Warning: The following is a crossover between Namco/Tales of Studio's "Tales of Symphonia", and Square Enix/Disney's "Kingdom Hearts" series. If you don't fully understand Kingdom Hearts, the story so far will be briefly explain what you have missed. Those who do not care, please skip ahead to the next Chapter. Warning: Spoilers for KH and KH: Chain of Memories

Disclaimer: I do not own Namco, Tales of Studio, Square Enix, or Disney. Tales of Symphonia is Namco's, and Kingdom Hearts is Square Enix.

(Introduction)

The story I am about to tell you is true, I promise. Long ago, in a galaxy far away from ours, there were mystical keys known as "Keyblades". These Blades were powerful, but not rare. The most powerful of humans and nights were the only people to own them.

But a battle broke out between the Chosen Ones. Thereafter called the Keyblade War, no one knows the true reason of the war, but here is my belief.

An man by the name of "Master Xehanort", had waged war against the strongest of the Keyblade holders, Terra, Ven, and Aqua. The battle was short for a war, but gruesome none the less. The victor was never discovered, but the Keyblade no longer became for everyone.

The Blade, having a mind of it's own, realized it should choose it's Master, The Keybearer. Today, only three are known…

A few years ago, three kids had decided to leave their small island, Destiny Islands to be exact. Their names were Sora, Riku, and Kairi. The three began to construct a raft. Their efforts were successful, until one dark stormy night, the three thought the raft would end up blowing away. The three separately appeared on the island. First Riku, then Kairi, then finally, our hero, Sora.

Seconds later, black globs appeared. They were given antennas, a small body, and bright yellow eyes. These creatures became known as "Heartless". Almost instantly, Sora had been chosen, the Keyblade appearing in his hand, allowing him to fight.

Sora ran into Kairi soon after. Her dazed eyes, and zombie like stare drilled into him. She disappeared, and Sora knew she had left. Running outside, he ran into Riku, who was obsessed by the Darkness.

"Come on Sora, we can finally leave." He had said, but Sora disagreed. Out of options, Sora reached for Riku's out stretched hand. Missing it, Destiny Islands had been destroyed… and Sora was flung into Twilight town.

There he met Donald and Goofy, two strange fellows who were looking for him, and more importantly, the "Key". The set of three later headed out to many worlds, to seal the "Key Hole" to each world to save it from being destroyed by the Heartless, just as Sora's Islands have.

Eventually, Sora caught up with Riku, who had been assisting Maleficent, who had sent the Heartless out to conquer worlds. Taking on a change of clothes, Riku had grown darker, just as Sora grew lighter. Blade clashed over the captured Kairi. Riku stated she was the final "Princess of Heart".

The "Seven Princess of Heart" were Seven pure women who would unlock the door to Hollow Bastion's (Riku's hideout) 'heart.'

The battle ended, as Sora had finally defeated his best friend. But it would not be long before Sora realized that Riku was possessed.

"I am Ansem." He stated, an evil grin on his face. "Seeker of Darkness!"

It would not be long now, until this 'Ansem' revealed his true form. A dark skinned man with long white hair. He bore the Heartless symbol on his chest. Sora slowly defeated the man, and released Riku. But as Ansem died, he reveled Kingdom Hearts, which contained the Hearts of all Worlds. But as the door opened, light was reveled, finishing of Ansem for good. Sora ran to the door, and tackled it, attempting to close it to prevent the dark Heartless from getting out. The door was too big to close, until the unpossesed Riku appeared on the other side with the Heartless. Lending a hand, the two managed to close the door.

A new face, King Mickey, who Donald and Goofy had been searching for their entire trip with Sora, fended off the Heartless, and assisted Sora in closing the door to Kingdom Hearts.

Now, I mainly talked about Sora, because his is the only story we know, but for our next 'chapter' we shall focus on Sora's best friend… Riku

Riku was an intelligent and strong young man. Head strong, and a skilled sword fighter, he and Sora had a long lasting rivalry. To become stronger, he embraced the darkness, even giving his soul to Ansem, who took full control. After Ansem was defeated, Riku separated himself from Sora and Kairi, and traveled with his new ally, King Mickey. The two stumbled upon a dark castle that was later called "Castle Oblivion". King Mickey had to leave, so Riku was left to fight through the Castle himself, which he handled easily with his Souleater in hand.

He then stumbled upon a snoozing Sora, and a new friend, Naminé. She quickly explained that Sora could ether completely forget all of Castle Oblivion's memories, or forget his old memories. He had chosen the latter. He was required to sleep for a year, so that Naminé could remake his memories. Riku, who was unaffected by memory changes, decided it was time to finally take on his most vicious monster he had ever faced.

Ansem… Seeker of Darkness

And this, is where I turn the story over, to you, readers.