ryoko © of naminememories, you are free to use them, as long as I get some credit in it, I have got a pic of Ryoko if you want to use it and Hara is basically KH2 Kairi, shorter hair, and green eyes, oh and the same height as Sora.​
     
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    YAY!!! =D That was a GREAAAT ENDING! :D I don't think you could've ended it better
     
  5. Kenni-Chan King's Apprentice

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    I'm not just leaving you with those two stories, I'm not that heartless, here is KH2!!! Thankyou everyone who's read it and got my views up, hope you enjoy this one:))

    Chapter 1​


    The moon was full and glowing in the dark sky. The calm, dark water reflected the moon's light, but stayed still, it did not come any further up the beach. A dark portal appeared and a black, robed person stepped out of it. Another robed person stood on the beach and turned to them.
    "You have arrived," they said, they had a deep, male voice,"I've been to see him... He looks a lot like you."
    "Who are you?" the other person asked, but no voice could be heard, not yet anyway.
    "I'm what's left," the man replied,"Or... Maybe I'm all there ever was."
    "I meant your name," the other person replied, still no voice.
    "My name is of no importance," the man answered,"What about you? Do you remember your true name? And what about her? Does she?"
    "My true name..." the person repeated,"...is..."

    "Sora," a familiar voice said.
    This was just a memory, the sun beamed down onto the beach. A boy opened his eyes, and looked out at the vast ocean. He let out a large yawn, and then lay back down, to see a face staring at me.
    "Whoa!" he cried, as he sat back up, the girl laughed,"Gimme a break, Kai--"
    "Giving up already?" another voice said, another boy could be seen, he had grey-ish hair, he was running along the beach, and then he was standing by a bent over tree, that the other two children were sat on,"If there are any other worlds out there, why did we end up on this one?"
    Then, a drawing on a cave wall was shown,"This world has been connected."
    A deep voice was speaking, like the one who was in the black robe.
    "Wh-Who's there?" the boy who yawned asked, turning around.
    "Tied to the darkness..." the deep voice said.
    The boy and the girl were then sat on a dock, the girl stood up,"Sora, don't ever change."
    "The door has opened," the other boy said, standing in a dark place.
    "What?" the boy, the girl was talking to, said.
    "You understand nothing," the deep voice spoke.
    "So..." the girl called, dazed,"..ra..."

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    Chapter 2​


    The room was quiet, silent even. No-one moved or made a sound. Books were on the floor and it was filled with boxes and random stuff. A blonde, spikey-haired boy lay on his bed, he had grey and white, short-sleeved and shorts for pyjamas. His covers were not over him, he opened his eyes and sat up. He bowed his head and rested his arm on his knee.
    "Another dream about him..." he sighed, he heard the clock tower ring outside.
    He turned to the large, golden window and opened it to the small town, the train drove by on the bridge, you could see it from his window. The seagulls were making their noises and the smoke from people's chimneys were coming out. The town seemed peaceful, it was serene.

    In behind houses and building, a little, gate-locked room sat, and 5 teenagers sat inside. Three boys and two girls. A blonde, spikey-haired boy sat, not like the one earlier, shorter spikes, he wore a green shirt and army print, three-quarter lengths. He was speaking to a boy with brown-black, short, spikey-hair, tied up in a headband, he wore a red sweater-vest, over a beige-cream shirt, and wore blue trousers. A brown, long haired girl, wearing an orange shirt with flowers on the bottom of it, and beige, three-quarter lengths sat. Then, two blonde teenagers sat, the blonde, spikey-haired boy and a blonde, long-haired girl, she wore a red, short-sleeved hoody and beige, three-quarter lengths.
    She and the other boy seemed sad, the brown haired girl turned to them, and bowed her head.
    "Man, doesn't that tick you off?" the boy wearing green asked.
    "Yeah, that's just wrong," the brown haired boy nodded.
    "Seifer's gone too far this time," the brown haired girl said.
    They then turned to the two teenagers that had their heads bowed, they looked up and nodded. The boy wearing green jumped off the boiler he was sat on and paced up and down, but then stopped at the two other teenagers,"I mean, it's true stuff's been stolen around town. And we've got a score to settle with Seifer and everything. So, if he wants to think we did it, I can't really blame him. See...that's not what really bugs me. What REALLY bugs me is that he's goin' around tellin' everybody we're the thieves! Now, the whole town and their mothers are treating us like the Klepto Club! Have you ever been this ticked off before in your life? 'Cause I haven't. Nuh-uh. NEVER. Now...what to do."
    The brown haired girl pouted and then turned to the other two teenagers, seeing how they had just been brought into this when they seemed to have their own problems. The blonde boy shrugged and the girl looked up.
    "Uh, well..." the blonde boy sighed.
    "Settle the score," the blonde girl smiled, they all turned to her, because they didn't hear her,"Nothing..."
    "We could find the real thieves," the blonde boy said,"That would set the record straight."
    "Hey, that sounds fun," the brown haired boy smiled, and started wandering off.
    "What about Seifer?" the boy wearing green asked.
    "First, we gotta clear our names," the blonde boy replied,"Once we find the real culprit, everyone will get off our backs."
    "Oh, no!" the brown haired boy cried, looking at his camera,"They're gone! Our --- are gone!"
    "All our --- are gone?" the boy wearing green replied, he then held his throat, why couldn't they say the word?
    "You can't say ---" the brown haired girl covered her mouth,"Why not?"
    "But you do understand what I'm saying, right?" the brown haired boy asked,"Our --- are gone!"
    "Stolen..." the blonde haired girl sighed.
    "And not just the ---," the blonde haired boy stated,"The word ---! They stole it, too!"
    "What kind of thief is that?" the boy wearing green asked,"Seifer could never have pulled that off. All right, time for some recon!"
    The brown haired boy, the boy wearing green and the two girls started running out of the hang out spot, when the other boy started running, he suddenly fell to the ground, the blonde girl hadn't quite left and turned to see him fall,"Roxas!"

    "His heart is returning," a male voice said, but no-one could be seen, just darkness,"Doubtless he'll awaken very soon."

    The boy was still lying on the floor, and the blonde girl had been kneeling down to help him up, she smiled when he opened his eyes. She helped him to his feet and they turned to see the brown girl standing there.
    "Roxas, Ria, c'mon," the brown haired girl ushered.
    They nodded and headed into the town. In the sand pit down the road, two teenagers and a small...thing, stood. The group walked up to them and the smaller one noticed them, the two teenagers turned around.
    "Thieves!" the girl cried, turning to them, she was wearing about the same as the brown haired girl, only a blue, purple top, she had grey-ish hair that covered one eye.
    "That was low, y'know!" the boy cried, he was wearing an orange, sweat shirt and black trousers and a silver necklace.
    "Oh, yeah?" the boy wearing green replied.
    "Nice come back there, blondie," another boy mocked, he was wearing a large, grey cape and a hat, he was walking over to them.
    "What'd you say?" the boy wearing gren gritted his teeth.
    "You can give us back the --- now," the boy said.
    "Yeah, you're the only ones who would take it, y'know!" the other boy agreed.
    "That was undeniable proof that we totally owned you lamers," the boy in the hat laughed,"So, what did you do? Burn it? Not that we need some to prove that you're losers."
    "Replay," the girl on his side said.
    "Now, you're talking!" the boy in the hat laughed again, and both groups got ready to fight,"I guess if you get on your knees and beg, MAYBE I'll let it slide."
    Roxas walked forward, and the other group just laughed, he got down on his hands and knees, his friends wondered why he was doing this.
    "Roxas!" the boy wearing green cried.
    "Show some dignity!" Ria ordered, she wasn't trying to be horrible she just didn't see the point of following their enemies orders.
    Roxas didn't feel right either, he looked forward to see three blue battons, each with a different shape on it, he ran forward and went for the one in the middle, he picked up and got ready to fight. The boy in the hat challenged him, they're friends stood at the side lines to cheer them on.
    "Roxas, focus!" the brown haired boy ordered, Roxas nodded and then went forward to fight.

    Roxas lept forward and started batting the boy around. He stopped in the middle of the battle,"Come on... Quit playing around and fight!"
    Roxas continued hitting him, he was unable to fight back with the amount of combo attacks Roxas did, he was easily defeated.

    He fell to his knees, and dropped his fighting bat. The boy's friends then walked in front of him.
    "Seifer's not feelin' too hot, y'know," the tall boy defended.
    "Tournament decides," the girl finished.
    The brown haired boy held up his camera, Roxas turned around and cocked his head, the boy took the picture and smiled. He did a thumbs up sign, and moved the camera from his face. suddenly, a grey creature came bobbing along, it walked funny, it stole the camera and zoomed off.
    "What was that?" the boy wearing green asked.
    "The thief?" the brown haired girl suggested.
    The group of five left Seifer and his friends to mope at his loss, and ran off to follow whatever that thing was. They ran through the town, but three of them lost it, Roxas and Ria however followed it into the woods.

    "Do we follow it further?" Ria asked, they stopped just before entering the dark woods.
    "I think if we wanna clear our names we don't have a choice," Roxas answered, Ria nodded and the two of them followed it through the woods, with nothing but they're fighting bats to help them.
    They followed it all the way up the path to the old manor, it stood there, it's mouth zipped shut, literally.

    Roxas and Ria stood on one side of the gate and the creature stood on the other. It's mouth still zipped tight.
    "We have come for you, my liege," a voice said, was it the creature?
    "Huh?" Roxas said, Ria shrugged.
    It's mouth unzipped itself. Ria and Roxas hit it with their bats, but it wouldn't go away. Nothing was effecting it.
    "It's no use..." Roxas complained, they looked at the bats, they were changing form.
    "What?" Ria asked, looking at her bat.
    They had changed into keys, but they were used for weapons. The keys were different though. Roxas' was just a normal key, it had a yellow handle, and a silver key shaped blade. Ria's had a yellow, heart-shaped handle, but the rest of it was the same as Roxas'.
    "What..." Roxas said,"What is this thing?"
    The two of them then got ready to fight the creature, but more of them came, but they were all easily defeated. Whatever that weapon was, it was certainly powerful.

    When they had finished, a light burst and pictures fell out of it, they walked over to them and picked up the photo. The weapons they had disappeared. They then wandered back into the town to find their friends. They found them at the hang out spot.

    They all huddled around and looked at the photos. The photo had a picture of Roxas, Ria and a man at one of the shops in the town.
    "What's this?" the boy wearing green asked.
    "We were his first customers," Roxas explained,"After he took over the shop."
    "So, we took a picture together," Ria continued.
    "It's a really nice photo," the brown haired girl replied,"Oh...!"
    "Hey!" the brown haired boy cried,"You just said 'photo'!"
    "So, Roxas, Ria," the blonde boy asked,"Tell us about the picture thief."
    "Not much to say," Roxas replied,"The pictures were just lying there."
    "Then, how do we prove that we weren't the ones who took 'em?" the blonde boy asked, he then looked at a picture of Roxas and girl,"It's a GIRL..."
    "You look happy Roxas," the brown girl laughed.
    "Do not," Roxas replied,"Plus, I take loads of pictures with Ria, doesn't mean ANYTHING."
    "You sure?" Ria laughed, Roxas frowned at her jokingly and she laughed.
    "So, like, does anybody else notice that all the stolen pictures are of Roxas?" the brown haired boy asked.
    "Oh," the brown haired girl noticed that aswell,"So, that's why everyone thought it was us. Ria's in a lot of them, too."
    "You mean Seifer didn't go around accusing us, after all?" the blonde boy asked.
    "Are they really all of me and Ria?" Roxas asked the brown haired boy.
    "Yep," the brown haired boy nodded, he then showed him some pictures.
    "See?" the blonde boy said.
    "Look!" the brown haired girl noticed.
    "Right?" the brown haired boy said, showing the last photo,"Every single one. Wouldn't it be weird if the thief wanted to steal the real Roxas and Ria or something?"
    "C'mon," the blonde boy laughed,"Get serious. Why would anyone wanna steal a bonehead like Roxas? I can understand Ria, but HIM?"
    "Oh, thanks!" Roxas replied, and the group laughed in unison.
    Roxas and Ria then heard the clock tower again, they turned and all stared up as the sun began to set, and the train went by. The three other teenagers waved goodbye to Roxas and Ria, and then started wandering home. Roxas and Ria stood in silence for a moment, and then started to wander home.

    They walked out into the street and the sun shone brightly, they squinted their eyes and pushed their hands in front of it. Their world then went black.
    "Where...are we?" Roxas asked, hoping for an answer,"Who's there? Who are you?"

    "Restoration at 12%," a computer-like voice spoke.

    A man covered in a red-wrap, sat in front of a computer screen, a man in a black robe wandered up to him.
    "Organisation miscreants..." the man in the red-wrap said,"They've found us."
    "But, why would the Nobodies steal photographs?" the man in the black robe asked.
    "Both are nothing but data to them," the man replied,"The fools could never tell the difference. We are running out of time. Naminé must make haste."

    The same boy from before who yawned, was licked by a yellow dog, he was very dazed, he stood himself up and looked around,"Where am I? What happened to my home? My island? Riku! Kai--!"
    The boy turned around to see a man standing behind him,"Who are you?"
    "They will come at you out of nowhere," the man replied,"As long as you continue to weild the Keyblade."
    Two familiar people came flying off a balcony on top of two teenagers, and a lion cub burst out laughing.
    "Hey, why don't you come with us?" one of the people who fell on them asked, after they had come to their feet,"We can go to other worlds on our vessel."
    "Sora, Hara, Ryoko go with them," the man said to them,"Especially if you wanna find your friends and Cloud."
    "Donald Duck," the duck said, putting his hand in the middle.
    "Name's Goofy," the other one introduced, putting his hand in.
    "I'm Sora," the boy introduced, putting his hand in the middle.
    "Call me, Hara," the girl put her hand in.
    "Ryoko's the name," the lion put his paw in.
    "We'll go with you guys," Sora's voice said.
    The key that Roxas had appeared, and so did Ria's,"The Heartless have great fear of the Keyblade."
    "That's right, the Keyblade," a woman nodded.
    "So..." Sora looked at the Keyblade,"This is the key?"
    "But the boy and girl are a problem," a voice spoke,"They found one of the Keyholes."

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    Chapter 3​


    Roxas jumped up from his slumber, in shock. He looked at his hand,"A key...blade?"
    He got up and ready and went out to see his friends. He walked down the streets to the hang out spot and stopped just outside it.

    He stood there,"A Keyblade..."
    He saw a twig rested up by a wall, he walked over to it and picked up, he then swung it around. Roxas stopped himself and looked at the twig,"What was that about?"
    He turned around to walked to the hang out spot, he chucked the twig backwards, but when he did he heard the twig hit someone, he turned back around.
    "Oh!" he cried, the person in the black robe was stood there, but the they wandered off down the stairs,"Sorry...about that..."
    "I take it you had the same dream as me, then," a voice laughed, Roxas turned to see Ria coming down the hill in the street,"Keyblade?"
    "Yeah," Roxas laughed, and they walked into the hang out spot together.

    Their friends sat in their usual places, they all had light blue, ice lollies. It seemed they had been up a lot earlier than the other two, but fortunately for them, their friends thought of them, the blonde boy handed one to Roxas and the brown haired girl handed one to Ria.
    "Thanks," Ria and Roxas thanked, taking them from their friends.
    "Do you guys think we'll always be together like this?" the brown haired boy asked.
    "I sure hope so," the girl replied.
    "Where did that come from?" the blonde boy asked.
    "Oh, well, you know," the brown haired boy replied,"Just thinking out loud."
    "Well, I doubt we could be together forever," the blonde boy answered his question,"But isn't that what growing up's all about? What's important isn't how often we see each other, but how often we think about each other, right?"
    "Get that off a fortune cookie?" the brown haired boy laughed.
    "That's it!" the blonde boy replied,"No more ice cream for you! Man, today's turning out to be a drag."
    "Maybe because of yesterday's memory thief," the girl suggested.
    "Nuh-uh," the blonde boy shook his head,"You know what it is? We don't want summer vacation to be over, that's all! So, how about this? We all go to the beach! And why do we go to the beach? Because, we haven't gone once this entire vacation! Blue seas! Blue skies! Let's just get on the train and GO! No? Aw, c'mon!"
    "Maybe you forgot," Roxas replied,"But we're broke."
    "Maybe you forgot," the blonde boy copied,"I'm smart!"
    "You are?" Ria whispered.
    The blonde boy ran into the streets, along with the other two, Ria and Roxas followed, they were staring at a poster. Wondering what was on it, Ria and Roxas walked over to them. On the poster, there was an advertisement showing the tournament that was happening in Twilight Town later in the week.
    "Just two days to go," the blonde boy said, looking at Roxas,"You and I have to make the finals. That way, no matter who wins the five of us split the prize!"
    "Okay, you're on," Roxas nodded.
    "I wanna join," Ria interrupted,"We'll have a better chance of winning that way."
    "Okay, then," the blonde boy nodded.
    "You three are gonna clean up," the brown haired boy smiled.
    "Go get 'em," the girl cheered.
    The blonde boy, Roxas and Ria put their arms up to eachother, the blonde boy smiled,"It's a promise!"
    They decided to look at the nearby bill board, they had a list of jobs that needed doing with a pay. They had an idea to earn the money to go to the beach, and any extra money for the beach. They then met at the train station later on that day.

    "Nice work, everyone," the girl complimented,"Added to what we started with, we now have... Ta da! 5000 munny!"
    "Sweet!" the blonde boy cried, and the girl handed the munny to Roxas.
    "Let's get tickets," she suggested, and her and the brown-haired boy ran over to the station doors.
    "We can't be together forever..." the blonde boy said, Roxas and Ria looked at him,"So, we'd better make the time we do have something to remember."
    "Huh?" Roxas cocked his head, and looked at the boy.
    "Gotcha!" the boy cried, and punched Roxas in the arm, he then ran up to the station doors with the other two, Roxas looked at Ria, she shrugged.
    They walked up to the station doors, when Roxas suddenly tripped,"Whoa!"
    A stick had been chucked, with good aim, down at his feet, Ria knelt down to help him up. The hooded man stood above Roxas and grabbed his arm, he lifted him up and looked at him.
    "What?" Roxas asked.
    "Roxas!" the blonde boy ushered,"Ria! Three minutes!"
    "Okay!" they called back in unison, they then noticed that the hooded man had disappeared.
    They turned to the station doors to see that the others had already gone inside.
    "I don't see why Hayner loves the beach so much," Ria said,"And what Pence said, you don't think it's weird, do you? We'll be together, right?"
    "I don't know..." Roxas replied, and they both ran into the station.

    "Five students," Hayner asked the person dealing out the tickets.
    "Roxas, the money!" Pence called to the him.
    "Wait-" Roxas felt all of his pockets, but couldn't find the bag anywhere,"No!"
    Roxas remembered the man who had picked him up,"He took it!"
    "Where are you going?" the girl asked.
    "Remember when I fell?" Roxas reminded,"I had the money before that. I bet that guy took it!"
    "Guy?" Hayner asked, a little confused.
    "He couldn't have gotten too far..." Roxas continued, but then noticed the others were looking at him strangely.
    "What are you talking about?" Hayner asked, still confused, he then remembered Roxas just picking himself up,"There was no guy."
    "But he..." Roxas' was confused, didn't they see him?
    The bell at the train station then rang, the train was departing, they had missed it.
    "There wasn't...." Roxas asked,"Really? Ria, you saw a guy, right?"
    "Uh..." Ria thought for a moment, she didn't want to be a part of this,"...I'm sorry, Roxas. I didn't see anyone..."
    "Oh, boy..." Pence sighed.
    "There wasn't anyone..." Roxas kept questioning his sight,"...there?"
    Hayner, Pence and the girl walked past the confused Roxas, they weren't happy with him, Ria followed them out, she was sorry she lied, she did see the man, but she didn't want to be a part of it.

    Hayner, Pence, the girl, Ria and Roxas sat on the edge of the clock tower. They each had an ice cream, but Roxas refused to eat his, he held his hands between his knees and the ice cream began to melt.
    "It's melting," the girl stated, looking at Roxas' ice cream.
    "Sorry," Roxas sighed.
    "Cheer up, already!" Hayner said.
    "That was definitely weird, though," Pence replied.
    "Strange," the girl agreed.
    "You said it," Hayner nodded, they then all turned to Roxas.
    "Can you feel, Sora?" Ria asked him, remembering what the man had said.
    "Can you feel, Sora?" the man's voice said, it still rang through their heads, the same voice over and over.

    "Restoration at 28%," the computer voice said.
    "Naminé, hurry," another voice pleaded.

    The man in the red-wrap was still sat in front of his computer, the robed man was standing, chucking the bag of munny, the group had made, up and down, he turned to the red-wraped man.
    "Is it really that hard to make a beach?" he asked.
    "We'd be giving the enemy another entry point," the red-wrapped man replied.
    "And this?" the robed man asked, holding up the bag of munny.
    "We can always by some sea-salt ice cream," the other man laughed, he then turned back to the computer,"Objects from that town must be kept out of the real world. You can delete that."

    "As the key bearers you must already know," a large, muscular merman said, it was another memory,"One must not meddle in the affairs of other worlds."
    "So many places I want to see," a female, red-haired mermaid spoke, swimming to the top of a trove,"I know I'll get there someday."
    "Thus, I do hereby dub thee junior heroes," a small goat read off a sheet of paper to the group standing in front of him.
    "Hey!" Donald whined,"What do you mean 'junior heroes'?"
    "You rookies still don't understand what it takes to be a true hero," the goat replied.
    "I..." a boy with black hair in a different world stuttered,"I wish...for your freedom, Genie."
    "Al!" the genie cried, and his tail turned into legs.
    "Sally, why didn't I listen to you?" a skeleton asked, looking down at a zombie-like girl.
    "Don't feel bad, Jack," the girl pleaded,"We'll come up with another plan for Halloween. Next time, we'll do it together."
    "Power!" Sora and Hara cried, smashing their Keyblades into the ground, a little red dragon then appeared above them.
    "I am Mushu!" the dragon cried.
    "Or are you too cool to play them now that you have the Keyblade?" a familiar boy asked.
    "Riku!" Sora cried, confused,"What are you doing here? Did you find her?"
    "And he was your best friend?" Hara asked Sora.
    "I still can't believe it," Sora said, holding onto the edge of a ship, he laughed,"I really flew! Wait 'til I tell Kai--. I wonder if she'll believe me. Probably not."
    A small green fairy flew up to Sora's face and he turned to someone.
    "I'm searching, too," Sora replied, as aman wearing a red-purple cape walked by.
    "Me, too," Hara smiled.
    "For your light?" the man asked,"Don't lose sight of it."
    "Where are you going?" a small, pink piglet asked.
    "We're gonna go look for our friends," Hara answered,"They're waiting for us."
    "Where are Donald and Goofy?" Sora asked the familiar boy, back on the boat.
    "And Ryoko?" Hara asked.
    "Instead of worrying about them, you should be asking," the boy stepped aside to show a familiar girl,"...about her."
    Sora and Hara held up their Keyblades and an ice blue light shone into the clock, and it was locked forever.

    In the computer room, the red-wrapped man still sat there. Each computer screen showing something scientific and it beeped away. it was silent, no-one spoke.

    In a white room, a girl stood, she wore a white dressed that came up to her knees, and had blonde hair. She stood in front of an egg-shaped pod. She was then standing in darkness.
    "Who are you?" Roxas asked.
    The girl turned around, but all he could see was her mouth, smiling at him, but Ria could see the same thing.
    "Na..." she stuttered,"Na...Mi....Nami-!"

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    Nice cliffhanger. Just a thought, but maybe you could add more characters later on in the story.
     
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    Chapter 4​


    Roxas sat up from his slumber, he felt there was someone else in the room, the blonde girl in the white dress. He turned to see if there was anyone there, but he saw no-one, the room was empty.
    "Roxas!" he heard a voice call, he turned to the window and smiled.

    He and Ria wandered down the hill, when they saw Pence and the brown haired girl come walking up the hill. They smiled at them.
    "Hey," Roxas greeted.
    "Morning," the girl smiled, and they started to walk up to them, but suddenly they stopped.
    Time had stopped, they looked around, Ria and Roxas ran down the hill, but were stopped by a blonde girl, the one in the white dress, from their dreams. She smiled at them both.
    "Hello, Roxas, Ria," she greeted, smiling away.
    "Hi..." Roxas greeted slowly,"And you are...?"
    The girl put her hand up to stop him, she smiled at them both. They were confused by who this girl was, but Ria just smiled back, she thought she knew her.
    "I wanted to meet both of you," she explained,"At least once."
    "Us?" Ria asked.
    "Yes, you," she nodded, she turned away and walked back down the way Pence and the brown haired girl had come. After she had walked down the hill, Pence and his friend started walking again.
    "Olette dragged me along to go shopping," Pence continued, walking up to the other two.
    "Hey, you two wanna come with us?" the girl asked.
    "Um..." Roxas stuttered,"Uh... Wait... Did you just see that..."
    "He's stalling," Pence rolled his eyes,"Ria?"
    "Huh?" Ria said, turning to them,"Oh, um... Maybe later, yeah?"
    "Very well, then," Olette smiled,"We'll see you two later, okay?"
    "Y-Yeah," Roxas nodded, turning to them, as they ran off up the hill.
    "Did she go to that haunted mansion?" Roxas asked, turning back to where that girl had left.
    "How do I know?" Ria replied, and the two of them headed down to the town square.

    They ran down the hill into the town square, and the girl was standing on the path heading towards the forest. Roxas and Ria ran over and saw that she was heading for the haunted mansion. They headed into the forest.

    They stepped foot into the forest. Ria looked around, and frowned,"I don't feel right..."
    "Huh?" Roxas asked, after he had heard a noise.
    Suddenly, a black portal opened, and the creature from the other day appeared, in fact, loads of the creature had appeared, they were all coming at the two teenagers. One walked over Roxas and Ria noticed it.
    "Roxas!" she cried, but the creature had grabbed his arm by then.
    "Lemme go!" Roxas cried, and shook the creature off.
    The two teenagers ran back into the town, away from the creatures, they ran all the way back to the sand pit.

    Seifer and his group of followers were in the sand pit unfortunately for the two teenagers, he called to them as they ran by.
    "Hey, chicken wuss!" he called to Roxas.
    The creatures were coming for them through the streets, Ria turned back as she felt they were near, she then turned to Seifer.
    "Let it go, Seifer!" she frowned,"Roxas! Look!"
    Roxas turned to see the creatures coming at them. Seifer's group turned to see the creatures coming too, they got ready to fight them off.
    "Who's that?" the girl in Seifer's group asked.
    "I dunno," Seifer replied,"But they've already crossed the line! Find a weapon!"
    Roxas and Ria turned to see two bats on the floor. They cartwheeled over and grabbed them, they got ready to fight off the creatures.

    They started batting them, but it was no use, it was like the creature before it wouldn't be destroyed. They started ganging up around Seifer's group. Roxas and Ria fell to the floor, Ria looked up as she landed on her backside, Roxas sat up as he landed on his back. They brought themselves to their feet.
    "Not good..." Roxas gritted his teeth.
    "You think?" Ria asked, and then time had stopped again, the creatures were circling Seifer's group.
    They then came up to circle Roxas and Ria, they were trapped, they'd lost their bats when they had fallen.
    "Roxas!" a familiar voice called,"Ria! Use the Keyblades!"
    They looked around to match a face to the voice, they looked up at the bridge to see the blonde girl staring over at them. Then, one of the creatures came hurtling towards them. Roxas put his hands in front of him to defend himself, but then Ria stood in front of him.

    They were in the same position, surrounded by darkness. They were standing on a platform, the platform had the image of a boy and a girl on it, and other people surrounding them. A sword, a staff and a shield appeared before the two teenagers standing on the platform.
    "I think we gotta pick one," Ria spoke.
    The two of them walked over to the sword, that was the one they were going to pick. Roxas grabbed it, it faded to light and went away. The Keyblades appeared in the two teenagers hands instead of the weapon. Suddenly, the creatures from before came from each side of the platform, the two teenagers got ready to fight, this time it was going to be easier.

    A chest appeared on the side of the platform. They opened the chest and gained an item. A door appeared behind them, they turned to see it, it was closed tight.
    "Be careful," a voice warned,"Beyond that door lies a completely different world. But don't be afraid. Don't stop walking..."
    They examined the door for a moment, and couldn't get it open, they turned and started walking away, when Ria felt something creeping behind them. She turned around to see antennae coming up from the darkness, they stumbled backwards. The creature was coming further and further out of the darkness, a claw appeared, and then a foot stepped onto the platform. Roxas and Ria turned to run away from the creature, but almost fell off the edge of the platform, they were cornered. The large grey and blue creature stared at them, they got out their Keyblades and got ready to fight.

    They ran towards the creature that stood before them, when suddenly, the light had grabbed their hands and feet and they were chained to mid-air. The creature span up to them and moved it's head closer into them and lifted its claw to grab them, Roxas jumped up and knocked back into the darkness. The creature span back over to them and grabbed them both with his claws and chucked them both into the air. As they fell back down they hit the creature and it knocked down, it fell to the platform floor and slid off the edge of the platform, they ran over to the edge to see where it had gone. The ground then began to shake and the platform was tipping over, Roxas and Ria started to slide down, the platform was tipped right over to its side, Roxas stabbed his Keyblade into the edge of the platform floor, he grabbed Ria's hand as she was going to fall right off. Underneath them, hanging upside down, the creature was there, it was holding a ball of some sort, and it knock the platform right back to its original state by jumping off. Roxas and Ria fell and almost fell into the ball, but they chucked their Keyblades into the ball. The ball exploded and the two teenagers fell to the floor, their Keyblades stabbed into the floor, the creature landed in a face plant on the platform as well, the two of them brought themselves to their feet and ran to their Keyblade, they then started hitting the creature until it got back up again, they repeated the whole sequence until it was destroyed.

    The creature let out a huge shriek, and started to fall to the ground. Roxas and Ria stepped back, so the creature wouldn't land on them. The creature fell with a huge bang, and the darkness domed over the platform. The darkness started to cover the two teenagers, they tried fighting it off, but it didn't work, they held out their hands, hoping something would lift them out. A pair of hands came to the rescue by grabbing their hands, a light shone when the hands touched their arms, and they were found standing in a bright, faded-white, room. Up on a ledge, the blonde girl from before sat. Roxas opened his mouth to say something, but the girl put her a finger in front of her mouth to silence him.
    "My name is-" she began, but Ria finished her sentence.
    "Naminé," Ria smiled.
    "Yes," the girl nodded,"How did you remember, Ria?"
    "Your name and face are there, but the memories have been forgotten," Ria replied,"Forgotten, but not lost."
    "Right," Naminé smiled,"Anyway, do you two remember your true names?"
    Roxas and Ria looked at her confused, when the man in the black robe grabbed Naminé's arm and lifted her up, she was taller than Ria remembered, then again, Ria was taller than Naminé remembered, they most of grown over the past year.
    "Say no more, Naminé," the hooded man ordered.
    "But if no-one tells them, they will..." Naminé pleaded.
    "It's best they don't know the truth," the hooded man interrupted.
    "Hey!" Roxas cried,"You're that pickpcoket!"
    The hooded man looked at the two teenagers, he held out his hand and made a black portal appear behind the two teenagers. They turned round to it and looked at it, when the hooded man appeared behind them, he pushed them in.

    "Seifer, strike a pose, y'know?" a voice suggested.
    "How's this?" Seifer asked, as Roxas and Ria opened their eyes and lifted themselves up.
    "That's totally perfect, y'know!" the large boy in Seifer's gang smiled.
    Roxas and Ria turned to see the girl in Seifer's group taking photos of Seifer in strength poses. Roxas and Ria had been unconscious the whole time.
    "How 'bout one more, y'know?" the boy asked.
    "What's that for?!" Roxas asked, wiping his mouth in case he was bleeding.
    "Keepsake," the girl in Seifer's gang replied.
    "Those freaks in the white jumpsuits are gone, y'know?" the boy explained.
    "Cakewalk," the girl said.
    "What were those things?" Roxas asked Seifer.
    "Outsides, that's what," Seifer answered,"And if they don't wise up to the rules around here, I might have to take 'disciplinary measures'."
    "Oh, yeah," the large boy replied,"Seifer's always lookin' after the town, y'know?"
    Seifer and his gang then turned to see Hayner, Pence and Olette running down the stairs to the sandlot. Roxas and Ria turned to see them. Hayner turned his nose up at them and ran back up the stairs. Olette and Pence followed the boy back up the stairs as well.
    "Wait up!" Ria called, and her and Roxas ran off up the stairs after them.
    "Hey!" Seifer called to them,"No chickening out of the tournament tomorrow!"
    "We'll be waitin', y'know?" the boy replied.

    Roxas and Ria found the others sat in the usual spot eating ice cream. Pence looked up at them.
    "So, you two hung out with Seifer's gang today?" he asked.
    "N-No..." Roxas sighed,"It's not like that..."
    "Oh, yeah!" Ria cried,"How was the beach? Wasn't that today?"
    "We didn't go," Olette replied,"It wouldn't be the same without you two, right?"
    "...Sorry," Roxas sighed, and the two teenagers bowed their heads,"Hey...how about we go tomorrow? We could get those pretzels and..."
    "I promised I'd be somewhere," Hayner interrupted.
    "Oh..." Roxas sighed.
    "Oh!" Ria looked up, she remembered what happened yesterday.

    "You and I have to make the finals," they remembered Hayner say,"That way, no matter who wins, the five of us split the prize."
    "You're on," Roxas replied.
    "I wanna join," Ria interrupted,"We'll have a better chance of winning that way."
    "Okay, then," Hayner nodded, and they put their arms up together.
    "You three are gonna clean up," Pence cheered.
    "Go get 'em!" Olette cheered.
    "It's a promise," Hayner said.


    Roxas and Ria looked up from their memory, and Hayner jumped of his seat,"I'm outta here."
    He then walked out of the spot, leaving Roxas and Ria feeling guilty.

    "Restoration at 48%," the computer voice said.

    The man in the red-wrap was still sat in front of the computer screens, the man in the hood was stood behind him.
    "Was that Naminé made of data?" the man in the hood asked.
    "No..." the other replied, slightly surprised himself,"Naminé hijacked the data herself. Look what she's done now... She's totally beyond my control!"
    He punched one of the computer screens, making it flash, static coming from it.
    "Calm down," the man in the hood replied.
    "It doesn't matter," the other man sighed,"As long as Naminé accomplishes her goal...we needn't worry what befalls Roxas and Ria."

    Sora and Hara were flying into a firework, maybe just a light, but they were flying into it nonetheless. Sora then reached out to the small who was standing in the library, but she faded away.
    "It's up to me," a familiar voice said, as Sora ran over to the girl lying on the floor, then it showed Sora trying to pull his Keyblade back, but a boy then held it,"Only the Keyblade master can open the secret door and change the world."
    "I'm sorry, Sora," Hara apologised, and then followed her lion companion.
    "But I'm not gonna betray Sora, either," Goofy smiled at Sora.
    "All for one and one for all," Donald said, looking up at the group.
    "My friends are my power!" Sora cried, getting the Keyblade returned to him.
    "So, you're heart won this battle," a beast stated, Sora turned to him and nodded.
    A hooded man then walked through Sora, making him fall to the ground. The hooded man looked at Sora and Hara and they stared at him back.
    "It is I, Ansem," a boy said, but his voice had two parts,"Lead me into everlasting darkness!"
    "Sora!" a girl's voice cried, Sora looked up at the boy about to attack him and he put his Keyblade up to defend himself.
    "Forget it!" he frowned,"There's no way you're taking Kairi's heart!"
    "You don't understand true friendship!" Hara frowned at the boy.
    Sora stabbed the Keyblade that unlocks people's hearts into him, making the girl's heart go back into her. He started to fade away and the girl looked up to where he had faded to. He was now a Heartless, the girl turned to him and held him tight, a light burst from the pile of Heartless, Sora then held the girl close.
    "Kairi," he said.
    "Kairi!" Hara cried, holding the girls hand.
    "We may never meet again, but we'll never forget eachother," a familiar man said.
    "No matter where we are, our hearts will bring us together again," a familiar woman continued, she was standing next to the man.
    "Take this," Kairi offered, putting a charm in Sora's hand,"It's my lucky charm. Be sure to bring it back to me!"
    "Don't worry, I will," Sora replied, clutching it tightly.
    "Promise?" Kairi asked,"Don't ever forget. Wherever you guys go, I'm always with you."

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  8. Kenni-Chan King's Apprentice

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    Chapter 5​


    Roxas opened his eyes and turned his head to his empty room. He sat up and looked out the window.
    "Right..." he stuttered,"'Promise'... What a mess..."

    In the middle of the sandlot there was a stage, there were banners everywhere and people all around the stage. There were judges, shops and other work places open for the struggle tournament that was happening. On one side of the stage, Pence and Olette stood in watch, they were waiting for their three friends to enter the stage.
    "Who're ya gonna root for?" Pence asked Olette.
    "All three of them, silly," Olette laughed.
    Fireworks starting coming from behind the buildings, the large man that was standing off of the stage, walked into the middle of the stage.
    "Ladies and gentlemen," he announced,"Struggle-fiends of Twilight Town! It's time for summer's most sizzling clash! That's right! Today is the day for the Struggle and title match! Who will be the one to break through the ranks and take on our champion, Setzer!?"
    "Seifer, y'know!" the large boy in Seifer's group called.
    "And who will leave today as our new Struggle Champion!?" the man announced, the crowd still cheering away.
    "Hayner!" Olette and Pence cheered,"Ria! Roxas!"
    "Setzeerrr!" a group of fan girls cheered.
    Next to the plump man on the stage, a tall, slim man stood, he had long grey-ish hair and wore quite a lot of purple. He was waving to the crowed.
    "Yes, the crowd is fired up," the plump man announced,"So, you know what comes next: Let's..."
    The whole crowd screamed,"STRUGGLE!"
    The fireworks continued to pop, and another man walked onto the stage, he was quite tall and slim, he had blonde hair, he was the guy from the shop photo of Ria and Roxas.
    "Hey, now," he greeted,"It's time to introduce today's combatants! The four bad boys and the one bad girl who struggled their ways through the preliminaries! Regular finalist and head of the Twilight Disciplinary Committee: Seifer! Completely out of nowhere, who knew he'd make it this far THIS year? Vivi! An underground favourite and local attitude problem: Hayner! It's his first trip to the finals! Struggler number 4, who happens to be one of my favourite customers: Roxas! And Struggler number 5, who happens to be my other favourite customer and leading charitable person: Ria! So--who will win this sweltering summer Struggle? Who will take home the grand prize? The summa *** laude of Struggle--the Five Crystal Trophy! And a chance to take on our defending champion, Setzer! It won't be long now, folks. I suggest our challengers go over the official Struggle Rules before we begin!"
    The challengers walked over to the man who was going to go over the rules for them, it was then time for the actual matches.

    First up was Roxas vs Hayner, the plump man handed them the Struggle bats and patted them both on the back. Hayner faced Roxas and held up his bat, but Roxas was still upset about yesterday.
    "Hey..." he sighed,"Sorry about yesterday."
    "What?" Hayner asked,"You're still worried about that? You need to learn to let that stuff go."
    "I've got a lot on my mind," Roxas replied.
    "Sorry, man," Hayner apologised,"Wait, what am I sorry for?"
    Roxas and Hayner got ready to fight, while Olette, Pence and Ria stood cheering at the side-lines.
    "Our first match of today's Struggle tournament will be between Roxas and his best friend Hayner!" the announcer said.

    Roxas dodged Hayner's attacks and then attacked Hayner, he then cornered him into the side of the stage, and continuesly hit Hayner until most of his orbs were gone, then when Hayner was ready to attack back Roxas dodged the attacks. He then continued hitting Hayner, until the timer ran out. Roxas had won. The crowd cheered.

    "And the winner is, Roxas!" the slim man announced,"Not even friendship will slow this kid down. And Hayner put up a great fight, too."
    Hayner was lying on the floor, Roxas ran over to him,"I lost. Aww, I can't believe it! I guess I taught you well."
    "I had a lot of fun fighting you," Roxas smiled.
    "Yeah, well I didn't, wise guy," Hayner turned away.
    "Hey, let's find a way to cheer you up," Roxas suggested.
    "Nah, that's all right," Hayner smiled,"I gotta go fight Ria now, see you."
    Ria was handed a bat and Hayner stood there.
    "Don't worry, Hayner," she smiled,"I'll go easy on you. I'll save the rest for Roxas!"
    "What!" Hayner laughed,"But, you're a girl!"
    "A fighting girl, thank you," Ria replied,"Now, come on!"

    Ria used the same stratedgy as Roxas, only it was easier, because Hayner was already worn down.

    "I told you, Hayner," Ria smiled, smugly,"Fighting girl!"
    "I lost, again," Hayner said,"Oh, well, you put up a great fight."
    "Thanks," Ria smiled, as Seifer walked in front of Hayner, as he turned to leave the stage.
    "Out of the way," Seifer ordered, barging past Hayner.
    "You in a rush to lose?" Hayner asked, as Seifer stared at Vivi, he was standing next to Ria.
    Ria turned to him and jumped, he wasn't there before, Vivi laughed.

    Seifer and Vivi stood opposite eachother. The crowd was cheering wildly.
    "Don't mess with your elders," Seifer said to Vivi.
    "Whew, look at those sparks fly!" the announcer cried,"I guess Seifer didn't expect to fight one of his own boys!"
    Vivi waited a moment and then jumped out at Seifer, he jumped back though.
    "When did Vivi get so tought?" Hayner asked, Roxas and Ria were standing next to him.
    "That's not Vivi!" Ria cried, taking a good look at Vivi's moves and self.
    Vivi came at all directions to attack Seifer, but he blocked every one of them. He hit Vivi backwards, and one of his orbs came out, Seifer saw it and let down his guard.
    "You're mine!" he said, running over to the orb.
    But Vivi took the orb and hit Seifer, he fell to the ground, most of his orbs everywhere, everyone was stunned, they didn't really see what happened.
    "I-I'm not sure what just happened..." the announcer stuttered,"Um...but...the winner is Vivi! In a positively, blistering comeback!"
    Seifer and his two other friends walked past Roxas, as they knew he was the next to fight Vivi, only if he won the battle against Ria, though.
    "That's not Vivi," Seifer said, walking by, Roxas, Ria and Hayner looked at him,"Thrash him."
    Roxas and Ria looked across at Vivi who was standing on the other side of the stage. The plump man from before walked over to Hayner,"It looks like Seifer's withdrawn from the Struggle for fourth place."
    "So, I'm in fourth now?" Hayner asked, the man nodded,"Aw, baby!"

    "This next battle is between Roxas and Ria!" the announcer introduced,"Whoever wins fights Vivi!"
    "Don't worry, Roxas," Ria smiled,"I'll go easy on you, for the first part."
    "Competitive, aren't you?" Roxas asked, laughing.
    "Yeah," Ria nodded, and the two got ready to fight.

    Ria went straight in for the kill and started attacking Roxas, but he dodged the moves. He then cornered her and didn't let her attack, she lost most of her orbs, but the time was up by then.

    Ria sat up and looked up at Roxas,"Well done, Roxas. Listen to Seifer, though. That wasn't Vivi, good luck!"
    She jumped off the stage and Roxas now had to fight Vivi. The plump man gave Roxas and Vivi their bats and smiled at them,"Keep it clean, fellas."
    "And now, the match you've been waiting for," the announcer said,"Roxas vs. Vivi!"

    At first Roxas kept his distance, and when the time was right, he went into attack Vivi. He cornered Vivi so he couldn't move out of it, and hit him to get the orbs. When Vivi was ready to attack back, Roxas went to collect the orbs. Roxas ran over to hit Vivi one last time, when time suddenly stopped again.

    He looked around and saw ever member of the crowd had stopped moving, everyone, except Ria. She looked up at him and shrugged, she didn't know what was going on either. They then both turned to Vivi, he was still moving, he then transformed into one of the white things they had seen before, Ria jumped on the stage and got out her Keyblade, Roxas sighed, as more of the things appeared,"Again!?"
    His bat then turned into his Keyblade,"Again..."
    They started attacking the beings, they were much easier to get rid of with the Keyblades.

    They stood panting for a while, after all the creatures were gone, they stood up properly, but time was still stopped. Someone was clapping behind them, though, they turned to see a hooded man standing behind them.
    "Roxas, Ria, all right," the man said,"Fight, fight, fight."
    Roxas and Ria looked at him funny, and he sighed,"You really don't remember?"
    "I recoignise that voice," Ria said,"Axel?"
    "That's right, it's me, Axel," the man replied, flicking off his hood, he had red, porcupine like hair and triangles that looked like tears underneath his eyes.
    "Axel?" Roxas asked.
    "Talk about blank with a capital 'B'," Axel sighed,"So, Ria, you remember me?"
    "I don't..." Ria sighed in reply,"I can put people's face, name and voices together, but I can't think of the memories..."
    "Man, oh, man," Axel replied,"Even the Dusks aren't gonna crack this one."
    "Wait a sec," Roxas said, as Axel got out two flaming, spiked wheels,"Tell me, what's going on!"
    "This town is his creation, right?" Axel asked,"Which mean we don't have time for a Q & A. You two are coming with me, conscious or not. Then, you'll hear the story."
    Waves of time and energy were going around, Roxas and Ria looked around worriedly, Axel gritted his teeth,"Uh-oh."
    "What's going ON!?" Roxas ordered for an answer, chucking his Keyblade to the floor in his anger.
    The Keyblade then shone and appeared back in his hands. Ria's eyes widened, looking at the strangeness of the Keyblade.
    "Number 13," Axel spoke,"Roxas. Would of been 14, but Ria turned us down. The Keyblade's chosen ones."
    "Okay, fine!" Roxas gritted his teeth, and both he and Ria got ready to fight,"You asked for it!"

    Axel went straight in for an attack, knocking the two back. Thy then jumped over and attacked him. He then chucked his wheels at them, they were flaming, they burnt the two. Axel may have not been fast to be remembered, but he was fast to attack the two teenagers, but they eventually defeated him.

    From behind them, the man in the red wrap appeared from the pixels. Roxas and Ria turned around to see them.
    "So, it was you," Axel panted, and made fire burst from the wheels in his hands.
    He chucked them at the man in the red wrap, but they just bounced right off of him. The man turned to the two teenagers.
    "Roxas, Ria," he called, making them turn to him,"This man speaks nonsence!"
    "Roxas, Ria," Axel called their attention back to him,"Don't let him decieve you!"
    "Roxas, Ria!" the man cried.
    "Roxas, Ria!" Axel cried, the two men's voices rang through both teenagers' heads.
    They grabbed their heads, and shook their heads, they spoke in unison,"Hayner... Pence... Olette... Hayner! Pence! Olette!"
    Time had suddenly started again, the crowd were cheering, Roxas was stood in the middle of the stage holding his bat. Ria was back in the crowd looking around, they both turned to the stage, on the floor lay Vivi.
    "What?" the announcer asked,"What just happened?"
    "Huh?" Vivi asked, bringing himself to his feet, he looked around,"How did I get here?"
    Ria, Hayner, Pence and Olette ran onto the stage and over to Roxas to praise him.
    "Roxas!" Olette called, running over to him.
    "Ladies and gentlemen, Roxas--" the announcer cried,"--our new top Struggler!"
    Roxas and the others wandered off the stage, in wait for the next match.

    Roxas and Ria stood by a wall together, Hayner and Pence looked at them strangely.
    "Roxas?" Hayner asked,"Ria?"
    "Setzeeer!" a group of screaming fan girls cried as the tall, slim man from before entered the stage.
    Ria and Pence looked up at the stage as the crowd chanted Setzer's name. Olette wandered over to Roxas,"Roxas! It's starting!"
    Roxas wandered onto the stage and got ready to fight.

    "You two, play fair, now," the plump man said,"You're at the top of the bracket."
    "There's only room for one up here," Setzer replied.
    "Well, may the best man win!" the plump man cheered, and walked off the stage, Setzer turned to Roxas.
    "Hey, Rucksack," Setzer greeted,"How about you throw the match for me?"
    "Roxas!" Hayner cried,"Focus!"
    "Let me win," Setzer continued,"And I'll make it worth your while."
    "Get real," Roxas shook his head and got ready to fight.
    "Roxas, our underdog hero, versus Setzer, our defending champion," the announcer introduced the battle,"The winner of this match will be the true champion! That's bragging rights for a whole year, folks!"
    "Whatever you think is right," Setzer told Roxas,"You're wrong. And that is a big mistake."

    Setzer let his guard down a lot, which meant that Roxas was able to attack more. He cornered Setzer and knocked most of his orbs out, and then went around to collect them all, he blocked and dodged Setzer's attacks, and eventually the time was out.

    "Roxas!" the crowd chanted,"Roxas!"
    Setzer walked to the edge of the stage and then turned and pointed at Roxas, he smiled.
    "Roxas!" Hayner cried, as the rest of the group ran up to him.
    "You did it!" Olette cheered.
    "That was awesome, Roxas!" Pence smiled.
    "Yeah!" Ria laughed,"And now you get to brag for a whole year!"
    The plump man excused the others off the stage to congratulate Roxas with his prize. He handed a brown and gold belt to him and the Five Crystal Trophy. Roxas held up the Struggle belt to the crowd and smiled, his friends cheered him on.

    The group sat on the clock tower, Roxas sat on the far right, then Ria, Olette, Hayner and Pence were sat. Roxas broke off the first crystal, it was a purple one, he handed it to Ria, she smiled and took it from him. He broke off the second one, it was a yellow one, he chucked to Olette, who struggled to catch it, but did, thankfully. The next one he broke off was green, he chucked it over to Hayner, who caught it with ease, the next one was green, he chucked to Pence, who struggled to keep it in his hands. Roxas broke off the last one, which was blue, he put the trophy down next to him. He held up the crystal in front of the sunset's light and it sparkled, the other did the same and it made a beautiful image.
    "As promised," Roxas smiled.
    "Thanks a ton, Roxas," Pence thanked.
    "One more treasure for us to share," Hayner laughed.
    "I've got a present, too..." Olette said, bending down to pick something up,"For all of us."
    She pulled out five ice creams, Roxas stood up, but unfortunately, he slipped and fell down the clock tower.

    The Autumn leaves were on the trees, and the path was clean. A young girl, wearing a short, blue and white, pleated skirt and a white shirt with a blue and white striped tie, was holding a brown bag and walking up the path. She had long brown-red hair that came just above her shoulders.
    "Kairi!" a voice cried,"Wait up!"
    The girl turned around to see another, light brown haired girl, wearing the same come running towards her, she smiled. They wandered up the path together.
    "Hey, do you feel like going to the island?" the girl asked,"Tidus and Wakka are all wrapped up in their ballgame and they won't go with me."
    "Not today, sorry," Kairi apologised.
    "Aw, why not?" the other girl asked, as Kairi stood at the top of the hill.
    "Do you remember those boys who used to hang out with us?" Kairi asked.
    "Riku?" the girl answered.
    "Yeah," Kairi answered.
    "I wonder whatever happened to him? I sure miss him."
    "He's far away. But I know we'll see him again."
    "Sure. Of course we will."
    "And the other boy?"
    "What other boy?"
    "The one who was with Riku and me all the time--we played together on that island. His voice always used to be there...but now it's gone. I can't think of his face, or his name. I feel awful about it. So, I told myself--I'm not going to the island until I remember everything about him."
    "Are you sure you didn't make him up?"
    Kairi nodded.
    "Naminé?" a voice asked, Kairi held her head, she seemed to be in pain.

    "Naminé...?" Roxas asked, as he fell from the clocktower,"What's happening to me and Ria?"
    "Who are you?" a voice asked,"And that's not my name. I'm Kairi."
    "Kairi..." Ria's voice replied,"I know you!"
    "You're that girl he likes," Roxas replied.
    "Who?" Kairi's voice asked,"Please, a name!"
    "I'm Roxas," Roxas introduced,"The other girl is Ria."
    "Okay, Roxas," Kairi replied,"Ria, but can you tell me HIS name?"
    "You don't remember my name?" a familiar voice asked.
    "She doesn't remember your name," another voice laughed, but it was a feminine one.
    "Thanks a lot, Kairi!" the male voice cried,"And don't laugh, Hara!"
    "Hara?" Kairi asked,"That name sounds familiar...but I don't remember..."
    "What!?" the girl's voice cried,"You don't remember me!"
    "Not so funny when it's you, is it?" the boy's voice laughed.
    "Okay," the girl who was supposedly Hara replied,"I guess, Kairi, I can give you a hint to HIS name. Starts with an 'S'!"

    Kairi lay on the ground unconscious, the other girl helped her up as she started to awake. The girl brushed off the dirt and dust that was on Kairi's back and uniform.
    "Are you okay?" she asked, Kairi nodded in reply and turned to look at the sunset happening by the island.
    Kairi turned and smiled at the girl, she then started running down the path to the islands beach, the other girl followed as they ran to the beach. When they had reached the beach Kairi was standing, looking out at the island.
    "Kairi...?" the girl asked, looking at her, concerned.
    Kairi bent down and opened her bag, she took out a bottle, it had a letter in it. She put it into the ocean, and the waves drifted it away, the other girl bent down, as Kairi watched the waves drag the letter from her.
    "What's that?" she asked.
    "A letter..." Kairi replied,"I wrote it yesterday, to the boy I can't remember. I said that no matter where he is...I'll find him. One day. And when I stopped writing, I remembered we made a promise, something important. This letter is where it starts, I know it."
    "Wow..." her friend smiled,"I hope he gets it."
    "He will," Kairi re-assured, her friend nodded,"Starts with an 'S'. Right. Sora?"

    "Restoration at 79%," the computer voice said.

    "His progress is astounding," the red-wrapped man said, looking at his computer screens.
    "So, what happened?" the man replied, the man in the black hood was chucking Roxas' crystal in the air and catching it again he had Ria's in the other hand.
    "Naminé's encounter with Roxas and Ria put their hearts in contact with Kairi's. And that, in turn, affected Sora and Hara. You see?"
    "Naminé... She's a wonder."
    "She wasn't born like other Nobodies. She can interfere with the hearts and memories of Sora and those aligned with him. Like Ria, she has a special power, unfortunately, Ria forgot hers, but she still uses it."
    "But who's Nobody is she?"
    "I could tell you... But first, perhaps you could tell me your true name?"
    The man flicked off his hood to reveal long, grey hair and amber eyes that seemed like a cat's,"It's Ansem."
    The man in red-wrap laughed,"It's an honour, Ansem!"

    Roxas fell into the darkness, then he suddenly saw a face he recognised,"Ria!"

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  9. Kenni-Chan King's Apprentice

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    Chapter 6​


    Roxas jumped up from his dream, he panted his fear out of him and then looked around the room,"I'm dreaming... But which parts...were the dream?"
    The sun beamed through the window, and the birds twittered, as Roxas got up to go out.

    Olette stood with his her hands on her hips, she walked over to Roxas and Ria and scowled at them, she seemed annoyed at the group. Hayner looked up at them,"Only three days left of Summer vacation--so don't even mention that assignment!"
    "But we agreed we'd get it finished today," Olette replied.
    "Yesterday..." Roxas wondered,"I fell off the station tower, didn't I?"
    "You wouldn't be here if you did," Hayner replied.
    "But, man, that was a close one," Pence sighed, Olette walked over to them.
    "Stop changing the subject!" she ordered.
    "Okay, already!" Hara cried, sitting up from her slouch,"You win, we'll do the homework!"
    "Stupid independent study," Hayner sighed,"So, anybody got any bright ideas for a topic."
    "Maybe, we could study the stuff that's happening to me and Ria," Roxas suggested,"You know, the dreams--and the guys in white..."
    "Forget it," Hayner replied.
    "Why?" Roxas asked, looking up at him, Olette turned to him.
    "You know," Hayner continued,"Things have been weird with you, Ria and the town since the photos were stolen, right?"
    "Well, tomorrow," Pence continued,"We're all gonna search the town and find out what's been goin' on."
    "Lots of people are helping out," Olette finished.
    "All that for us?" Ria asked, smiling.
    "I'll go get some ice cream," Roxas cried, running out of the spot, he came back with five ice creams, while the others discussed ideas for the assignment.
    "Hey, there's this strange rumor going around," Pence suggested,"Wanna hear it? You know the stone steps at Sunset Station? We use 'em all the time, without even thinking about it. But--and this is the weird part--the steps count different going up and down!"
    "Seriously!?" Hayner asked.
    "And there are six others like that," Pence continued,"It's like...the seven wonders of Twilight Town!"
    "We should investigate those for our school project!" Hayner suggested,"Pence, you're a genius!"
    "There might be other rumours going around, too!" Pence said,"Let's split up! I'm gonna look for the seven wonders..."
    "Olette and I will go find some new rumors," Hayner replied,"C'mon!"
    "That leaves me, Ria and Roxas," Pence replied, and smiled at the two,"Let's try the train, first, to the station!"
    Roxas, Ria and Pence headed for the station and stood by the train.

    "The time has come," Pence spookily, said,"Our hunt for the seven wonders begins!"
    "You're a freak, Pence," Ria replied, and started to walk towards the train doors, but turned back when she heard footsteps behind her, the other two turned around, aswell.
    Olette and Hayner wandered in, they walked up to the two boys, Olette smiled at them.
    "Who!" Pence cried,"Find new rumors already?"
    "Nothing on Market Street," Olette sighed.
    "You twerps aren't gonna scoop us," Hayner joked,"We're going to the terrace with you."
    "Hayner, it's not a race!" Olette scolded, Roxas laughed, as Hayner turned to her.
    "Well, it is now," Hayner replied, being competitive as usual.
    "C'mon, we can all go," Roxas laughed, Ria rolled her eyes and laughed.
    "Then, hurry up!" Ria laughed, and ran into the trian, followed by Hayner, Roxas, Pence and Olette.
    They took their seats in the carriage, as the train started to leave the station.

    Hayner sat on the same seat row as Olette, whilst Pence, Ria and Roxas sat opposite. Ria lent on Roxas' shoulder and started to drift off to sleep, she found the journey quite tiring. Roxas was slouched as well, obviously feeling the tiredness, too. Olette then got out her yellow crystal and held it into the sunlight in the window, Hayner got out his red one and Pence his green. Roxas searched his pocket for his, but couldn't find it, he stood up quickly, making Ria jump, she searched her pockets, too, they couldn't find them anywhere, they sat in a pout for the rest of the journey.

    The train pulled up at the terrace station, and the five of them got ready to get off. Sunset was drawing out of the terrace, but nevertheless they had work that needed to be done. Hayner was the first out,"Olette! Hurry!"
    Olette ran out after him, Pence, Ria and Roxas followed slowly after them, they walked up to the stone steps that lay in front of them.
    "Aren't these the steps you talked about?" Roxas asked Pence, as he turned to him.
    "The ones that count different going up and down?" Ria continued.
    "Umm..." Pence stuttered,"Actually, it's the stupidest thing ever, but..."
    "What?" Roxas asked.
    "Rai's the one who counted," Pence explained, laughing,"He's like, 'Everytime I count, it's different, Y'KNOW!"
    "So..." Ria began,"He just counted wrong?"
    Pence nodded and the two others sighed, but Pence smiled,"Hey, no worries."
    They then all went down into Sunset Terrace, and walked up to Pence, he showed them a map of the seven wonders.

    They walked into one of the back alleys, looking for one of the wonders. Roxas touched the wall and suddenly, all these white balls came shooting out, they knocked them back. The two teenagers had to dodge the balls to be able to reach the back wall, Roxas stood behind Ria knocking the balls away from her, she got to the back wall and whacked the wall.
    Pence walked down the path as the last white ball came flying out, he ran into the back alley, as Roxas and Ria turned to leave,"Oh, it's just you two. Were you throwing a ball? That ball flew out of nowhere and totally startled me. Hey, I know! This explains one of those seven wonders!"
    The three turned and started walking out of the alley, behind them the wall started to move as darkness appeared and disappeared. They walked down the path and ended up at a place with a small waterfall. Roxas and Ria walked up to the waterfall and smiled at their reflection, until it walked out of the waterfall and through them, it turned into a shadow and got ready to fight.
    Roxas and Ria started to attack their shadows, but it soon faded. Pence walked over as the two teenagers were face first in the floor. He ran over to them,"Roxas! Ria! You all right? Now, that's spooky! I thought I saw someone, but it was just my reflection. I bet this is behind one of those wonders!"
    Pence turned away from the waterfall, and he and Ria walked off, Roxas stood there for a moment,"Another...me?"
    He walked off, and they headed for the next wonder. They walked up a tunnel, and found Vivi standing there, Roxas looked over,"Vivi?"
    Three Vivi's suddenly appeared, and Roxas and Ria had to fight each one of them. They kept disappearing each time they hit them, but then more appeared, they hit the last Vivi, and the real Vivi came running up the tunnel, as he heard a noise,"What is it, you two? Oh, did you need this?"
    He held up the Struggle bat that he trained with,"Planning on getting in some practise, I bet."
    "Er, no..." Roxas replied,"It's just that...there were so many of you..."
    "So many of me?" Vivi asked,"I don't get it. Anyway, I'm done with this. You can take your time."
    Pence came running in at that point,"So, the mystery voice was just Vivi practising."
    Ria shook her head,"Listen, there were a whole bunch of Vivi clones here a minute ago..."
    But it was time to move onto the next wonder, they started running up to Sunset Hill, where three dustbins sat and a brown bag. Roxas wandered up to the bag and Ria stood on the path watching. The bag started hopping away, Roxas pounced on top of it and pulled it up when it started to run into a dustbin, Ria watched as the boy was being dragged, the bag finally ran out of stamina, and stayed still, Roxas untied a bag as Pence ran up the hill. A dog was standing next to the two teenagers as Pence found them, Roxas looked at the dog,"Yikes."
    "Oh, it was just a dog," Pence sighed,"Did you let it out of the sack? This explains one of those seven wonders!"
    The group headed back to the bottom of the stone steps, where they waited for Olette and Hayner to return.

    Roxas sighed,"You know, that last wonder, wasn't exactly wonderful."
    "I understand, say no more," Pence replied, but Ria scowled at him.
    "There's a logical explanation for each one, give it a break," she frowned.
    "But this next one's gonna be really great!" Pence replied,"Wonder number six!"
    Ria and Roxas heard footsteps and turned to see Hayner and Olette running over. Pence smiled, as Hayner and Olette nodded, Hayner smiled,"We got another lead!"
    "'The Ghost Train Mystery'..." Olette finished, Pence laughed.
    "Everybody knows about Wonder number Six," he laughed.
    "Yeah, well, I didn't," Hayner frowned.
    "Did you find out where the train runs?" Roxas asked.
    "You can see it from Sunset Hill," Olette smiled, nodding.
    "Then, let's go!" Ria smiled, and started running towards Sunset Hill, the others followed behind her.
    Hayner was right, this had become a race, the sun was setting and they still had a report to write, maybe it was just because of where Sunset Terrace was placed, but it always seemed to be sunsetting.

    They wandered up the hill to the side, where the wooden fence was placed, right over the train tunnel. Hayner looked over the side,"If the rumors are true, it'll be here any minute..."
    "For they say the train is empty," Pence drawed their attention, in his spooky voice,"No driver, no conductor, no passengers, no return."
    Hayner sat down and watched the train line, Roxas lay down next to him, next to Roxas, Ria lay down and twiddled her thumbs, next to Ria, Olette lay down watching the train line, and Pence sat next to Olette watching the train line.

    "We've gotta make it to the beach next year," Olette started a conversation, after they'd been waiting a while.
    "Yeah," Hayner agreed,"We better get jobs the second vacation starts."
    "Good afternoon, slackers," a voice greeted from behind them, they all turned to the person, it was Seifer,"What are you doing out her?"
    "What do you care?" Ria asked.
    "I don't," Seifer replied,"Tell me anyway."
    "We're waiting for the ghost train," Pence replied, Seifer laughed at them.
    "Waiting for the ghost train!" he laughed, Roxas jumped up and frowned at him,"Why does looking at you always tick me off?"
    "I dunno," Roxas shrugged,"Maybe it's destiny."
    "Destiny..." Seifer repeated,"In that case, let's be friends. I don't feel like co-operating with destiny."
    "When have you ever co-operated with anything?" Hayner asked, Seifer turned and smiled at him, and then wandered back down the hill.
    "Seifer?" Olette called for him, but he continued walking.
    "I know," Seifer replied,"Tomorrow."
    Roxas turned to the train line and noticed something,"Look!"
    They all turned to see a train riding by, it had a pointed top like a wizard's hat and many moons and stars on it. Roxas turned to Ria and she nodded, Roxas smiled,"It's really true... And there's really no-one aboard! What's the catch? There's gotta be a catch, right? Then, it's real? Let's go to the station!"
    The others were confused, but Ria nodded, and followed Roxas to the station, the train was there. Roxas ran up to it, and smiled.

    The others followed up behind him, he turned to them,"Let's go in!"
    He started walking up to the train, but Hayner grabbed his arm, he turned back to him,"What?"
    "Um..." Hayner stuttered,"You'll get hurt."
    Roxas turned back to an empty train track, no train was there, or anything,"Huh?"
    "The train will be arriving shortly," the speaker spoke, as a golden-brown train pulled up in to the station.
    A group of people walked off the train, and Roxas was still stunned. The train was waiting to depart and Roxas bowed his head, Pence sighed,"C'mon."
    "A train came from the beach," Roxas explained,"There was no driver, right?"
    "Let's go..." Pence ushered, but Roxas then looked at Olette and ria in hope.
    "Right?" he asked, but Hayner grabbed Roxas and pushed him into the train.
    It was time to go back home, the others followed Hayner into the carriage.

    They wandered down the steps of Sunset Station, back at Station Heights. They started walking back to the usual spot, Hayner was in front, he then sprang an idea,"Let's go home and work on the paper. 'The rumors were bogus. The end.'"
    "We can still make it sound good if we write about all the work we did," Olette suggested.
    "But what about the last one?" Roxas asked,"The seventh wonder?"
    "Who cares?" Hayner cried, starting to lose his temper with the other boy.
    "I do," Roxas answered,"C'mon, Pence."
    "Wahetever!" Hayner frustratedly, said, walking off, as Pence, Ria and Olette turned to Roxas.
    "Roxas..." Olette sighed.
    "It's at that haunted mansion," Pence sighed, and he and Olette ran off to follow Hayner.
    Ria turned to follow the others, but Roxas grabbed her arm, she turned to him and sighed,"Fine..."
    The two of them ran through the town to the mansion, they were hoping to not encounter any creatures on the way through the woods, which luckily they didn't

    They wandered up to the large manor, and looked around, hoping to work out what they were searching for.
    "You know something..." a voice said from behind them, making them jump, they turned to see Pence walking towards them,"We were gonna check the mansion out tomorrow. It IS the most suspicious place."
    "Right..." Roxas nodded.
    "Even Seifer's gang were gonna help out," Pence continued.
    "Seifer?" Ria asked, surprised.
    "Yeah," Pence nodded,"Hayner asked him to."
    "So, what're we lookin' for?" Roxas asked.
    "Well, they say there's a girl who appears on the second floor window..." Pence explained,"...even though no-one's lived here for years."
    Roxas and Ria turned to the manor and stared up at the window. The curtain blew in the second floor window, and the two teenagers were able to see inside.

    The room was covered in drawing, it was white, the drawings were many things. In the middle was a white table, and three white chairs, two on one end and one on the other.
    "Roxas, Ria..." a familiar voice spoke.
    "Naminé?" the two teenagers' voices asked in unison.
    "This is..." Roxas' voice asked, looking at a drawing of him and Axel,"Me? And Axel's here too, but Ria's not."
    "You ARE best friends," Naminé's voice replied,"But Ria refused to help them, that's why she isn't there."
    "Very funny," Roxas laughed about the friendship bit.
    "Don't you want to know the truth about who you two really are?" Naminé asked.
    "No-one knows us better than us," Roxas laughed.
    "Of course..." Naminé laughed.
    "But..." Ria stuttered,"I don't get what's been happening lately."
    The picture they were looking at looked familiar, it was a group of five, two had Keyblades, the others didn't, Naminé spoke,"You know these five, don't you?"
    "Yeah," Roxas and Ria said in unison,"Sora, Hara, Ryoko, Donald and Goofy. They're from the dreams."
    "About a year ago..." Naminé explained,"Some things happened, and I had to take apart the memories chained together in Sora and Hara's hearts. But now...I'm putting them all back, exactly the way they were. It's taken me a long time, but pretty soon Sora and Hara will be their old selves again. The process has been affecting you two, too."
    "You mean..." Ria began.
    "The dreams?" Roxas asked.
    "Yes," Naminé agreed,"Roxas and Sora are connected, just like Ria and Hara. And...in order for Sora and Hara to become completely whole again... They need you two."
    "Us?" Ria asked,"What for?"
    "You two hold half of what they are," Naminé explained,"They need you two, Roxas, Ria."
    "Naminé?" the two said in unison.
    Suddenly, they appeared at the table, Ria sat next to Roxas and Naminé sat on the other end. Roxas and Ria looked at the girl.
    "Naminé, who are you?" Roxas asked, Ria looked at her in hopes they could hear more.
    "I'm a witch," she replied,"With power over Sora and Hara's memories and those around them."
    "A witch?" Roxas repeated, confused.
    "That's what DiZ called me," Naminé answered,"But, I don't know why I have this power...I just do. I'm not even sure there's a right way for me to use it."
    "Hmm..." Ria sighed,"We can't help you there."
    "It's funny..." Roxas replied, looking up at the drawings,"Suddenly, I feel like I don't know myself at all..."
    "Same..." Ria nodded,"I guess I would like to know. What do you know about us...that we don't?"
    "You two..." Naminé was trying to bring herself to say it,"You two were never meant to exist, Roxas, Ria."
    "What...?" Roxas asked, shocked,"How could you even say such a thing...even if it were true?"
    "I'm sorry," Naminé apologised, a little upset herself,"I guess some things...really are better left unsaid."

    Roxas and Ria were staring up at the window, Pence shook Roxas' shoulder, as the two seemed dazed,"Roxas! Ria!"
    They turned and looked at him, and he looked at them,"Did you see her?"
    Roxas nodded, and turned to the mansion, he pointed up at the window,"Yeah. Watch the window--closely."
    Pence looked up at the window, but all he saw was the curtain blowing in the breeze. He sighed,"Oh, lame. That's just the curtain moving. There must be a draft somewhere. I'm surprised this old place even has curtains."
    "...Yeah," Ria sighed.
    "Well, let's head back to the usual spot," Pence suggested, and turned to leave,"Hayner and Olette are waiting."
    The three of them made their way back to the usual spot, through the town, still concerned about what Naminé said.

    They wandered in, but Hayner wasn't in sight, just Olette standing there waiting for them,"Hey, guys, how'd it go?"
    "The girl in the window turned out to be a curtain flapping in the wind." Pence explained, disappointed none of the wonders were true, even though he didn't see the things Roxas and Ria saw.
    "I firgured as much," Olette laughed,"The report's already done."
    "All right!" Pence cheered, as Roxas and Ria bowed their heads in thought about what Naminé had said.
    "So, wanna go find Hayner?" Olette offered,"He's probably at the station. You know... We only have two more days together."
    "Huh?" Ria asked, as the two of them looked up at Olette.
    "Summer Vacation, remember?" Olette asked.
    "Oh..." Roxas sighed,"Right."
    The four of them headed towards the clock tower, it was only up the hill but they still dawdled. They looked up at the tower and saw Hayner's feet dangling off the edge.

    They walked up to the top and wandered out to see him. He sat eating an ice cream, as the others wandered up behind him. Roxas and Ria still concerned about what the girl had said, Olette and Pence smiled at Hayner. Hayner heard their footsteps behind them,"Tomorrow we search the town."
    "Next day's the fair," Pence replied, Olette put her hands on her hips.
    "The last day of summer," she reminded.
    "Don't say that!" Hayner complained,"You'll give me an ulcer!"
    "Not if you explode from all that ice cream, first," Pence laughed.
    Hayner looked at his ice cream surprised, Pence and Olette laughed at the surprised boy. Ria and Roxas still stood thinking, though, as the sunset over Twilight Town, the two felt their hearts sink.

    The hooded man now known to be named Ansem, wandered over to the red-wrapped man, he was sat in a green chair, in front of him lay a broken desk. The hooded man stopped in front of the desk,"Why did you show them the train?"
    "Because they missed the trip to the beach," the red-wrapped man replied.
    "That's almost kind of you," Ansem replied.
    "Now..." the red-wrapped man asked,"...what about you? Are the holes in your memory starting to fill in?"
    "Yes," Ansem nodded,"The haze is clearing."
    "The same thing is happening to everyone who had ties to Sora and Hara," the red-wrapped man explained,"Very soon, to them, they'll be like good friends who had gone away for a year."
    Ansem wandered over to the other chair and sat down,"I've waited, and now I want to know. What is that you want?"
    "Revenge," the man answered.
    "Revenge..." Ansem repeated, still confused.
    "Now, for the finishing touches," the man replied,"First, we must dispose of Naminé. She did a splendid job with Sora and Hara, but it's high time she disappeared. Roxas and Ria are not the only ones who were never meant to exist. Take care of it, Ansem."

    "Restoration at 97%," the computer voice said, the process was almost complete.

    "Gawrsh," Goofy said,"Is that really all that's left of the the worlds taken by the Heartless?"
    "Those worlds will be restored if we beat Ansem, right?" Sora asked, looking out at the purple-pink world, and the purple-ish water that surrounded them,"But if we do beat him, and all these worlds become restored and disconnected, what's gonna happen to this place? And to us?"
    "It could also mean goodbye..." Hara sighed, as they floated in front of a large, dark, winged creature.
    "All worlds begin in darkness," a deep voice spoke,"And all so end. The heart is no different. You see, darkness is the heart's true essence."
    Sora and Hara floated up from the darkness, Sora got out his Keyblade, ready to fight another battle, so did Hara, she scowled,"That's not true!"
    "The heart may be weak," Sora backed up,"And sometimes it may even give in. But I've learned that deep down, there's a light that never goes out!"
    "Kingdom Hearts!" a long, grey-haired man yelled, turning to face a bright white door, holding out his hand,"Fill me with the power of darkness!"
    "You're wrong..." Ryoko tried to say, as he was weak.
    "I know now," Sora replied, as the door opened and light burst out,"Without a doubt. Kingdom Hearts..."
    "Is light!" Hara finished, as the man disappeared through the light.
    "Now, you guys!" a mouse said, holding up a Keyblade, in the dark depths behind the door,"Let's close this door for good!"
    The five of them struggled to close the door, pushing it shut with all their might, it started to finally close. The boy inside the door turned to Sora,"Take care of her."
    Sora nodded, and he and Hara jumped back, lifted up their Keyblades and closed the door for good, along with the power of the mouse inside. The doors disappeared, as they were closed for good. A young girl looked up, and saw two people running over to her.
    "Kairi!" they both cried in unison, but Hara stepped behind Sora as she knew this didn't include her.
    "Sora!" Kairi replied, and almost slipped, she grabbed Sora's hand as the two worlds pulled apart.
    "Kairi, remember what you said before?" Sora reminded,"I'm always with you too, I'll come back to you. I promise!"
    "I know you will!" Kairi replied, the two worlds broke apart, and the two of them were apart again.
    A vast open field, with long, green grass, with a path going down it, showed the five of them walking down the path. Donald looked at the two Keyblade masters,"Well, now what do we do?"
    "We've gotta find Riku, King Mickey and Cloud," Sora answered.
    "But, uh, where do we start lookin' for that there door to the light?" Goofy asked, as a familiar dog walked by, holding an envelope.
    "Pluto?" Donald called, the dog turned to him.
    "Gawrsh," Goofy noticed the print on the envelope,"That's the king's seal!"
    "Hey," Sora called,"Have you seen King Mickey?"
    The dog started running along the path, Ryoko followed, followed by Hara and Sora, Hara turned to Donald and Goofy,"Let's go!"
    Sora walked down the path through the night, until he arrived at crossroads. A man in a black hood was stood behind him, but when Sora turned he was gone. The man disappeared down one path, and Sora followed him down. He arrived at a large castle, suddenly, all these images ran by, and the memories shut off.

    The dark beach from the very beginning of this story was shown again, the boy in the black hood walked over to the man, and the man turned to him,"I've been to see him... He's looks a lot like you."
    "Who are you?" the boy asked, this time a voice could be heard, it was a familiar voice this time, though.
    It seemed like these were still memories, but a different person's memories. Heartless came up from the ground, everywhere in the dark city, Heartless crawled out of the last bit of darkness. In the middle of a circle of darkness, the boy in the black hood stood. He got out two Keyblades, and held one in each hand, one was black and one was white. He destroyed the first of many Heartless, when most of them were gone he looked up at the tall building stood behind him. On the top of the building, stood an older boy, not by that much, wearing a black mask over his eyes and a cloak, he had long, grey-ish hair. The hooded boy ran up the side of the building, knocking away Heartless, going up to fight him, he chucked one Keyblade up, and the older boy caught it, on the very bright light on the tower, they crossed paths. They destroyed the Heartless together that were on the ground, but then turned to fight each other. The elder boy sat on the ground, as he had been knocked back,"Why!? Why do you have the Keyblade?"
    "Shut up!" the hooded boy ordered, and lifted up his Keyblade.
    "Roxas!" a feminine voice cried, as the hooded boy got ready to fight the elder one.

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  10. Kenni-Chan King's Apprentice

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    Chapter 7​


    Roxas opened his eyes, he turned to get off his bed, but as he did so, he flickered from Roxas to Sora a few times. He turned around to his window, and watched as the birds flew by. He got changed and headed towards the usual spot.

    Hayner, Pence and Olette were crowded around, talking, they were standing rather than sitting, though. Roxas entered the usual spot and rubbed the back of his head,"Man, I could not sleep last night..."
    The group didn't answer, Roxas put his hand to tap Hayner, but went right through him,"Guys?"
    The group were laughing, but he couldn't hear what at. Hayner turned and ran right through Roxas, just like the other two, to reveal Ria sat in Hayner's spot looking at a photo. Ria looked up at Roxas and handed him the photo,"Look."
    It was the photo of Hayner, Ria, Roxas, Pence and Olette, but now the photo now only had Hayner, Pence and Olette in the picture. Ria and Roxas put the photo where they found it and headed outside.

    They looked around, the town was still the same, but Ria felt something was wrong, she then felt the creatures coming near them again,"Roxas! Look out!"
    The creatures then appeared before them, surrounding them, there was no escape. Behind them a black portal appeared, and out stepped Axel. Roxas and Ria turned to him, Axel looked at Roxas,"Look at what it's come to. I've been given these icky orders to destroy you two--if you two refuse to come back with me."
    "We're..." Roxas stuttered,"...best friends, right?"
    "Sure..." Axel laughed,"But I'm not getting turned into a Dusk for... Wait a sec! You remember now!?"
    "Y...eah," Roxas stuttered, he wasn't too confident.
    "Great!" Axel smiled,"But, you know, gotta make sure and all. So, uh...umm... What's our boss' name?"
    Roxas gave him a blank stare, Ria looked hopefully up at the boy, but nothing was said, Axel sighed,"Can't believe this..."
    Ria and Roxas got out their Keyblades and got ready to fight off the creatures surrounding them.

    The creatures crawled around them, and they had trouble dodgeing as Axel called for more of them. The last one was the hardest, as it was a different form of the creatures, and it tended to stay under ground. It came out sometimes though, and was easy to defeat.

    Axel got out his two, spiked wheels, but when he lifted up one of the wheels, he suddenly froze. Time had frozen again, Roxas and Ria looked around and saw that nothing was moving.
    "Roxas, Ria!" a deep, male voice called,"To the mansion! The time has come!"
    "Hayner!" Roxas cried,"Pence!"
    "Olette!" Ria cried.
    Roxas and Ria ran down through the town and through the woods to the mansion, when time had suddenly started moving again, Axel was moving again, he seemed upset.
    "The Roxas that I know is long gone," Axel sighed,"Why won't Ria tell him? She's remembered it all, I can tell. Fine, I see how it is..."

    Roxas and Ria walked up to the mansion gates, a giant lock was on them. Roxas touched the lock while Ria looked around, she felt that something wasn't going to be right when they went inside. She looked up as Roxas turned around, they were surrounded by those creatures again.
    "Don't call us and then lock us out," Roxas said.
    They then remembered Sora and Hara lifting up their Keyblades and locking the worlds. Roxas and Ria stepped back and lifted up their Keyblades, they unlocked the gates and ran towards the doors of the mansion. The creatures behind them headed forward, but were stopped by a man in a black hood, the gates closed behind him.

    They ran inside and noticed the place was infested with creatures, they headed up the stairs and ran into the first room they found. The room was the white room they had seen Naminé in. They looked around at the pictures. Roxas walked over to one of the pictures, it caught his eye, it was a picture of a young boy that looked like him in a dark city, Ria stood by the door making sure that those creatures didn't come back. Roxas started to feel funny and grabbed his head, he seemed to be having a headache, he seemed to be in pain.

    In an eternal dark city, the buildings shone bright. A young teenager was walking down the path, he was wearing a black, hooded, cloak, he looked exactly like Roxas. Leaning against a wall, as the boy walked by, Axel stood.
    "Your mind's made up?" Axel asked.
    "Why did the Keyblade choose me?" Roxas asked, stopping in his footsteps,"I have to know."
    "You can't turn on the Organization!" Axel cried,"Plus, you're not the only one who was chosen."

    Roxas was still holding his head, Ria was standing next to him, facing the opposite way, though. In the chair that Naminé sat in, there she was, Roxas turned to see her, too.
    "Organization XIII..." Roxas asked,"They're a bad group."
    "Bad or good, I don't know," Naminé replied,"They're a group of incomplete people who wish to be whole. To that end, they're desperately searching for something."
    "What?" Roxas asked.
    "Kingdom Hearts..." Ria answered, not realising what she was saying, Roxas laughed.
    "Funny?" Naminé asked.
    "It's just," Roxas replied,"I think--I've been running away from the question I really wanna ask. What's gonna happen to us now? Just tell me that. Nothing else really matters anymore."
    "You two are..." Naminé started, but started to disappear into the pixels that she seemed to be made of.
    "Naminé!" Ria called.
    Behind Naminé's chair, a portal of pixals appeared behind it, out stepped the man wrapped in red.
    "There's no knowledge that has the power to change your fate," he said.
    "Even if it doesn't, I wanna know," Roxas frowned,"WE have the right to know!"
    "A Nobody doesn't have a right to know," the man argued,"Nor does it even have the right to be."
    "But what IS a Nobody?" Roxas asked, Ria knew all the answers, but still she kept quiet, if she had no right to be, she had no right to speak.
    A black portal appeared next to the man wrapped in red, the black hooded man from before appeared,"DiZ, we're out of time, too many Nobodies!"
    Another black portal appeared on the opposite side of the red-wrapped man, Naminé stepped out of it, the portal stayed behind her though, like it was attached,"Roxas, Ria. Nobodies like us are only half a person. You two won't disappear. You'll be whole!"
    "We'll..." Roxas stuttered,"Disappear...?"
    "No further outbursts!" DiZ ordered, and walked over to Naminé.
    "No, you WON'T disappear!" Naminé denied, as DiZ grabbed her arm, and covered her mouth.
    "Wait!" Roxas cried, and ran over to Naminé, but the hooded man blocked him.
    "Roxas, Ria!" Naminé called, pulling DiZ's hand away,"We will meet again. And then we can talk about everything. I may not know it's you two, and you two may not know it's me. But we will meet again. Someday soon. I promise!"
    "Let her go!" Roxas ordered, but DiZ and Naminé had disappeared,"Naminé!"
    "Roxas!" Ria cried,"I have your answers, tell me what you want to know!"
    The hooded man made a portal behind Ria, he wandered over and grabbed her by her clothes collar. He lifted her up,"You're the one who was NEVER meant to exist!"
    He chucked her into the portal, and both of them disappeared into it. Roxas stood looking around for his friend,"Ria!"
    Roxas picked up one of Naminé's pictures and headed out of the room.

    He wandered into the library where an incomplete drawing was on the table. He picked up the yellow crayon that was there and finished the drawing, the floor suddenly started to disappear, he ran over to the bookshelves, as a basement was revealed. He headed down the stairs and walked into the first basement room, where a machine was and the computers DiZ had been sat at before. Roxas then felt the same headachey feeling he felt when he saw the picture in the white room, he grabbed his head again.

    There were thirteen chair seated around a round floor, it had a sign on it, it seemed to be a meeting hall. On each chair a persoin sat, all in black cloaks, some were hooded and some were not. In one particular chair Roxas sat, in his hooded cloak.
    He was then shown running from the creatures that were in Twilight Town, he was running down the path in the city of eternal darkness.
    "Why!?" the same boy from before cried,"Why do you have the Keyblade?"
    "Shut up!" the hooded boy ordered, and got ready to attack the elder boy.
    "Roxas!" a feminine voice cried again.
    The hooded boy pulled his Keyblade down to attack the elder boy, but he knocked him back. The hooded boy lay on the ground defenseless. The elder boy wandered over to him.
    Roxas was then shown sat in the machine that he saw next to the computers, DiZ and the hooded man were talking in front of him, whilst he slept.
    "Will it work?" the hooded man asked.
    "If we can maintain the simulated town until Naminé finishes chaining together Sora and Hara's memories," DiZ replied.
    "What will happen to Roxas?" the hooded man asked,"Or more importantly, Ria?"
    "They both hold half of Sora and Hara's power within themselves," DiZ explained,"In the end, they'll have to give it back. Until then, they'll need different personalities to throw off their pursuers."
    "Poor things," the hooded man said, sympathetically.
    Diz sat down at his computer and started pressing buttons,"It's the fate of a Nobody."
    A beam shot down on Roxas and he was pixelated away, into the simulated town.

    Roxas was still holding onto his head, still in pain, but someone familiar was standing behind him. Rloxas got out his Keyblade and in his anger, smashed all of the computer screens. The screens flickered with static as they were destroyed. Roxas turned to see a door open, Ria smiled from behind him, she laughed and he turned to her,"I don't think those computers will bother you again, now, come on."
    The two of them walked through the door and into the next part of the basement.

    Roxas and Ria ran in, but Ria was stopped at the doorway by a barrier. Roxas got out his Keyblade as the creatures surrounded him, Ria held out her palm and broke the barrier and ran out to help Roxas. The creatures were easily defeated. Axel then walked out, he walked along the basement dloor and smiled,"Simply amazing, Roxas and Ria."
    "Axel," Roxas said.
    "You really do remember me this time?" Axel interrupted, he turned to the two teenagers,"I'm SO FLATTERED!"
    Suddenly, fire burst out everywhere, surrounding the two teenagers and Axel, he got out his two spiked wheels and Ria got out her Keyblade, Roxas now had two Keyblades to use.
    "But you're too late!" Axel yelled, as Roxas got out his two Keyblades,"Two!?"

    The floor turned to molton rock and Axel went into the flames, Roxas and Ria waited until he came out and then hit him back into the flames, when he came onto the floor they continuesly attacked him, until he knocked them back. The attacks they did finished Axel off, and the fight wasn't that long.

    The fires died down and soon went out, the smoke in the room was clearing and Axel fell to his knees. Roxas and Ria stared over at him. Roxas' blue eyes shone brightly in the dark basement, Ria's green eyes did the same, Roxas then remembered something...

    "You get on their bad side and they'll destroy you!" Axel warned, as Roxas tried to leave the Organization.
    "No-one would miss me," Roxas replied, and continued walking.
    "That's not true," Axel replied,"I would."

    Roxas looked at Axel again,"Axel..."
    Axel panted, and looked up at Roxas and Ria,"Let's meet again, in the next life."
    "Yeah," Roxas nodded, and looked at Ria,"We'll be waiting."
    Darkness started to fade around Axel, he laughed,"Silly. Just because you two have a next life..."
    "Axel, thank you and I'm sorry," Ria apologised, as the darkness made Axel fade away.
    Roxas and Ria headed towards the next door, and walked through, they wandered down a path.

    As they wandered down the path, there were pods lined up, but three in the chamber had people inside, as Roxas and Ria walked past. They stopped and took a look at them.
    "Donald?" Roxas looked in one pod and then another,"Goofy?"
    "Ryoko?" Ria looked into the third pod.
    A door lay behind them, what lay beyond it was lying waiting for them. Roxas and Ria walked over to the door, they walked inside...

    Inside two pods stood, and so did DiZ, Roxas and Ria walked up to him, but not very far up to him, he had annoyed them enough.
    "At last, the Keyblades' chosen ones," DiZ said.
    "Who are you talking to?" Roxas asked,"Me and Ria? Or Sora and Hara?"
    "To half of Sora and Hara, of course," DiZ answered,"You two reside in darkness. What I need is someone who can move about the realm of light and destroy Organization XIII."
    "Why?" Roxas asked,"Who are you?"
    "I am a servant of the world," DiZ replied, and he laughed,"And, if I'm a servant, then you two should consider yourselves tools, at best."
    "Was that..." Roxas stuttered,"Was that supposed to be a joke? 'Cause I'm not laughing!"
    Roxas got out his Keyblade and went to attack DiZ, but his Keyblade went right through him. Roxas looked up at DiZ.
    "My apologies," DiZ replied,"This is only a data-based projection."
    Roxas screamed at the top of his lungs and then continued slashing the Keyblade into DiZ's hologram in his anger. The hologram disappeared, as it started to fade away after so many hits, Roxas stood panting, Ria ran over and comforted him, she put her arm on his back and bent down to his level. She behind her at the newly made DiZ hologram.
    "Come, over here," he said.
    Roxas stood up and so did Ria, Roxas gritted his teeth,"I hate you so much..."
    "You should share some of that hatred with Sora," DiZ replied,"He's far too nice for his own good. Hara could be of some what the same, if she let herself, but she seems to be more of a changing nature."
    "No!" Roxas yelled,"My heart belongs to me!"
    Roxas ran forward to attack the DiZ hologram again, Ria reached for him to come back, but the DiZ hologram disappeared,"Roxas..."
    Suddenly, the two pods in front of them opened, in one sat Sora, and in the other sat Hara. Roxas and Ria looked up at their others, Roxas looked at the Sora in front of him,"Sora..."
    Ria looked up at Hara,"Hara..."
    The two were still fast asleep, and unable to hear a word the two of them were saying. Roxas looked at both teenagers and then at Ria,"You two are lucky. Looks like our summer vacation is...over."
    "Roxas..." Ria sighed, as a tear rolled down her cheek, but every word the boy spoke was true, summer vacation was over for them, they'd done what they were there for.
    All the things that had happened in Twilight Town didn't matter anymore, because Hayner, Pence and Olette had forgotten all about the two of them, and they were no longer in use for Twilight Town, and everything that had happened had been forgotten.

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  11. Kenni-Chan King's Apprentice

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    Chapter 8​


    At the Twilight Town station, the train had pulled up. The doors opened and out stepped a hooded mouse, it was the same cloaks that the Organization wore.

    In the dark, Roxas and Ria stood, just them two. They turned to a direction in the darkness. Roxas looked over,"Sora?"
    Ria turned to the same direction and looked over too,"Hara?"
    "Who's there?" Sora and Hara asked.
    "Sora!" Donald called.
    "Hara!" Ryoko called, but his voice was different now.
    "Sora, Hara!" Goofy called,"Wake up!"

    In the two closed pods, Hara and Sora opened their eyes slowly. Donald, Goofy and Ryoko stood outside in wait. Sora's pod suddenly flashed, and slowly opened, to show him stretching and yawning. Donald, Goofy and Ryoko laughed at the boy. Sora jumped out and skidded on his knees along the floor, he gave Donald, Goofy and Ryoko a huge hug.
    "Donald!" Sora cried, his voice was deeper than before,"Goofy! Ryoko!"
    Whilst Donald, Goofy and Sora happy danced, Ryoko turned to the other pod as it opened, it slowly opened to show Hara stretching and yawning. Ryoko smiled, and Hara jumped out. She saw the joy in Sora, Donald, Goofy and Ryoko's faces, but she interrupted them by letting out a cough. Sora looked up and smiled,"Hara!"
    He ran over and gave her a hug, Hara stood a little scared at first, but then put her arms around Sora, too. It was nice to know that someone cared, seeing as she had left her family to go with them. Jiminy jumped onto Sora's shoulder, as Donald and Goofy walked over. Jiminy let out a huge stretch and yawn,"That was some nap!"
    Jiminy jumped onto the floor, beside Ryoko. Sora and the others turned to the cricket.
    "You mean, we were asleep?" Sora asked.
    "I guess we musta been, or I don't think we'd be so drowsy..." Jiminy replied.
    "When do ya think we went to sleep?" Goofy wondered.
    "Uhh..." Ryoko thought, his voice was much deeper now, about the same tone as Sora's.
    "Ryoko!" Hara cried, looking at her friend,"Your voice!"
    "Yeah, I know, I was surprised, too, and a little disappointed," Ryoko laughed,"I missed my own voice break! Anyway, when did we go to sleep?"
    "Let's see..." Sora thought,"We defeated Ansem..."
    "Yep," Goofy nodded.
    "Restored peace to the world..." Sora continued,"Found Kairi... Oh yeah, and then we went to look for Riku. I think that's right so far?"
    "Then what?" Hara asked, even Hara's voice had changed a little, she had more of a soft voice than the sharp voice she had before, the whole group must have matured during their time asleep.
    "What does your journal say, Jiminy?" Ryoko asked, looking down at the cricket.
    Jiminy got out his journal and opened it to the last page, there was only one sentence, he looked at it again, just to make sure he wasn't seeing things,"Gee, there's only one sentence... 'Thank Naminé.' Hmm... I wonder who that is?"
    The rest of the group shook their heads, none of them knew 'Naminé'. Donald frowned at Jiminy's journal,"Some journal that is."
    "Hey, let's not fight now!" Hara suggested,"What do ya say we find out where we are!"
    They headed out to the front of the mansion. The yard was large, but they had no time to mess about. They headed through the forest and back into the town.

    They headed through the town and found a back alley, which headed to the usual spot, where Hayner, Pence and Olette hung out. They wandered to the back alley, when Sora stopped, Hara turned to him.
    "You know, I think I've been to this town," Sora said.
    "What's it called?" Ryoko asked.
    "Hmm..." Sora thought,"Guess I must've imagined it."
    They walked inside and found Hayner, Pence and Olette sat in their usual spots. They seemed bored, the others looked around, and Hayner looked up at them,"What do you want?"
    "Uh, nothing," Sora shook his head, a little intimidated by the grumpy boy.
    "Just wondering what was back here," Hara finished, she seemed more confident than Sora, what had happened while they were asleep?
    Hara was never that confident before, she must've grown up while they were sleeping. Hayner looked at her, and got ready to jump off his seat,"Now you know. This is our spot."
    Pence walked over to Sora and Hara and looked right in their faces,"Umm..."
    "What?" Sora asked.
    "You're...new around here, right?" Pence stuttered, as Olette and Hayner walked up, too,"I'm Pence."
    "Hayner," Hayner introduced,"Nice to meet you, but we got stuff to do, so catch ya later."
    "My name's Olette," Olette shyly greeted, as Hayner wandered off,"Hey, did you finish up the summer homework yet? Independent studies are the worst, huh?"
    "Homework?" Sora repeated, he was confused.
    "Hey, what're your names?" Pence asked.
    "Oh, sorry," Goofy apologised,"We're Sora, Hara, Ryoko, Donald and Goofy."
    "Hey, there," Hara greeted.
    "Sora, Hara, Ryoko, Donald, Goofy," Olette repeated,"We just met someone who was looking for you."
    "He sure seemed in a hurry," Pence continued,"He had a black coat on so I couldn't see his face, but he had these big round ears."
    The group thought to see if they had ever met this person, they tried to match a description to a face. Their faces all lit up, Donald jumped up.
    "The King!" Donald cried.
    "Where'd you see him?" Hara asked.
    "At the station," Pence answered.
    "The station," Sora repeated,"Thanks!"
    "Well, we'd better get back to that assignment," Olette said to Pence, and the two of them walked out.
    "Later!" Pence called, as he left the spot.
    "Oh, boy!" Donald cheered,"The King's trying to find us!"
    "Yeah," Sora nodded,"Let's get to the station!"
    They headed up the hill to the station, they wandered through the town as if they'd been there all their lives.

    They walked towards the station doors, but stopped and had a look around first. Suddenly, one of the creatures that had attacked the others appeared. Sora and Hara got out their Keyblades, as more and more appeared. They attacked the way they usually did, as if they were fighting Heartless, but these weren't the same, more and more came at them and they couldn't take it anymore. Donald, Goofy and Ryoko fell to the floor first. Then, Sora and Hara fell in front of them, they held up their Keyblades to block any attacks from the creatures. Suddenly, a hooded person jumped down from the clock tower, also with a keyblade and fought the last of the creatures away. Sora and Hara looked up, and then got down on all fours, as Donald and Goofy brought themselves to their feet, they also noticed, and then knelt on Sora and Hara.
    "Your Majesty?" Donald asked.
    "Shh!" the hooded firgure said,"You gotta board the train and leave town! The train knows the way."
    He pulled out a little pouch of munney and handed it to Hara,"Here!"
    She picked up the munney and looked at it, as did Sora. Donald then noticed the hooded figure had ran off,"You Majesty..."
    He had ran down the steps and into the town by then. Sora looked at Donald and Goofy,"The King... Was that really him?"
    "It coulda been," Goofy replied,"Yep, I know it was!"
    "Now, we know he's okay!" Donald smiled.
    "The King was locked in the realm of darkness, right?" Sora remembered.
    "Uh huh," Hara nodded.
    "But we just saw him..." Sora replied.
    "Yep," Ryoko nodded.
    "And if the King is here, that means, Riku's here!" Sora cheered.
    "He's gotta be," Donald smiled.
    "Well, I'm gonna go looked for Riku," Sora informed,"Then, he and I can go back to the islands together. Kairi's there waiting for us! What are you guys gonna do?"
    "I'm gonna search for Cloud, Ryoko's coming with me to see the worlds," Hara smiled in reply,"So, Donald, Goofy, that leaves you two.
    Goofy and Donald's faces dropped, Goofy sighed,"Gawrsh, you two, do ya have to ask?"
    Sora and Hara started laughing, which made Donald frown, he jumped up,"Hey! What's so funny!?"
    "Your face!" Sora and Hara laughed in unison.
    Donald and Goofy turned to looked at eachother for a moment, their eyes then widened as they realised why they were laughing. The two of them started laughing with the others, Sora stopped and looked at them all,"What do ya say, guys? Let's stick together for one more journey."
    Donald, Goofy and Ryoko nodded and they all turned to Hara, she smiled at them,"One more journey can't hurt."
    "To...where again?" Sora asked.
    "We hafta board the train!" Goofy reminded.
    Sora nodded,"Oh yeah. C'mon!"
    Sora and the others ran into the train station, they got the pouch out and then looked for the ticket booth.

    "Wait up!" a voice cried, as the other wandered into the station.
    They turned to see Hayner, Pence and Olette running up to them. Hayner looked at them,"Hey, Sora, Hara..."
    "What?" Sora asked.
    "Nothing but..." Hayner stuttered, it seemed as if he want to say something, but he just couldn't bring himself to say it.
    "We came to see you off," Pence finished,"It just seemed like something we oughta do."
    "Oh...really?" Hara asked,"Thanks!"
    The bell rang as the train was going to leave the station shortly, which meant it was time for Sora, Hara and their friends to leave. Olette looked over at the ticket booth,"You should hurry and get your tickets."
    "Right," Sora nodded, and they walked up to the booth, Hara got out the pouch and looked at it again.
    Olette looked at the pouch strangely, it seemed familiar to her, Ryoko, Donald and Goofy looked at the girl, as did Sora and Hara.
    "What is it?" Ryoko asked.
    Olette got out a pouch that looked exactly the same, she held it out for everyone to see. goofy took a good look at them both,"They're the same."
    Olette nodded,"Yeah."
    Hara shrugged and then handed it into the ticket booth,"Five tickets, please!"
    The person in the ticket booth handed over the tickets, and the group turned to the stairs that lead up to the train. Sora and Hara started walking, but suddenly stopped, Hara looked at Sora to see if he was all right. Hayner, Pence and Olette turned to them.
    "I can't help feeling we won't see this town again..." Sora sighed.
    "Why not?" Ryoko asked, jumping onto Hara's shoulder, like he always used to hang on to her.
    "You're thinkin' too much," Goofy replied, smiling at Sora.
    "Yeah," Sora agreed,"You're right!"
    They headed up the stairs and to the train, it was time to leave the pleasant little town. Donald and Goofy waited until the others were ready to leave.

    Sora and Hara walked over to them, Ryoko still sat on Hara's shoulder. Sora nodded,"Okay, let's go!"
    Donald and Goofy headed onto the train, Ryoko jumped off of Hara's shoulder and wandered inside as well. Hara and Sora turned to Hayner, Pence and Olette.
    "Bye," Sora said.
    "Goodbye," Hara smiled, a little upset.
    "Hey, Sora, Hara," Hayner caleld for their attention,"You sure we haven't met before?"
    Sora and Hara thought for a moment, then, Hara looked up,"Positive."
    "Why do you ask?" Sora asked.
    Hayner shook his head and laughed,"I dunno."
    Sora and Hara smiled, but then a tear rolled down Sora's cheek, Hara looked up at him. Hayner, Pence and Olette looked at him with concern. Sora touched his cheek and felt the wet, and then wiped it away.
    "You okay?" Olette asked, concerned.
    "Y-Yeah," Sora nodded,"Don't know where it came from."
    "Pull it together," Hara laughed, looking up at her friend,"But I have to admit, I feel the same."
    "Right..." Sora nodded, and waved,"See ya."
    He and Hara ran onto the train and saw Donald, Goofy and Ryoko waiting for them. They stood by the door, as Hayner, Pence and Olette came over to wave, they waved back as the door closed. Hayner, Pence and Olette watched as the train started to leave the station, they watched until it was out of sight and then started to head home.

    Donald, Goofy and Ryoko were looking out the train window, watching the town fly by. Sora leant on his shoulder looking out the door window, Hara was leaning on her back against the other door. Hara got out the munny pouch, she pulled out a purple crystal, she saw another one in there aswell, a blue one. She pulled out the blue one and put the munny pouch away.
    "Sora," she called, he turned to her, and she chucked the blue crystal over to him.
    They both held them up against the door window. Sora looked at his closely,"You know..."
    Goofy turned to him, and Ryoko and Donald jumped down onto the train seats. Sora pulled his crystal down and looked at it still,"I'm sad."
    "We'll be back," Donald re-assured.
    "Yeah," Goofy agreed,"We can visit Hayner and those guys again."
    Sora and Hara nodded and looked out the window, as the train went out into what seemed like space. They watched as the aurora like affect, shone in the deep, blue sky.

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  13. Kenni-Chan King's Apprentice

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    Chapter 9​


    The railway went over a yellow-orange, clouded, mist. The train pulled up next to a grass covered yard, it stopped at the edge and the doors open. Sora looked up at the tower that stood infront of them, it was crooked and very tall. Hara looked up at it as well, Donald, Goofy and Ryoko wandered off the trai and waited on the lawn. Sora and Hara then wandered off of it, they heard a noise from behind them and turned to see the train had disappeared.
    Sora laughed, nervously,"There goes our ride..."

    They walked up to the doors of the tower, someone was standing there. It was a large man in a lot of armor. He was peeking through a opening in the wooden, double doors.
    "What's goin' on?" Donald asked.
    "I sent some of my lackeys inside," the man laughed,"To see if the master of this here tower's as big and tough as they say. Word is, he's a real powerful sorcerer. Which would make him the perfect bodyguard for me. See, it don't matter how tough he is--once he's a Heartless, he'll do as I say!"
    "A Heartless?" Ryoko repeated.
    "That's right," the man replied,"They're those things that come outta the darkness in folks' hearts. Why, with all those Heartless at her side, my dear friend Maleficent is gonna conquer everything! And since I got me a debt to pay, I'm goin' round to a bunch of different worlds and buildin' an army of Heartless, special for her. Why am I talkin' to you pipsqueaks, anyway? Go on, scram! I'm behind schedule as it is."
    "You oughta find somethin' nicer to do," Goofy replied, the man turned around to them.
    "Says who?" he asked, and then noticed who was there,"Wha...AAAH! It's you!"
    "Pete!" Donald and Goofy cried in unison.
    "What are you two nimrods doin' here?" the large man asked.
    "What are YOU doing here?" Donald frowned.
    "You know him?" Hara asked, looking at Donald and Goofy.
    "We sure do!" Goofy replied, looking at her,"Pete's been causin' trouble for ages! His Majesty banished him to another dimension a long time ago. I wonder how he escaped."
    "You wanna know how, eh?" Pete laughed,"Well, Maleficent busted me out, that's how! And now your world--no, no, no, all the worlds--are gonna belong to your truly. 'Cause, Maleficent's gonna help me conquer 'em!"
    "Maleficent...huh," Sora laughed, the other joined in the snickering.
    "What are you laughing at!?" Pete asked, angrily,"Why, Maleficent's power is so great--"
    "She's toast," Hara laughed.
    "Sorry, but Maleficent can't help ya now," Goofy replied.
    "Whaddaya mean?" Pete's eyes widened,"You! So, you're the ones that did it!"
    "Well..." Sora smiled, smugly,"We mighta had something to do with it."
    "Heartless squad!" Pete called, as the anger inside him started to burn up,"Round up!"
    Heartless then appeared all around them, Hara and Sora got out their Keyblades and got ready to fight. They attacked the Heartless, it was just like the good ol' days. They were easily defeated, though, Pete stood on the lawn behind them.
    He gritted his teeth,"You just wait! Nobody, and I mean nobody, messes with the mighty Pete!"
    "So, 'mighty' Pete," Hara sarcasticly said,"Who lives in this tower, anyway?"
    "Oh, ya don't know, eh?" Pete mocked,"Well, it's old Yen Sid. 'Course, he's probably a Heartless by now!"
    "Master Yen Sid lives here!?" Donald gasped, and ran up to the doors.
    "Yen Sid is the King's teacher!" Goofy explained.
    "Wow!" Sora replied,"Sounds powerful!"
    Sora, Hara, Ryoko and Goofy also ran up to the doors, leaving Pete astonished that they would just run away like that. He then stomped his feet in a tantrum like way.

    They headed up the stairway in the tower, it seemed to go on for ages. They stopped in one room and fought off Heartless and then headed up the next set of stairs. They encountered another room with more Heartless, but defeated them off easily.
    "Heartless!" Donald cried,"Heartless, Heartless! Things haven't changed one bit!"
    "Well, it's a good thing we're on the job, then," Goofy replied.
    "So, the world's aren't at peace after all?" Sora asked, and turned to the next stairway door.
    They ran up the stairs to the next door. This staircase was longer, and more curved, but they eventually made it to the top.

    They opened the doors, as Donald and Goofy made their way to the wooden desk, they bowed. Ryoko did the same as it seemed polite, and Hara did the same. Sora didn't do anything, he watched as the others bowed. Sat on the desk in front of them, a long, grey, bearded man, wearing a blue robe and a blue pointed hat's emotionless face was put.
    "Master Yen Sid," Donald greeted,"It's an honour!"
    "Hey, there," Sora waved and smiled, everyone turned and looked up at him.
    Donald frowned,"Sora! Show some respect!"
    Hara giggled at Sora as he was scolded, but the man sat in front of them leaned forward,"So, you are Sora. And you, my fair lady, must be Hara."
    "Yes, yes I am," Hara nodded, smiling at the man.
    "Now then, have you seen the King yet?" Yen Sid asked, continueing.
    "Yes, we did, Master," Goofy nodded in reply,"But we didn't get a chance to talk to him."
    "Yes..." Yen Sid replied,"The King has been quite busy of late. Therefore, it would seem the task of instructing you five falls upon my shoulders. You have a perilous journey ahead of you. You must be well prepared."
    "You mean..." Sora said,"We have to go on another quest? I was looking forward to finding my friend Riku, so we could go back to the islands."
    "Yes, I know," Yen Sid nodded,"However, everything in your journey, Sora, is connected, Hara best listen in. Whether you will find your way home to the islands... Whether you will return alone or with your friend... And, whether or not the islands will still be there. And the keys that connects them all are you two, Sora and Hara."
    "We're...the keys?" Hara repeated, she and Sora held out their hands, their Keyblades appeared, they looked at them closely.
    "Chosen wielders of the Keyblades!" Yen Sid stated,"You are the keys who will open the door to light."
    Sora and Hara nodded at Yen Sid. Yen Sid looked at Donald and Goofy, who then stood in a halted position, they both nodded at him. He held out his palm and a book appeared. On the tatty cover, a picture of a moon was placed. He used his magic and opened the book at a certain page.
    "This book contains valuable knowledge you will need for your journey," Yen Sid explained, gesturing to the book,"Study it carefully. Once you have finished, we will speak of the enemies you will surely confront."
    Sora and Hara nodded, and both took a good look at the book.

    Sora was never one for reading or studying, so Hara studied the book carefully and tried to remember every little detail it spoke of. They then looked up at Yen Sid, Hara looked confused at the man,"But, wait a sec--how come the Heartless are still running around?"
    "Your past endeavors did prevent an immense effusion of Heartless, from the great darkness," Yen Sid explained,"Make no mistake about that. However, the Heartless are darkness made real, and darkness yet lingers in every heart. The Heartless are fewer. But while darkness exists in a single heart, it will be difficult to eliminate them."
    "Gawrsh, that must mean..." Goofy sighed,"If everybody's heart was full of light, them Heartless'd go away!"
    Yen Sid nodded,"Now, it is time to speak of the enemies that you will encounter."
    Yen Sid held out his hand and an image of Donald appeared, it then turned into a Heartless. Everyone turned to see the images and understand the explanaition that Yen Sid was about to give.
    "If one such as you Donald, yields to the darkness in their heart," Yen Sid explained,"They too will become a Heartless. But you know this. The Heartless are always lurking and ever seeking to capture new hearts. Never let your guard down! Now then..."
    He held out his hand again, and an image of the creature they had fought in the previous town appeared. They looked at it, and Yen Sid began to explain again,"At times, if someone with a strong heart and will--be they evil or good--becomes a Heartless, the empty shell they leave behind begins to act with a will of its own."
    The Heartless image disappeared, they all took interest in the other creature that was next to the Heartless image. Yen Sid continued,"An empty vessel whose heart has been stolen away... A spirit that goes on even as its body fades from existence--for you see, Nobodies do not truly exist at all. Nobodies may seem to have feelings, but this is a ruse--they only pretend to have hearts. You must not be decieved!"
    "Nobodies..." Sora repeated,"They don't exist..."
    Two more images appeared behind them, of the same creature, they jumped in fright and turned to see the three beings in front of them. Yen Sid turned to the images aswell,"Now then...the being you see before you is known as a Dusk. They are the most common form of Nobody. But there are others--some larger, some with frightening and unique powers. Be vigilant! On your journey, you will meet an alrming number of Dusks. They will all attempt to do you harm. Still, they are nothing but empty shells, destined to return to darkness. But--"
    He held out his hand again and three images of people in black robes, all with their hood up, so their faces could not be seen. The five heroes were intimidated by the beings and stepped back slightly.
    "The beings you see before you now are different," Yen Sid continued,"These powerful Nobodies have formed a group called Organization XIII. It commands the lesser Nobodies."
    "Organization XIII..." Sora repeated, he turned to the others in hope that they knew something about the Organization, but alas no, each of them shrugged and shook their head.
    "While Heartless act on instict, Nobodies function in a higher manner,"Yen Sid continued,"They can think and plan. And it seems they are working towards a goal. What that goal is, we do not know. The King sensed the danger and journeyed forth to fight it. He found the dark realm's Keyblade, and with it, closed the door. Now, he's travelling from world to world, fighting the Heartless as he seeks the answer to the riddle of the Nobodies and Organization XIII."
    "Then I guess we better go find the King first!" Sora suggested, looking at the others.
    "But where could he be?" Donald asked, thinking hard.
    "Well, we won't know 'til we look!" Goofy replied.
    "Yeah, and the King must know where Riku is," Sora smiled,"'Cause the two of them were together in the realm of darkness when we closed the door. You know, after defeating Ansem."
    "So, before you go, you will need more suitable travelling clothes," Yen Sid suggested, Goofy, Donald and Ryoko looked at the now, much taller Sora and Hara,"Those look a bit too small for you. Through there, you'll find three good fairies. If you ask, they'll create for you appropriate garments."
    Goofy laughed, and looked at Sora and Hara who were looking at their now quite small clothes,"Gawrsh, you two, you sure are growing fast."
    "Uh..." Hara stuttered,"I guess..."
    The two teenagers laughed, nervously, looking at how silly it would be to go out in those clothes. They wandered into the other large, green door, and opened it quietly.

    They walked into the door and found three, short fairies, one dressed in a green robe and a green pointed hat, one in red and one in blue. Each had a wand and stood by the window speaking to one an other.
    "Me, you guys, Riku and the King," Sora said,"I don't care who this Organization is or what it's planning. With the seven of us--I mean, eight of us--there's nothing to worry about. Right?"
    "Yeah!" Donald nodded.
    They wandered over to the fairies, who turned excitedly to see them, the fairy dressed in red smiled,"Well, look who's here, dears! Sora, Hara, Ryoko, Donald and Goofy!"
    The fairy dressed in blue wandered up to them,"Ooh, if you're looking for clothes, you've come to the right place!"
    "I'll do the designing," the fairy in green offered.
    The red and blue fairies walked up to Sora and Hara and brought them forward. The green fairy waved her wand and turned their clothes green, the blue fairy looked at her and frowned,"Oh, that will never do!"
    The blue fairy waved her wand turning their clothes blue, the red fairy shook her head,"Now, now, dears."
    She waved her wand turning their clothes red, the green fairy waved her wand once again,"But don't you like this better?"
    "Hold on!" the red fairy cried, waving her wand.
    "Are you certain?" the green fairy asked, the waving of the wands continued, each changeing it from red, blue and green.
    "Blue!" the blue fairy cried.
    Their clothes change from red to green to blue, over and over again, but what they didn't know is that, perched on top of the large, round window, was a black crow. It looked over at the fairies and the heroes. It cawed and then flew off. Sora and Hara began to get annoyed wuith the fairies bickering, Sora frowned, as the green fairy had the last of the zaps,"Aww, would you just decide?"
    The three fairies looked at each other, the red fairy smiled and looked at the two other faires,"All right, then. Together now, dears. And no more squabbling!"
    They all zapped at the same time at the two teenagers, they looked toe to head at their creation. The red fairy smiled,"Oh, my!"
    "Ooh, it's lovely," the green fairy commented.
    "Oh, yes!" the blue fairy complimented,"They do look very dashing."
    Sora and Hara smiled after having a good look at their clothes, their Keyblades appeared in their hands, and the red fairy explained,"Now, those aren't ordinary garments."
    "They have very special powers," the green fairy continued.
    The red fairy waved her wand and created a magic glowing orb. It was yellow, and firey on the inside. She smiled at the two of them,"Take the orb, dears."
    "And watch what happens," the blue fairy told them.
    They both grabbed the orb, and suddenly, their clothes changed, and they were red and black, but in their other hands, they nwere holding another Keyblade. They looked at the other keyblade,"Whoa!"
    "Wow," Donald gawked.
    "Two Keyblades!" Goofy stated, astonishedly.
    "Oh, and you young man, come here," the red fairy gestured to Ryoko, he walked forward slowly, she zapped her wand, creating a black collar, with a heart chain on it,"Like their clothes, your collar is the same, the orbs give you strength."
    "This journey's going to be twice as difficult as your last," the blue fairy explained, Sora bowed his head and sighed.
    Hara laughed at Sora, and then looked back at the red fairy who was ready to continue,"Your garments also have other powers--but you will have to discover what they are as you continue on your journey."
    "Okay," Hara nodded and smiled,"We'll do our best. And, thanks a lot!"
    "Oh, and there's something else for you," the green fairy remembered,"From Master Yen Sid."
    "Oh, boy!" Donald cheered, and darted straight for the door, followed by the others.

    Yen Sid was stood by one of his windows, he ushered the group over to it. He turned his attention back to the window, and a red with a yellow stripe ship floated up by the window.
    "Hey!" Donald cried,"It's the Gummi Ship!"
    They ran up to the window, and Yen Sid turned to them. Sora turned to the others,"So, you guys ready to go?"
    They nodded, and then they all jumped and looked at Yen Sid. He stopped them in their hurry to tell them something,"Now, now, just a moment. Because of your previous endeavors, the worlds have returned to their original states. That means the pathways between them have disappeared."
    "How do we get around?" Ryoko asked, sighing and looking up at Yen Sid.
    "Do not fear," Yen Sid replied,"If what the King suspected proves true, the worlds have prepared new pathways along which you may travel. These pathways may be utilized by unlocking special gates. How these gates are opened, I'm afraid I do not know. However, the Keyblades will serve as your guides. When a beam of light radiates from the Keyblade, return to the Gummi Ship. Though the worlds may seem far apart and out of reach, they nonetheless remain connected by invisible ties. As do our hearts."
    "Our hearts are connected," Sora stated.
    Yen Sid nodded,"That is correct."
    "Got it!" Ryoko smiled.
    "But, be warned," Yen Sid replied,"As you proceed... The Heartless and the Nobodies will be using their own paths: Corridors of darkness, to travel from world to world. They may be attempting to link these dark pathways to the gates bewteen the worlds."
    "Hey, that's not fair!" Donald frowned, punching his palm.
    Yen Sid nodded again,"Now, then, that is all the information I can give to you. Go forth, Sora, Hara, Ryoko, Donald and Goofy. Everyone is waiting."
    "Okay, let's get going!" Sora smiled, and the others nodded.
    "Master Yen Sid," Donald said.
    "We sure do appreciate the help," Goofy saluted, along side Donald, the other copied the salutation.
    They then ran out through the tower to the Gummi Ship, they were looking forward to seeing everyone again, but most of all, they were excited about being able to find the people, deep inside their hearts. Yen Sid disappeared into his magical tower.

    Whilst the others left the tower, the fairies were in their room in peril or more likely shock. The blue fairy gasped,"My goodness, what's that?"
    The black crow from before was sat on the fairies window sill, it had its talons wrapped in a black cloak. One that everyone could recognise. It cawed and brought it onto the floor in front of them, it hopped off the cloak and stood at its side.
    "Haven't we seen this somewhere before?" the blue fairy asked, timidly.
    "Yes, dear," the green fairy nodded,"I wonder whose it was..."
    "Oh, Malefi--" the blue faory cried, but covered her mouth quickly.
    "No!" the red fairy shook her head,"We mustn't remember her name! Oh, dear..."
    "She was a mean ol' witch..." the blue fairy remembered,"Oh, no! The memories are coming back! What'll we do!? Oooh--what'll we do!?"
    The gown began to rise from the ground, it changed form as the fairies mumbled to eachother the horridness of this situation, the blue fairy was right, what should they do?
    "Perhaps we should tell Master Yen Sid," the green fairy suggested, as the gown began to rise even more.
    "Yes, that's what we must do," the red fairy nodded,"Hurry!"
    The two of them headed out of the door, but the blue fairy was too shocked to move, she stood there watching the gown still rise. Up stood a very familiar female, the blue fairy gasped and turned to run away,"Maleficent!"
    She ran out of the room, as the other woman laughed maniacly, as the fairies went to find the owner of the tower.

    Meanwhile, on the Gummi Ship, two little chipmunks were shown on a screen, they were so familiar, Chip and Dale. Dale waved,"Howdy, Sora, Hara! How ya doin'?"
    "It's your favourite Gummi Engineers here: Chip..." Chip greeted.
    "...and Dale!" Dale greeted, smiling.
    "Happy flying!" both chipmunks said in unison, jumping up and down.
    Sora, Hara and the others looked out the front window of the Gummi Ship, Sora gasped,"Only one!"
    "That's no good!" Donald said.
    "Wait!" Goofy replied,"I think it's a world we know!"
    "It's Hollow Bastion!" Hara cried, her face lit up,"I'm home!"
    They started flying the Gummi Ship, after a year of sleep, they had to get use to the flying controls again, but all was well, they were happy to be awake and seeing their friends again.

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    (The link below is Hara and Ria. On the right is Hara and on the left is Ria, this is the first picture of them I've drawn so you can all see what they look like) :)
     

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  14. Kenni-Chan King's Apprentice

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    Chapter 10​


    In dark room, a platform like table stood. There was a large doorway aswell, a head poked around the corner of the doorway. The person looked around the room.
    "Maleficent!" Pete called, hoping to hear a reply, but no sound was heard,"Maleficent! Maybe they really did finish her off."
    Outside of the large castle, which had the Heartless marking on each roof. The crow came swooping down to the building, Pete walked around the room a little more,"And this castle sure ain't what I expected. No shine, no nothin'. Now what's gonna happen to our plan?"
    He heard a noise from behind him and turned to see the crow sat on the wall. It cawed at him, and his eyes widened.

    A quiet little town sat, people were happily shopping around the marketplace and chatting with one another, everything was pieceful in the town. Up above the shop rooves, a little path was laid to enter the town, Sora, Hara, Ryoko, Donald and Goofy ran across and looked over the wall at the castle. Ryoko jumped on top of the wall to get a better look.
    "It IS Hollow Bastion!" Sora agreed to Hara's statement on the Gummi Ship.
    "Gawrsh, it looks kinda different now," Goofy said.
    "No, it's not different, this is what the marketplace looked like," Hara shook her head at Goofy,"Before the Heartless attacked."
    "I hope Leon and the gang are doing okay," Donald replied, Goofy then looked up at one of the shop rooves.
    Up on top of the roof, two soldier Heartless stood, and then disappeared into the darkness. Sora and Ryoko turned to the others as they heard the Heartless, as well.
    "Uh-oh," Goofy said,"Looks like we're gonna have to do some fightin'."
    They wandered down into the town and up to the last two shops before a couple of steps into the residential area of Hollow Bastion. Donald then saw someone very familiar,"Uncle Scrooge!?"
    "Er, who?" Sora stuttered.
    "He's Donald's uncle--a business typhoon," Goofy explained,"Before the Heartless showed up, he traveled the worlds on a Gummi Ship with the King. He was helpin' to set up a traffic system."
    "A transit system!" Donald corrected.
    "What's all that racket?" the man in front of them asked, and turned to see the five of them staring at him,"Why, if it isn't Donald! And Goofy! Hello lads...and uh...lass! Aye, you all look hale and hearty!"
    "So do you, Uncle Scrooge," Donald smiled.
    "Ah, if only I were..." Scrooge replied,"I canna seem to re-create my favourite old-time ice cream. I'd make millions if I just got it right..."
    He took two licks of the ice cream in his hand,"Terrible...!"
    They waved goodbye and headed down into the residential lot of Hollow Bastion.

    In the residential area, it was quiet. Hara and Ryoko looked around, they'd been here before, so, they should've known where to go. Hara had to remember where her house was in Hollow Bastion, which was a struggle when it was such a long time ago, seeing as she'd moved to Traverse Town when the Heartless attacked. Just then, in front of them appeared a white light, with a holographic dome in the middle, it went around them in a circle.
    "Hey, what's going on?" Donald asked, frowning.
    "That's the town's defense mechanism," a familiar female voice answered.
    The group looked around for a face, they turned up to a wall where a girl, a bit older than them, looked down on them, she was wearing a ninja like outfit and had short black hair.
    "Yuffie!" Sora cried, happily.
    She smiled at them and then jumped in surprise,"Look out!"
    A Dusk came hurtling towards the group, but Sora knocked it back with his Keyblade, they got out their fighting gear and got ready to fight, a group of Dusks surrounded them. They were easily defeated though, especially with the town's defense mechanism for help.

    "Hey, you guys!" Yuffie waved, smiling, after their fight was over, she jumped down to them.
    "I thought I smelt something, and it wasn't the market's grub store," Hara raise and eyebrow and laughed.
    "In your time gone, you didn't mature, then?" Yuffie asked.
    "You should know by now, I NEVER mature," Hara smiled, Ryoko sighed and Sora turned to him.
    "Ever since Hara was small, her and Yuffie never met eye to eye," Ryoko explained.
    Yuffie shook her head and smiled,"Anyway, I see you're still in top form."
    "What'd you expect?" Sora looked up and smiled,"Looks like you're doing okay."
    "Well, what did YOU expect?" Yuffie laughed.
    "How are the others?" Donald asked.
    "Great!" Yuffie smiled.
    "Hey, Yuffie," Sora asked,"Have you seen the King and Riku?"
    "Nope," she replied, and started skipping off down the path, Sora bowed his head, and Yuffie turned to them again,"But I had a feeling I'd see you guys again."
    "'We may never meet again, but we'll never forget eachother,'" Sora quoted, in his best impression of the man he was quoting.
    "Is that supposed to be Leon?" Yuffie asked, laughing, the others laughed, too, except Sora who just looked proud of himself,"Everybody's working on stuff over at Merlin's house. C'mon!"
    Yuffie ran down the path, the others turned to Hara, Merlin's house is where Hara stayed on a regular basis before the Heartless attacked. They wandered down the path and into Merlin's house.

    Sat in front of a computer typing away, a blonde man sat, next to him was a brown hair girl and brown haired man. Yuffie stood by the door and introduced the three, even though they had met before,"Meet the Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee!"
    The three people by the computer turned around to greet them, the brown haired girl smiled,"We missed you!"
    "Well, if you ain't in top shape," the blonde man smiled.
    "I knew it," the brown haired man greeted.
    "Knew what, Pixie?" Ryoko asked, walking up to the man.
    "So, Ryoko and Leon's relationship is the same as yours and Yuffie's?" Sora whispered to Hara, she laughed.
    "Unfortunately, no," Hara whispered, laughing,"It's not that simple."
    "A while back, everyone suddenly remembered you guys, all at the same time," Leon said, ignoring Sora and Hara's gossip.
    "You...remembered?" Sora wondered,"Wait! Does that mean you forgot about us!?"
    "Thanks!" Ryoko growled, and they all turned to Yuffie.
    "So, where've you guys been all this time?" Yuffie asked, with hands on hips.
    "We were sleepin'," Goofy answered.
    "Where, in cold storage?" Cid asked, jokingly.
    "It doesn't matter," Aerith smiled,"This is great. Everyone's together again!"
    "So, um..." Sora stuttered,"We're trying to find Riku and the King, have you seen 'em?"
    All of them shook their heads, and Hara looked at them hopefully,"What about Cloud? Did he return at all?"
    "Actually..." Aerith smiled,"He said something about sticking around for a while."
    "Right," Sora sighed.
    "Sorry, Sora," Aerith apologised,"But let us know if there's anything we can to help. Okay?"
    "Okay," Sora nodded and smiled,"Thanks."
    "Don't go thankin' us just yet," Cid jumped out of his seat and towards the two teenagers, making them step back a bit.
    "Hollow Bastion's got a problem, a big problem," Leon replied, Sora stepped out from one side of Cid.
    "You mean, like Nobodies?" Sora asked, and Hara came out the other side.
    "And Heartless?" Hara asked.
    "That's right!" Yuffie smiled, Sora and Hara turned to her, Hara held onto Sora's shoulder.
    "Sounds like you could use our help," Sora said, and Hara nodded.
    "Then let's cut to the chase," Leon said, drawing their attention to him,"Sora, Hara, Donald, Ryoko and Goofy. We were hoping the five of you might give us a hand around here."
    Sora punched his chest and smiled,"Like we're gonna say no?"
    Leon laughed, and crossed his arms,"...I forgot who I'm dealing with."
    "Hey...What do you mean by that?" Donald crossed his arms and frowned.
    Hara laughed,"Just think of it as a sort of 'Leon compliment'. Try dealing with them your whole life."
    Leon walked over to the door and opened it, he turned to Sora, Hara, Ryoko, Donald and Goofy,"Follow me to the bailey--there's something you need to see. If you get lost, Hara knows the way."
    He walked out the door and into the market, a poof of white smoke appeared, and out appeared a familiar face,"Oh! I thought it was you. Right on time!"
    "It's Merlin!" Ryoko cried, as the group walked up to him.
    "Sora, Hara and the gang said they're gonna help out!" Yuffie smiled at Merlin, and Merlin smiled back.
    "Splendid!" Merlin cheered,"We'll count on you!"
    "Right," the group said in unison, nodding.
    "Ah, yes," Merlin remembered, and looked at Aerith,"Did you give them the cards, dear?"
    Aerith covered her mouth, she had forgotten about the 'cards'. The group turned to her, as she brought from her pocket, five purple-blue cards,"Here... They're presents for you. Leon thought you might like to have them."
    Sora and Hara took a card, along with Donald, Goofy and Ryoko. Sora stared at the cards strangely and turned it over, on the other side in handwriting it said 'Sora' and in typed writing it had the words 'Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee HONORARY MEMBER'.
    "Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee Honorary Meber!" Sora read out, smiling, and surprised.
    "Membership cards!" Donald cried.
    "Kinda cool, huh?" Goofy smiled.
    "Hey, thanks, Leahhh...huh?" Sora wondered where Leon had gone, but suddenly remembered where they should have been,"Oh no! We're supposed to be at the bailey!"
    Hara looked out the door,"Follow me! I know the way!"
    Merlin stopped them, as they started to follow Hara out the door. He quickly spoke to them about their magic. He then let them go and they walked up the stairs and into the bailey. Heartless were all around the square, but the group ignored them and kept on walking.

    The tunnel which led to the bailey was dark, but some light was coming through from the balcony bit on the side. Leon stood watching over the balcony, as the others came walking up.
    "Look at that," Leon said, gesturing to the place below, Donald and Ryoko jumped up so they could see over.
    Down below the castle, in the trench-like bit, instead of the normal, rock colour for the ground it was filled with black, Leon explained,"We want to restore Hollow Bastion to what it used to be. Who knows--maybe even something better. There's still a lot to do, but I'm sure we can handle everything. Except...for that...and that."
    They looked over the wall to see two Nobodies heading towards the black group by the castle. Sora and Hara looked back up at Leon and smiled,"We'll handle 'em."
    "Well, that's good to hear," Leon replied,"So, Sora, Hara--do you know what's going on, then?"
    "There's this guy, Pete," Sora explained,"Who's been going around plotting with the Heartless. But he's not smart enough to tie his own shoes. The ones we need to worry about are the Nobodies."
    "And those Organization XIII guys in charge, too!" Goofy added.
    "You called," a deep, male voice said.
    They looked around for a face, but couldn't see anyone. Ryoko jumped off the wall and out into the bailey entrance, Sora, Hara and the others followed.
    "You're doing well," another male voice said, Sora and Hara got out their Keyblades.
    "Who's that?" Hara asked, frowning.
    "This calls for a celebration," the deeper voice joked, and two Nobodies appeared down the path to the bailey entrance.
    Donald, Goofy and Ryoko looked down the path and headed down to fight the two Nobodies. Hara and Sora were about to run after them, but were stopped when two Nobodies appeared behind them in front of Leon. They headed inside towards the gates of the bailey, Sora and Hara followed them, as the bailey gates closed automatically.

    Hara headed towards the gates and blocked the Nobodies from attacking them, whilst Sora and Leon fought off the others. More Nobodies spawned as the fight dragged on, when they'd finished spawning only few were left. Leon conered three and destroyed them all with his gunblade, and Sora and Hara finished the rest off.

    "The Keyblade...a truly marvelous weapon," the deep voice said, as Sora and Hara ran out to the bailey,"Were it only in more...capable hands..."
    More voices could be heard, and a group of people could be heard laughing. Sora and Hara looked around for faces, Sora looked around and frowned, he growled,"Show yourself!"
    Up on the wall above the bailey and above them, a hooded man in a black cloak appeared from a black portal. He shook his head at the two teenagers and raised his arms up into the air, as far as he could reach. Another hooded person appeared, follow by another and another and another, they stood and looked down at the group, as Donald, Goofy and Ryoko joined the other two. Goofy and Donald stepped back in fear, Ryoko jumped up on to Hara's shoulder,"Organization XIII!"
    Sora turned to Ryoko and then frowned up at the group of people standing above them,"Good. Now, we can settle this!"
    "What a shame..." the supposed leader of the group sarcasticly, sighed,"And here I thought we could be friends."
    The group laughed in unison, as one by one they disappeared into the black portals. Donald jumped up,"Stop!"
    Donald ran to the steps down into the bailey, Ryoko chased after him,"Donald, wait!"
    A black portal appeared in front of Donald, as the rest of the group came over to join him, one of the Organization members stood in front of them. Donald looked up to the wall where they'd been standing before and then at the member,"What's the big idea!?"
    "Oopsy-daisy!" the man sarcasticly, said, he had a slight hoarse part of his voice, but other than that, he sounded quite young, maybe the same age as Leon.
    "Move!" Sora ordered, angrily.
    "Now, do you think that's polite, shutting me down like that?" the man asked, making Sora more angry.
    "I said get out of the way!" Sora angrily, frowned.
    "As if!" the man continued to stand in their way,"You can talk all you want, but that won't change a thing."
    Donald jumped back, as the others got ready to fight, except Hara, she stood there, she knew this man wanted something. Donald gritted his teeth,"Then, we're gonna MAKE you move!"
    "See, that would work--if I were just any old dude," the man laughed,"'Cept I'm not. I'm with the Organization. Nothing 'any old' about me."
    "Ha!" Sora laughed,"Tough talk for someone who stood on the sidelines while his Nobody flunkies did all the fighting!"
    "Oh, dear," the man put his hands on his hips,"I think you got the wrong impression."
    "You gonna cry?" Sora mocked.
    "As if!" the man said, calmly,"Why don't I remind you how tough the crowd your dealing with really is?"
    "Remind me?" Sora stood up a little, confused by the statement.
    The man laughed, Sora gritted his teeth and frowned, Hara stood and just looked at the man as he cackled away,"That's RIGHT, they used to give me those same exact looks!"
    "I guess you can psych me out by saying really random stuff!" Sora replied, not really believing what he was saying.
    "Sora, no!" Hara said, stepping in front of him,"Listen!"
    "Gee..." the man sighed,"I just don't know. But, princess, I guess you don't get much praise being stuck in the shadow of that amature all the time. Be a good boy and girl now!"
    The man waved and disappeared into his black portal. Donald jumped up and looked at the man leave,"Wait!"
    Donald chased after him, and pounced as the portal disappeared, he looked up,"Nuts! He got away!"
    "That was weird," Sora said,"WHO gave him those same looks?"
    "Y'know," Goofy caught Sora's attention,"I think he was just tryin' to confuse ya."
    "Yeah, you're right," Sora nodded and smiled,"Only one me! Only one Hara, too, right, Hara? ...Hara?"
    "Huh?" Hara looked up and nodded,"Uh... Yeah... I think."
    Sora pulled out his membership card and took another look at it, he held it up and read aloud,"The Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee Honorary Member--"
    The card then shone a bright white, Sora let go as the card floated up, Hara's card went up, too. The ends of their Keyblades shone brightly.
    "What's this?" Leon asked, wandering over.
    "Gawrsh," Goofy gulped,"Ya think..."
    A crown like shape appeared around Sora and Hara's feet. A Keyhole then appeared, they jumped and lifted their Keyblades up to it. The familiar icy blue light shone into the Keyhole, as the familiar locking sound was heard.
    Sora and Hara looked at eachother,"Ohh...now I get it."
    "That must've been the gate Yen Sid talked about," Hara smiled.
    "Oh, boy!" Donald cheered.
    "Sorry to run, Leon," Sora apologised,"But other worlds are calling."
    "Organization XIII..." Leon said, nodding,"They look tought, be careful out there."
    The group nodded, as Ryoko jumped onto Sora's shoulder and smiled, Sora smiled back. Maybe they'd get along this time?
    Sora looked at Leon,"See you soon."
    "Hurry up, already!" Ryoko laughed,"Other worlds need us!"
    Or...maybe not? The group waved and ran to the Gummi Ship, as Hara ran past Leon she smiled,"If you see Cloud, let me know."
    Leon nodded, they waved goodbye, and Hara caught up with the group. It was time for a new adventure, maybe their last one, but who knows? Their journey, had begun...

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  15. Petor Merlin's Housekeeper

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    It should be interesting to see how having Hara and Ryoko there will affect the new worlds they and the others will go to like, for example, The Land of Dragons or Pride Land.
     
  16. Kenni-Chan King's Apprentice

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    Sorry DX

    Sorry guys... I WILL get chapters up, I've just been busy with stuff DX I will try my best to get them up soooon (:
    Love you all,
    x