Well, this is the second time I have to do this, so I'm pretty impatient. As you know, I don't own Kingdom Hearts. For good reason too… I would've totally put Disney to shame with R ratings. Anyway, I don't own any of the Final Fantasy, or the Disney, but I own my OCs. Yea, those guys. Dark Apocolyptica I also own. Anyway, here we go.

If Ever There Was A World

The sun doesn't shine here. It never has. Not in any of my spiteful years. I'm not surprised though, seeing as the strongest gateway into Darkness, is right in the center of this place. If entered and captured by the wrong (or right, it's up to you…) person, they could have total dominion over all darkness. Pretty much they'd have the Kingdom of Darkness. That hasn't happened though, and rightfully so, too. Oh, yea, everyone that's cursed to live here, is filled with darkness to the utmost degree. 'Cept me. I'm the only heart not filled with darkness. Crap, I'm pure. It's funny too… I feel kind of strange…

"What?" I exclaim out into the darkness of the surroundings of the Gate.

I did it again. I was sleep walking. Was I dreaming, too? Were those my inner thoughts? I can't help but look up at this gate, this huge, 200 ft tall GAPING HOLE! I… I just want to live my life, not keep getting dragged to something I'm afraid to fall into. Well, either way, time to make my way back home, for like the thousandth time. Once I get there, I begin to beat off the incessant assault of sleep, as I put on my clothes. A-shirt that's crafted of belts and chains. Big baggy black and gold pants. Custom black and gold Timberlands. Then, the piece de resistance. My necklace with the big cross with the tarantula on the intersection point, and webs behind the cross. It's quite nice, really. Then I look in the mirror at myself, to make sure I'm not bruised or somethin' like that. My red eyes wander around the mirror, as my hair is getting the fixing it needs. It's wavy, yet spiky at the same time. Odd, really, but I never questioned it. It was strewn about my head in almost ever direction, except for up, the place I wanted it to go.

Anyway, I sort of jumped at the knock at my door. After the initial shock, I move over there, 'cause let's face it… I ain't got nothin' in my house. I got nothin' else to do. Well, I opened the door. Well… I kinda regret it. A black guy with a long, short sleeved hoody, which had wide sleeves, jumped through the door. The line of diamond gun ornaments sparkled down the right leg of his baggy Dickies. He scratched in between his cornrows, bringing attention to sword pieced heart tattoo under his eye. He dusted off his metal trimmed Lugz, and gave a low, yet sarcastic laugh, patting his long time friend Flavius on the shoulder.

"Crap… I just woke up!" I spewed, as I closed my front door.

"Don't care! I'm came here to wake you up, in fact!" said this black guy.

"Nolan, you're such an ass. Whatcha want?" comes from my mouth. I flop on my couch in my usual manner.

Nolan handed me a mass of clothing and 7000 munny… "These are yours."

Eyeing the bundle of stuff, I give him an odd look… "Even this… thing?"

"Look harder, it's your coat, dumbass. You left it over my house after the fiasco. The munny is what I owe you for… damages." Sighed Nolan, in defeat.

He then proceeded to question me… "So… still sleepwalking?"

"Yes, to my dismay. I just keep going to the Gate Of Darkness. Let's walk, man…" and I began for the door.

Ahhh… the fresh, yet… oddly foreboding air of Dark Apocolyptica. Seems to just suck the life right outta ya, hmm? We walked down the street dominantly… no, semi-godlike. Seriously, if that street was a person, we would've been whoopin' its ass. Nah, just kiddin' we walked down it semi-semi-godlike. Well, where were we heading? Down town to go mess with people of course. Then yet another unfortunate (in retrospect) thing happened. We saw Kimiah. Kimiah Utada (He he… I said Utada.). The girl everyone scoots away from. It's not that she's ugly, 'cause she's gorgeous. Her long black hair that trails down her back is so silky and luscious. She always has chignon buns on the sides, or ribbons in her hair. Sometimes it has color streaks. Anyway… it's just the fact that every time she end up truly hitting someone they die. I don't mean, a kiddie slap, but an actual punch, kick or anything else registered as a hit. It always struck me so odd.

"Hey there, Kimiah. Whatcha doin'?" Oh yea, I also think she loves me.

She also had a voice like cream that flowed into your soul and refreshed it… "Really, I'm learning to play craps."

"Learning? You roll the dice!" I stated, as I raised a brow.

"You wanna come down town with us?" I offered this because if I didn't, she wouldn't be doing anything all day, anyway.

Kimiah gave me a soft smile, because I might've lied earlier. I might not be the only pure heart. Either that, or she's really sweet. Anyway, I took her hand and helped her up, as Nolan stood off to the side, playing with his necklace, which was a pair of brass knucks, which one had a print over the whole thing of his portrait, smiling, and the other was studded. Anyway, we started for the L-train, as it began to get chilly. Not that it's every warm here. It's usually awesomely cold. Anyway, I put on my coat, dubbed the infamous Organization XIII coat, a.k.a. darkness realm clothing. Unlike everyone else, I leave mine open, and I don't put on the hood, yet. Once we get to the station, we decided to jump the turn style, as a train police started chasing us through the many passage ways to the metal stallions. Kimiah and Nolan didn't have money, that's why they jumped. I just didn't feel like spending any money.

The train police couldn't keep up, as usual. We went to board our train, as we heard a nasty crashing sound coming from just where we were headed. Damn, somethin' bad must've happened, and I really wanna see it now. We jumped on the train, and once we got downtown, all we could see is a bunch of colored blocks, and a huge crater in the road. A closer look showed three people… well, one person, a dog-guy and a duck…guy. Me being the nosey guy I am, I forcefully bust through the crowd, and get a close look at the three, and noticed… THEY WERE STILL BREATHING! I grab the guy up, and start shaking him, then I look at his clothes… damn, I like his clothes… I should jack him for them. Anyway, he wakes up after a bit more shaking, and whatnot.

"Huuuh? What's this place… who are you?" said the awesomely dressed guy.

I'm guessing I'm about a year older than he is… "You crashed, I guess… Welcome to Dark Apocolyptica."

The guy then looked me straight in the eyes "Some people were with me, Donald, and Goofy…"

"Introduction?" I inquire. The hell if I know these guys.

The guy sat up on his own, and shook it off, sighing "I'm Sora. The duck is Donald, and the dog is Goofy. We had quite a few people with us… did they already leave?"

A man in black, with spiky golden hair strolled by… "Yup… went off to see the town…"

For some reason, this man, Cloud Strife, caused quite some anger to well up inside Kimiah, and she ran up to him, and grabbed onto his garments, as tears of anger flew around…

"Damn it… I hate you! Someday, you will perish at my hands, you…" then she broke down into a full cry, and held onto him…

He just looked down, and then said in a low tone "Sorry… it's not my fault, he snapped. You know you don't want to kill me, either. You love me, more than you even love that boy. By the way, death cannot capture me."

With that, he broke away from her and began on his way. I came to Kimiah's side, and looked really worried… I really didn't know what just happened. A couple of people probably don't know what just happened. Anyway, Donald and Goofy woke up about now, and they were curious where they were, too. Again, I went through with the sad little welcoming committee. Donald and Goofy introduced themselves, while I introduced all of us. Long story short, we all went on a bit hunt. Not Easter eggs, either. We were on a full blown people hunt, and it was pretty confusing, and annoying.

"So, Sora… who are these people and where are they from?" I curiously prodded.

"Well, they're from Hol- I mean Radiant Garden. You'll know them when you see them." He was definitely quite a merry soul.

Donald and Kimiah called over from some bushes "Hey, we found Tifa!"

Why was she in some bushes, you ask? 'Cause beyond the bushes were some trees she just happened to be practicing on. We came over to go see her, but another crash happened, and this one was so much different than the first. It was… menacing. White streaks that looked like lasers were crashing into building and things a little ways away from us.

Then, it hit me from my right side. Sora angrily said "Nobodies."

End of Ch. 1

Seems a little open ended to me, but, I'll deal with that. I just had fun writing this, and it was pretty interesting to me trying to get all of this just right. I think I did a pretty good job. The most I can hope for, is my little story will make it, in this huge mega-section, and really make some people happy, or inspire them. Anyway, if you read it, thank you for reading, and I'll be stormin' the next chapter soon. Peace.

Licking Pennies (Da Fuzz '06)