Strong Enough

Disclaimers: All Kingdom Hearts characters are owned by Disney and square Enix and are all copied without permission. I have made this story for fun and not profit.

Writer's Note: This is my first ever Kingdom Hearts story I've ever made and it takes place during Kingdom Hearts III.. This story contains extreme spoilers as it may cover certain plot points of the actual game.. So, if anyone wants to play the game first before they read this may do that, but if you want to read on, I'm not stopping you.. Just know you have been warned for spoilers.

Part One

The ride back from The Caribbean was rather quiet. Sora was lost in his thoughts. He absentmindedly placed a hand over his heart as his thoughts overlapped with each other. Sora couldn't shake the feeling of anger and sadness he had felt when he witnessed what happened to Will because of what Davy Jones had done. The more he thought about it, the more he began to notice a dull ache in his chest. It was as if there was a weight on his heart.

Sora mentally shook himself, knowing there wasn't anything he or his friends could have done. Sora sighed as he let his mind wander again, the thoughts of what Larxene had said while they were in Arendelle came to his mind. They already had all thirteen? How? How could they have all of them already?

"Sora?"

Sora snapped out of his thoughts as he heard Donald to his left.

"Huh?"

"Is everythin' okay?" asked Goofy from his right.

"Uh.. Yeah.. I'm just.. I've been thinking about.."

Sora trailed off.

"Are you thinking about Elsa and Anna?" Goofy asked.

"Yeah.." Sora muttered softly. "What.. What if.. What if we can't.."

"Don't worry." Goofy assured him.

"Elsa and Anna are strong." Donald agreed. "They'll be okay."

"Y-yeah.." Sora replied. "I guess you're right."

Donald and Goofy nodded and Sora smiled. A sudden jolt from the ship caught the trio off guard.

"W-what the-!?"

Sora was cut off as another jolt shook the Gummi Ship.

"WHOA!"

He and his friends had been flung from their seats from some type of impact. Sora looked up in shock to see dozens of the glowing yellow eyes surrounded by black shadows that now covered the cockpit's roof.

"H-Heartless!? HERE!?" Sora gasped out. "But these ones aren't usually HERE!"

"Lookout!"

Sora turned to where Donald was pointing and his eyes grew wide. The Gummi Ship was approaching Twilight Town but was traveling way too low and flying way too fast.

"INCOMING!" Sora shouted.

He grabbed at the controls and began to pull up, narrowly missing a food stall and a few of the customers who managed to dive out of the way. Sora fought to keep control of the ship as everything began to shake!

"Hang on! Its gonna get a bit bumpy!" warned Sora, gripping the controls even tighter.

As predicted, the ship began to bounce about against the flagstone walkway as it began to careen out of control! Sora and his friend braced for impact. There was a loud crunch of stone and concrete as the Gummi Ship came to a halt. There was a hiss of steam as the hatch to the ship popped open. Sora groaned as he dizzily tumbled out of the ship, Donald and Goofy following behind him.

"Ugh.." Sora groaned, gripping his head.

There was a *fwoosh* as dark mist burst from the ground. Sora jumped back as many rather large Heartless brandishing clubs appeared before them. Sora summoned his Keyblade and readied himself for a fight, Donald and Goofy soon following suit.

Sora ran into battle and swung the Keyblade, managing to land a few blows to one of the Heartless. He let out a grunt of pain as one of the Heartless struck him in the shoulder. Sora stumbled a bit but regained his composure. More Heartless began to appear, many of them seeming to closely resemble the ones he had seen in world of The Caribbean. At the thought of this, Sora's mind to flash back to being aboard Davy Jones' ship, fighting against Davy Jones, and then.. What he had seen happen to Will. True, something similar happen to to Flynn; or rather, Eugene while in the Kingdom of Carona. He had not seen what happened then. However, what he had seen happen to Will was just too much. Sora felt his anger and sadness form in his heart again as he continued to fight.

He had managed knocked back some of the Heartless when he felt a pain in his chest. Sora fought through the pain as he continued to feel the sadness of losing a friend. He was hit by another jolt of pain and used most of his will power to remain standing.

"Sora!" Donald and Goofy cried out.

Sora looked up just in time to jump back and avoid being struck in the head by one of larger Heartless' weapons. As he landed, Sora stumbled as the pain grew worse.

"Sora!" shouted Donald.

He used his magic to cast a healing spell.

"T-thanks.." Sora muttered.

Sora straightened himself up to continue the fight but instead of the magic healing him, he felt another jolt of pain and he doubled over.

"SORA!"

Sora lifted his head and saw his friends standing before him, both their weapons drawn as they kept the Heartless back.

"Guys.." Sora grunted, trying to get up.

"Sora!"

Sora stiffly turned his head to see..

"R..Riku?"

It was indeed his childhood friend who hurried to to his side. Riku began to help Sora up. The slightest movement Sora made caused the pain to worsen. This time, he could feel it near his heart.

"Aughhh!"

The scream of pain caught Donald and Goofy off guard, causing them to be flung backward against the nearby wall. Just as the heartless were about to attack, there was flash of light and heat. Everyone flinched before turning in shock to see a figure standing before them.

"Axel?" Sora grunted painfully.

The spiky red-head kept his back toward them.

"You all need to get out of here..!" Axel ordered.

"But.."

"Go! I'll handle these guys!"

Riku and the others nodded. Sora tried to follow them, painfully clutching his chest. Thankfully, Donald and Goofy soon helped him into the nearby building.

Author's Note: I do apologize if this is a bit confusing, but I hope to explain more once I've written more of the story.. I will try to get more up soon.