Chapter 1 A Key, A Dragon, and a Guild

"JUST GIVE UP! YOU CAN'T DEFEAT ME NO MATTER WHAT!"

"THAT'S WHAT YOU THINK BUT YOU GOT ANOTHER THING COMING, SON!"

"YOU HAVE NO MORE MAGIC POWER LEFT! WHAT CAN YOU DO?"

"THAT'S WHERE YOUR WRONG! MY FRIENDS ARE MY POWER! AS LONG AS THEY'RE STANDING,THERE'S NOTHING I CAN'T DO "

"BRING IT ON LIZARD BOY!"

"I THOUGHT YOU'D NEVER ASK!"

The two men run towards each other bloody and bruised, putting all their remaining strength into their final blows. The enemy's nails grew nine inches longer becoming sharper than a knife blade. The enemy was fast but lizard boy was faster. As the enemy He drew in a large breath and as he exhaled, a flame as hot as the sun engulfed the whole battle field. As the flames started to disperse, the winner emerged. It was none other than lizard boy, standing over his enemy like a predator ready to pounce on its prey. His body was on fire, defying all logic. His eyes burned with passion, the passion to stop all things evil.

"How?" was all that came out of the enemy's mouth.

Lizard boy just smirked. He stood up straight, looked into the enemy's eyes, the burning passion never faltering.

"Eduardo Scissor Hands, your days terrorizing this town is over." Lizard Boy bellowed. He yanked Eduardo up so they were the same height. "This is what you get for breaking the law." He dropped him, turned to face the other direction, and began walking away , not bothering to stay with Eduardo. He knew they would come and get him soon and Mr. Scissor Hands was in no condition to run away. Before he got far however, Eduardo called out to him.

"What guild are you from boy?"

Said boy stopped in his tracks and grinned. That question never gets old. He turned around, ripped his jacket off and showed the guild mark stamped on his right arm. It was a dark blue heart.

Eduardo held his breath. He should've known he was from that guild. After all, it was the same guild that took down countless dark guilds on a daily basis. It was the same guild that slays monsters that the most guilds consider unstoppable. It was the same guild that was the best of the best. Only the strongest and the bravest got in. Countless legends were made in that guild. It was home to the strongest wizards in the kingdom. Every dark guilds worst enemy.

Shinra.

Twilight Town. A small town that is located in the vast land known as Kingdom Hearts. This town serves as a pit stop for wizards during a mission. It only has one magic shop thus making this town just a pit stop for wizards.

"Are you finding everything alright miss" asked the store clerk.

A girl, no older than 17, looks up from the display case. She had shoulder length auburn hair and crystal lavender eyes. She was wearing a white tank top and a short purple skirt. She would've looked like any normal teenage girl if it weren't for the belt she was wearing. The belt held on to two things: a whip on her left and a small pouch on her right. She smiled at the clerk.

"I was just looking for where you stored your Keyblades. I heard that this store had one in stock, right?" she asked in a polite tone.

The store clerk smiled back."A Keyblade Spirit Mage. You don't see those everyday. Follow me I may have what you're looking for."

They headed toward the counter where the clerk pulled out a tray containing one item: a Keyblade key. The girls eyes sparkled at the sight of the key. She picked it up and held it in her hands. It was the size of a normal key but the design of the key indicated anything but normal. Keyblades were used to summon the spirits residing in it. Once summoned, the spirit of the key will wield its key in order to protect the one who summoned them.

"How much for the key?" asked the girl never taking her eyes off the key.

"500,000 munny."

If you listen closely, you can hear the sound of a young girl's heart break.

"WHAT?! WHY IS IT SO EXPENSIVE?!"

"Well for starters, it is a Keyblade. They don't exactly make them in factories. I happened to stumble across this one when I was out one day." the clerk replied losing all hospitality in his voice.

"I can't afford that! Please can you give me a discount or I can work for you until I can pay it off or I can trade you something for it," the girl pleads desperately.

"Look kid," the clerk growls, "if you can't pay for it then get out of my store and quit wasting my time. As you can see I have plenty of other customers to attend to." He gestures behind her and she turns around seeing nobody inside.

She turned to look back at the man. "They can wait. Please sir if you give me the key then I'll.. um.. I'll..." she fumbles with her words trying to think of something that will convince him. Then an idea hits her. She clears her throat and with confidence lacing in her tone, she says, "Sir, if you give me the Keyblade now, I'll pay you back when I become a Shinra wizard."

The man looks at her as if she had grown two heads. The he bursts out laughing causing the girl to lose all her confidence.

"Oh that's gold girl. You in a Shinra? Yeah right, that's like me saying I'm going to get a girlfriend. It's not going to happen sweetheart."

The girl tenses at this. She so can get into a guild. She just needs the stupid key. Angered, she yells, "I SO TO CAN GET INTO A GUILD. WATCH WHEN I JOIN ONE YOU'LL BE REGRTTING THAT YOU EVER SAID THIS TO ME. MARK MY WORDS, IF I DON'T GET INTO A GUILD THEN MY NAME ISN'T KAIRI." With those as her parting words she storms out of the building and into the streets.

Kairi was walking down the street grumbling to herself when she bumped into someone. "WATCH OUT!"

"Huh?"

Crash. She fell right on top of the stranger, bodies pressing against each other.

"Oi watch where you're going dude," a deep voice groans from underneath her.

"Sorry I didn't mean to. I was just walking and -" she looks up and stops talking. Never in all her 17 years of living has she ever seen someone this attractive. His dark brown hair was spiked up everywhere, defying gravity. His eyes were a deep shade of blue, kind of like the ocean. Her had a dark tan that looked hella fine on him. This boy was the human embodiment of the word perfect.

"Um lady you can get off me now," he says awkwardly. his voice was deep and smooth.

Pulling herself out of her thoughts, Kairi soon realized the position they were in.

"Oh my bad." She quickly gets up and holds a hand out to help the stranger up. He grabs her hand and slowly hoists himself up. Once he was standing, she realized how tall this guy was. He was a head taller than her. He was skinny but well built and by judging how calloused his hands were, he must've worked with his hands a lot. His clothes were odd. A blue jacket with armor pads on the shoulder. On his right arm was a pink ribbon tied around it. He was wearing fingerless gloves and his shorts reminded her of clown pants. He had a belt holding to pouches on his sides.

He cleared his throat, obviously embarrassed about what just happened. "Um, sorry bout that."

"Oh no it's alright I should've been looking where I was going." still not over the fact of perfect this guy is.

"Yeah you're right it's your fault," he smirked.

"Um excuse me, I believe this is the part where you say 'No it was my fault'."

"Why would I say that when you clearly said it was your fault?" he grinned.

She pouted and he laughed at her. His laugh is incredibly cute, she thought. Her heart started beating rapidly. She groaned inwardly. She doesn't even know who this guy is and she already like him. Curse her hopeless romantic side.

"Yoo-Hoo lady you still with me?" he asked waving a hand in front of her face. Kairi snapped out of her thoughts and blushed. Great, she thought, he probably thinks I'm some kind of freak. But he just laughed, obviously amused by the situation.

"Sorry I didn't quite catch what you said," she mumbled looking at the ground.

His smile grew wider, he liked this girl, she's interesting. "I was just saying how you owe me. Y'know for running into and all."

She rolled her eyes. "Fine what do you want?"

"Treat me to lunch."

She looked up. Her lavender eyes met sparkling blue eyes. He pouted. She sighed. How could she say no to that.

"Fine I'll take you out," she sighed.

"GREAT," he screamed, "I know the perfect place!" He linked arms with her and began dragging her towards an expensive looking restaurant. She gulped. So much for buying that Keyblade.

"I'm Sora by the ways," the beautiful stranger said.

"Kairi," she replied out of breath.

"Kairi huh? Well Kairi, this is the start of a beautiful friendship. "

Sora walked out of the restaurant rubbing his stomach. It's been a while since he had a meal that good. He looked at his new friend, grieving over her empty wallet.

"You know," she started, "when I said I would pay for your meal, I meant one dish, not FIVE FREAKIN' SERVINGS OF EVEYTHING ON THE MENU! THANKS TO YOU I HAVE NO MONEY!"

"Ah calm down Kai, it's hard to choose just one thing," he said as he scratched the back of his head.

"Sorry I guess I'm just upset," she sighed. Sensing the sadness in his friends voice, he asked what was wrong.

"Ah it's just that," she stopped. Should she tell him, after all they've just met. As if reading her mind Sora nodded, indicating that she can trust him.

"Do you think I can join a guild?" Kairi suddenly asked.

"Well, can you use magic?"

"Yeah."

"Then yeah, I think you can make it."

She looks back at him surprised. Out of everybody she's ever told about her dream of joining a guild, he was the first to say that she had a chance. She started to tear up a little.

"Sora," she said. But then reality hit her. Guilds these days weren't recruiting any random mages, especially a guild like Shinra. No, you had to be the best in order to get in and Kairi was just a newbie to the magic world.

" Thanks, but even if I could get in, I'm not strong enough."

Sora frowned at this. He never liked negativity especially when it involved his friends. Then an idea hit him.

"Why don't you come and join my guild? I'm pretty sure they wouldn't mind taking you in."

"Eh!?" Did he just say what she thinks he said.

"Yeah you can totally join my guild." he smiled.

"Wait so let me get this straight. You're a wizard," she asked.

He nodded.

"And you're in a guild?"

Another nod.

"And you're inviting me to be part of your guild?"

He rolled his eyes. "Geez Kai, you sure are stupid."

She pouted at the comment. "Thank you."

"No problem," he grinned. "Now go get your stuff so we can leave. Train sets out in an hour."

A few minutes later, the duo heads out for the train station. Sora tells her about the more about guild she was about to join, about all the different magic and mages. It wasn't exactly her dream guild, Shinra, But it'll do. After all, a guilds a guild. As they continued their journey the passed by the small magic shop from earlier that day. Kairi stopped in front of it.

"You want something from there," Sora asks as he stared at the store.

Kairi tears her gaze away. "There's a Key blade in there. I was gonna buy it but I didn't have enough munny." She frowns.

"Then I'll buy it for you," Sora said coolly.

"What? No, it's super expensive Sora you don't have to."

"No I insist," He says as he enters the shop. "Consider it a welcome present."

He approached the counter with Kairi trailing behind him. He rang the bell but nobody came out. A minute passed. Then two. He began slamming his hand on the bell furiously. It's almost time until departure, where the hell was the man running this store.

"Ah sorry to keep you waiting, how may I help you?" The clerk walks to the counter and immediately recognizes Kairi. "You're the girl from earlier. Look I told you if you don't have the money then don't waste my time." he growled at her.

"Hey, don't yell at her like that," Sora growls, defending his new friend. "Anyways, I'm the one buying now give me the Keyblade , so I can pay. We need to leave soon."

The clerk snorted, "And what makes you think I'll sell it to the likes of you folks?"

Sora had enough. The train would leave soon and he'll be damned if he missed it. He doesn't want to have to face her again.

Look buddy, I don't have time to play. I got to leave ASAP so just give me the damn Keyblade so we can leave." Sora restrained himself from pouncing on the dude.

The clerk ,obviously annoyed finally pushed Sora over the line when he said ,"Sorry but the Keyblade isn't for sale."

That's it, Sora thought. His whole body set on fire as he grabbed the clerks shirt so they were face to face. "Look dude, I don't have time for this bull crap. Either you sell me the Keyblade or I tear this place down. After all, that's what my guild is known for."

It didn't take long for the store clerk to piece what Sora had just said together. A guild that was known for destroying things. He knew what guild he was from and he paled at the thought. Someone from that guild surely has the power to put him out of business.

Sora released his grip from the clerk's shirt as the clerk pulled out the Keyblade.

"That will be 500,000 munny sir," the clerk's voice was shaky.

"I only have 300,000."

"That'll do." Sora paid for the Keyblade and and dragged Kairi out of the store.

When they boarded the train, Kairi started asking all the questions she couldn't at the store.

"What was that?"

"You're a fire mage?"

"What guild are you from?"

"OH my goodness, WHAT KIND OF GUILD DID I JUST JOIN?"

Sora, finally calming down looked at Kairi with a sheepish smile. He handed her the Keyblade and look into her eyes.

"OH yeah in all the commotion I forgot to mention what guild I'm from." He sat up straight in his seat and removed his jacket revealing a dark blue heart on his right shoulder. Kairi gasped she knew that mark. She's only ever dreamed of wearing it ever since she started a adventure as a wizard.

"Kairi," Sora smirked, "Welcome to Shinra!"

Wow, that was long! It's my first story so sorry if it's a bit dull. We can only get better am I right? Please review and thanks for reading!

Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts or Fairy Tail or Shinra.