(Cue Simple and Clean PLANTib Remix)

Sora is shown sitting on the tree branch on the play island staring at the sunset. In his hands, he holds a piece of paper. He then grits his teeth and hops off the branch as the world seems to dissolve around him.

The scene then shifts to a shadowy area. Vanitas then steps out of the shadows with his hands shoved in his pockets. He then stops walking and looks over his shoulder at the viewers.

We then see Anne perched on top of a wall. She seems to be looking at something in the distance. She narrows her visible eye before she hops off.

The scene shifts to Sora, Vanitas, and Anne running through a Dark Corridor. They reach a bright light and jump into it.

Naruto is then seen writhing on the ground in pain with a seal on his chest as a man with long dark hair wearing a cloak over a red uniform watches him. The man's face is covered by the shadows.

Sora, Vanitas, and Anne are then shown glaring up at a massive building. The gates open and the camera zooms over to a man wearing a brown, tattered jacket that is shown leaning against a pillar watching the three.

Sora and Naruto are then shown standing on a cliff. Sora looks back at the building in the distance before he looks down at the raging waters below. He then shuts his eyes tightly and prepares to jump, but a hand wrapped in bandages grabs him by the jacket and yanks him, as well as Naruto, back. They turn around and find a person wearing a green vest and pale green bandana with white hair facing them.

We then see a group of people wearing porcelain animal masks gathered around a table. The man wearing the cloak is seen at the head of the table looking deep in thought.

Sora is then shown standing with Anne, Vanitas, Naruto, and the person that had saved them. The camera pans out, showing them surrounded by prisoners. Sora then looks up at a tower seeing the dark haired man from earlier watching them. With a determined look, he runs towards the tower with the other four not too far behind. Suddenly, the same masked people jump in front of them, taking them by surprise. Sora, Vanitas, and Anne summon their Keyblades as Naruto and the unnamed person get into fighting stances. The masked group of people then vanish, much to their surprise and confusion.

The scene switches to Sora and Naruto chasing after a cloaked figure. With a loud cry, Sora leaps forwards and prepares to attack the mysterious figure as the hood is torn off, revealing Naruto, or rather, an imposter, shocking both him and the real Naruto. The imposter then vanishes as they are surrounded by darkness.

The two look around in fear before two pairs of hands grab them and yank the duo towards them. The darkness disappears, revealing Vanitas and Anne, as well as the mysterious person, holding onto the two. Sora smiles in relief at the sight of them. They smile back before the ground begins to shake.

A large box with a face carved into each side then bursts out of the ground in the middle of the courtyard, drawing everyone's attention to it. One of the face's mouths opens up and a large, winged creature flies out of it. Sora yells in surprise before he and the others get into fighting stances. They hop away just as the monster reaches them. The creature swipes at them, but misses.

Anne jumps away and fires a Thunder spell, but she misses. Vanitas then jumps out from behind her and slashes at the creature, but the monster flies out of the way. The unnamed person wearing the bandanna then weaves several hand signs as several orbs of fire appear and are launched at the mysterious creature.

Naruto is then shown in Sage Mode lunging at the monster with a Rasengan. The monster evades the attack and Naruto crashes into the ground, creating a cloud of dust. He quickly recovers and escapes by landing on top of the mysterious box, but the creature flies out of the dust towards him with a claw outstretched, ready to strike.

He prepares another Rasengan, but just as the monster is about to strike him, Sora and the mysterious person jump in front of Naruto in an attempt to shield him. The camera then zooms into Sora's eye as the scene fades to black and the words 'Proof of Innocence' appear.

(End of Simple and Clean PLANTib Remix)


The trees gently swayed in the breeze as Sora ran by them. He ran across the bridge and hopped onto his favorite spot on the play island. The teen smiled as he stared at the sunset.

"Another beautiful day..." he said with a sigh.

"As always," he heard a voice say. He looked over his shoulder to see a smiling redhead walking across the bridge.

"Oh, hey Kairi!" he said with a grin. Kairi hoisted herself onto the tree and sat next to him.

"Don't you just love it when it's so peaceful?" she asked. Sora nodded.

"No Heartless... no Organization members... it's nice to have some R and R once in a while," Sora said.

The two closed their eyes and breathed in the ocean air.

Their moment was interrupted by a loud cry

"SORA!"

Sora and Kairi's eyes snapped open. They turned around to find Vanitas running towards them waving his arms frantically.

"SORA! SORA!", he shouted as he got closer to them. "You don't need to shout, I'm right here," Sora deadpanned. "Is it important?"

A tick mark appeared on Vanitas's head as he whacked him on the head and shouted, "Of course it's important, you idiot! Why the hell do you think I was shouting?! Take a look at this!"

He shoved a bottle in his face. Sora noticed the look of seriousness on Vanitas's face and looked at the bottle. Inside it was a letter. Sora gasped and took the bottle from Vanitas. He dumped the letter out and asked, "Is it from the King?"

Vanitas nodded. Sora's eyes drifted to the letter as Kairi and Vanitas looked over his shoulder.

Sora,

I am sad to inform you that I've received word that Naruto Uzumaki of the Hidden Leaf Village has been accused of killing up to fifteen jonin of the Hidden Cloud and Hidden Mist Villages and the attempt of murdering the Hidden Cloud Village's Raikage. He has been arrested and taken to prison in the Land of Grass. I know this is a lot to take in. Even I'm surprised. I believe he is innocent, but I'm afraid there is nothing that neither you or I can do about it.

-King Mickey

The letter slipped out of Sora's hands. The Keyblader had a look of shock on his face and said nothing as the letter landed on the ground.

"... there's no way he did it..." he said after a moment. "Naruto isn't that kind of guy."

Vanitas and Kairi said nothing. Sora bent down, picked up the letter, and shoved it in his pocket before turning on his heel and ran across the bridge.

"Huh? Sora, where are you going?!" Kairi asked as she and Vanitas followed him.

"We need to let the others know about this! Come on!" Sora yelled over his shoulder as he climbed down and ran towards the docks, where Sora, Kairi, and Vanitas's rowboats were resting at. Sora jumped off the docks and landed in his rowboat without tipping it over and immediately began rowing away as Kairi and Vanitas caught up with him and climbed into their boats, unlike Sora. The two quickly followed and began rowing after him.

As soon as Sora reached the shore, he jumped out of the boat and ran towards town, not even bothering to wait for Vanitas and Kairi. He ran by Tidus and Wakka, who were leaning against a wall chatting with each other.

"Yo, Sora! You up for a game of Blitzball, ya?" Wakka asked as he saw Sora running towards them.

"Not now guys! Got important things to do! Maybe later!" Sora replied as he ran past him.

"Aww..." Tidus whined as he slumped his shoulders.

Sora skidded around a corner and ran straight to Riku's house. He rang the doorbell and a moment later, Riku answered it.

"Hi Sora," he said smiling slightly, but his smile fell when he saw the serious look on Sora's face.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"Get Terra, Aqua, and Lea. I'll explain it at my house," Sora said. Riku nodded. "Got it," the silver haired boy said as he ran down the street. Sora ran in the opposite direction and made it to his house several minutes later. He burst through the door and leaned against the wall gasping for breath.

"Hm?" Roxas asked as he looked away from his video game. "What's wrong?"

"King... sent letter... everyone's coming over..." Sora wheezed.

Roxas immediately saved his game and ran upstairs. "I'll tell Ven and Xion!" he called. Sora collapsed on the couch and sighed as he leaned his head back against the pillow. A minute later, Roxas came trudging down the stairs with Xion and Ventus behind him.

"Move," he said as he came into the living room.

"WHA?! But I just-!"

"I was sitting there first, so move it!" Roxas said as he kicked Sora out of his spot.

"So what's this about a letter?" asked Xion. "I'll explain it once everyone is here," said Sora.

Just then, the doorbell rang. Sora got up and walked to the entrance. He opened the door to find Riku, Kairi, Namine, Lea, Aqua, Terra, and a cranky Vanitas standing there. "You could've just waited for us to catch up," the raven haired teen grumbled. "But I had to let everyone know!" Sora said as he stepped aside so they could come in. Riku sat down next to Xion and said, "Now that everyone's here, could you tell us why you gathered us up?"

Sora nodded, pulled out the letter, and said, "I had you all come here today because Vanitas had found a bottle with a letter from the King in it."

Ventus jumped on Roxas's back to get a closer look. "Does it say we have to go on another sort of quest?!" he asked grinning.

"GET OFF!" Roxas exclaimed as he threw Ventus off his back.

Sora sweat-dropped. "Anyway... the King mentioned Naruto in it. He's been accused of killing up to fifteen jonin and attempting to murder the Raikage. He's been sent to prison in this place called the Land of Grass, a country bordering the Five Great Nations."

Everyone was silent for a moment until they all shouted at once.

"WHAT?!"

Sora cleaned his ear out to try to get his hearing back before saying, "I know... that's what I thought!"

Riku took the letter out of his hands and read it carefully.

"How could he do something like that?" the silver haired teen asked.

"He didn't do it..." Sora said softly. "How can we be so sure if he did or didn't?" asked Terra.

"He's not that kind of guy! Remember, with our help, he stopped a madman from destroying the Land of Fire, destroyed a demon and saved the worlds, AND he took down the guy who leveled the Hidden Leaf Village!" Sora pointed out. Lea sighed. "Even if he didn't do what the letter says, it says there's nothing we can do," said the pyro.

Sora growled and slammed his fist on the table. "Did you seriously just say that?!" he demanded.

"Yeah, I did."

"Sora, I'm afraid that the only thing we can do is do what the King says and leave this be," said Namine.

"Namine?! You too?!" he asked, shocked at what she said. "Guys listen! While Naruto is being held up in jail, the real killer could still be out there!" the brunet shouted as he stood up. Riku also stood up and glared at him with his aquamarine eyes.

"Sora, for the last time, just forget about it! Those are Mickey's orders!" Riku shouted. Sora narrowed his eyes before he rushed forward and grabbed Riku by the front of his shirt. "What the hell is wrong with you, Riku?! You've never been the type to turn your back on a friend, even after he did something wrong! I thought you were better than that!" Sora yelled in anger. Riku's eyes widened before Sora shoved him back and stormed out of the house.

"Sora, wait!" Kairi cried out as she prepared to run after him, but was stopped by Aqua.

"Kairi, let him go. He just needs to cool off," the blue haired woman said. Kairi stared at her for a moment then stared at the open door. "Yeah... I guess you're right. This is a lot for him to take in..." she muttered sadly.


Meanwhile, Sora stomped through his yard and into a secluded part in the woods. Once he was a good distance in the woods, he was silent for a moment.

"RAAAAHHHHHH!"

He summoned his Keyblade and took his anger out on a tree by slicing at it. As he sliced, he thought of what his friends have said.

"Sora, for the last time, just forget about it! Those are Mickey's orders!" Riku repeated in his head. This made him more angrier as he chopped even harder than before. By the time his adrenaline rush was gone, his muscles ached and the tree looked like it was ready to topple over at any second.

"Whoa, never thought you'd have THAT much anger, bro!" a familiar voice exclaimed. Sora's head whipped around to see Vanitas walking towards him with his hands shoved in his pockets.

Sora turned back around and asked, "What do you want? You came over to tell me to forget about the Naruto situation too?"

"Actually, no."

Sora turned around and faced him. "Huh?" he asked.

Vanitas smirked. "I think he's innocent too. He's never been the type to kill in cold blood," he said. "He would never do something like that even if his life depended on it. Besides, I remember Kakashi said that those who broke the rules are scum, but those who abandon their friends, are worse than scum, and believe me, I've done things that are far worse than scum when I was on Xehanort's side, and I wanna make up for what I've done."

An idea then popped into Sora's head. "Hey Vani?" he asked.

Vanitas's eye twitched at his nickname for him before he asked, "What?"

"Are you still able to open Dark Corridors?"

Vanitas nearly fell over in shock at what he asked. "Why the hell are you asking me that? Of course I can!" snapped Vanitas.

"I need you to open a Dark Corridor so I can get to the Land of Grass and prove his innocence!" Sora said with a look of determination. His lookalike took a look at his face and smirked. "Yeah, I can, but each time I use it, the less I'll be able to use it later on, so it could be a one way trip for you," he said. Sora smiled and exclaimed, "Then that's a risk I'm willing to take!"

The raven haired teen smirked and shook his head before he held his right hand out to the side, summoning a Dark Corridor. He then looked at his 'brother' and said, "I'm gonna go with you. If those guys think that I am gonna let someone get away with an act like this, they're out of their freakin' minds!"

Sora smiled and bumped fists with him. "Thanks Vani."

"I swear, if you call me 'Vani' one more time..." Vanitas muttered as a tick mark appeared on his head. Sora grinned at this, but his grin fell as he looked at his house in the distance.

"Sorry guys, but sometimes... orders have to be disobeyed," he said as he turned on his heel and entered the Dark Corridor with Vanitas, leaving his home world.