With his inner Nobody and Heartless fighting, Sora's condition is getting worse. But when Riku and Kairi try to go find a cure, Sora comes with. Will he survive his latest quest?

Chapter 1

Kairi smiled as she watched Sora and Riku clash Keyblades. By now, their friends, Selphie, Tidus, and Wakka had gone home. Kairi was bought out of her thoughts when she heard Riku shout Sora's name. The brunette had collapsed.

"Sora!?" She squeaked while helping Riku ease the now awake Sora back onto his feet. Kairi had a worried expression on her face, one she had been wearing a lot lately. Ever since the three had arrived back on the Islands from The Castle That Never Was, Sora had been getting weaker, physically and Riku stated that his heart was weakening too.

"I'm fine." Sora said trying to maintain his balance. It was hard enough to do without worrying about Kairi's nervous glance. Riku's Keyblade disappeared, as did Sora.

"No, you're not okay. People who are okay don't just randomly collapse." Riku stated bluntly. Sora half-glared at him.

"Don't worry about it." Sora said in another lame attempt to get his friends to stop worrying. Sora hated it when people worried over him.

"Riku's right Sora…" Kairi said.

"Well what exactly do you want to do about it?" Sora asked, agitated.

"We could always see Mickey." Riku suggested semi-sarcastically.

"Would you guys stop worrying if we did?" Sora asked. Kairi and Riku looked at each other. They didn't want to stop worrying. Together, they looked at Sora and shook their heads.

"Sora, let's go." Riku said grabbing Sora's wrist. The brunette hopelessly struggled against Riku's wrist. Normally this would have made things difficult, but Sora's condition made things smooth sailing.

"There's nobody around Riku." Kairi after glancing around the secret spot. Riku nodded and took in a deep breath. Sora, who was still arguing and struggling finally broke free from Riku's grasp. However, just as he got free, a dark portal appeared and Kairi pushed him in after Riku. The redhead quickly followed. The portal then closed behind them.

"Do you always just kidnap people into a chasm of darkness with no possible escape?" Sora asked sarcastically. Riku ignored him. Sora had been complaining for the past ten minutes. Finally, Riku stopped and took another deep breath.

"We're here." The silver-haired teen said as another dark portal. Once again, Kairi had to push the stubborn Sora through the portal and then follow herself. The three wound up in Disney Castle's throne room, where King Mickey was talking to Donald and Goofy. The king then looked up.

"R-Riku?!" He said incredulously. Riku smiled slightly while Donald and Goofy charged towards Sora. Kairi then stopped them.

"Hey, what did you that for?!" Donald demanded. He then noticed the sheepish smile Sora wore. He also noticed that Sora seemed a lot paler.

"Hey guys." Sora said with a small wave.

"Gawrsh, what happened to you?" Goofy asked. Sora shrugged.

"Just a little sick." Sora said. Kairi glared at him.

"Don't underestimate the problem!" She said sharply. Sora winced slightly and nodded.

"I think something's going on with his heart, but I can't tell-" Riku stopped when he heard everybody shout Sora's name. Seconds before he hit the ground, Sora did a one-handed backflip. When he came up, he wasn't Sora. The intense blue eyes were the same, but his hair was now blond. The boy stumbled a bit.

"Wh-what happened?" Even the boy's voice was off. Riku's head then snapped up.

"It's you!" Riku said pointing accusingly. Two Keyblades appeared in Roxas' hands.

"Wanna try again?" He asked cockily. Riku scoffed.

"Maybe Sora's too stubborn to admit it, but you know you couldn't even take on a couple of Shadows without getting tired." Riku said. Roxas glared at him and then smiled. 'Man, Axel would be so proud. The blond though.

"That wasn't very nice. Why would I give any information to an asshole like you?" Roxas asked the same cockiness increasing.

"Dude, your bluffs suck. Just tell us what's going on." Riku said. Roxas sighed, feeling a lot like Demyx at the moment.

"Fine. I'll tell you. What do you think happens when three beings want to share a heart? And to make it harder, what do you think happens when one of those beings is a Heartless and the other is a Nobody?" Roxas inquired.

"All three beings fight over the heart." Mickey guessed. Roxas shook his head and then held up three fingers. He then brought down his pointer finger.

"The heart stops working?" Kairi asked. This time, Roxas' ring finger went down. His middle finger was pointing in Riku's direction. Riku rolled his eyes.

"Morons." Roxas said.

"Hey! Don't insult the king." Donald quacked, preparing his staff. Roxas glared at him, causing both Donald and Goofy to shy back.

"What happens is the Nobody and the Heartless fight over the heart while the original owner feels two tugs on his heart, basically tearing it in half." Roxas explained.

"Then why can't you just stop fighting with the Heartless?" Queen Minnie asked. Roxas rolled his eyes.

"Well, if you'd prefer, I could just let the Heartless take over the heart." Roxas said sarcastically. Donald and Goofy glared and Roxas glared back.

"What's your problem?!" Kairi asked, far beyond annoyed.

"Why don't you try being trapped in a body that's equally yours fighting a Heartless for a few months?" Roxas said. His voice sounded calm, but stern, almost like a father scolding a young child.

"W-"

"Or better yet, why don't you just ask Namine how it feels?!" Roxas snapped. Kairi looked to the ground while Roxas turned back to the others, who were glaring at him. The blond then looked at his hand. 'Dammit.' Roxas thought as he lied down on the ground.

"What are you doing?" Riku asked. There was a flash and suddenly Roxas was gone, with Sora lying in his place.

"Whoa, did I just pass out or something?" The brunette asked.

"Or something. Nearly everyone in the room replied. Sora blinked and then sat up.

"So what's up? Did you guys figure anything out?" Sora was surprised to get any answer, let alone the one he got.

"You have to go to see King Arthur. He should be able to help you." King Mickey said. Everybody looked at him.

"You're telling us to go see another king?" Kairi asked suspiciously.

"Well, King Arthur is really good when it comes to the heart. He was barely second the Ansem the Wise, and he probably surpassed him when Ansem got banished." King Mickey replied. Riku nodded while opening a portal…or at least, attempted to.

"What the-what's going on?" Riku asked.

"Sorry, we completely sealed off any type of way through the darkness. How you got here is strange enough, but it's quite impossible for you to leave that way." Minnie explained. Riku sighed.

"Yahoo! Gummi Ship!!" Sora said loudly while turning around. A lightning bolt stopped him from moving.

"Hold on there mister. There's no way you're driving a Gummi Ship in your condition." Donald said. Sora frowned.

"Come on you guys, pleeeeaaaaaaassssssseeeeeeeee!?" Sora begged. Kairi rolled her eyes.

"Sora, that worked when you were like, five. You are now fifteen." The redhead said with a smile.

"Well, I guess we could all take my ship. King Arthur and I have to re-establish our treaty anyway." King Mickey said.

"So…um…Your Majesty, how old is the treaty between Disneyland and Camelot?" Kairi asked. Currently; Riku, Sora, Goofy, Donald, Mickey, and herself were crammed inside of the King's Gummi Ship.

"Oh, I dunno, maybe about a hundred years or so."

"Wow, so will this be your and King Arthur's first meeting?"

"Whadya mean?" King Mickey asked, cocking his head to the side.

"Well, you weren't born when the treaty was made and I doubt that Arthur was either, so…" Kairi stopped when she noticed Mickey laughing.

"What's so funny?" Sora asked, sitting beside Donald's pilot seat and taking a break from his begging to drive.

"Actually, I'm the one who established the treaty. Sure I was still kinda young-"

"But that would mean you've been King for over a hundred years!" Riku said loudly. Mickey laughed again.

"Hey look at that world right there, it's all covered it darkness." Goofy exclaimed. Everybody looked out Goofy's window to see a futuristic looking world covered by a dark purple fog. Riku stepped back.

"Defiantly Heartless." He said.

"Well, we can't just leave them. We have to help." Sora said. Mickey and Riku looked at each other and sighed.

"Go ahead and land the ship Donald." The king said. With a nod, the duck proceeded to follow orders. There was a sudden explosion that sent the ship backwards.

"We're being hit!" Chip shouted.

"Yeah, but it's not a Heartless ship or a Nobody ship." Dale continued. Then the monitor blinked off. When it came back on, there was a man in a futuristic white and green uniform was looking at the crew.

"You are in a restricted landing zone. Go away." The man said. King Mickey was about spurt some kingly details about something when Sora butted in.

"We're here to help with your problem." The brunette said loudly. The man looked at Sora, startled.

"What problem?" He asked.