"Go Haruhi! Get out while you still can!"

"Not without you! I can't lose everyone!"

"… We'll come back. I promise. Now go!"

"Senpai!"

"Hey, she's waking up! Leon!"

Haruhi groaned, clutching her throbbing head. "Ow…" She looked around, taking in brown walls and the rough bed she was in. Definitely not her apartment or Ouran Academy. "Where…?"

"Traverse Town." The brunette looked at the man leaning against the door. His arms were crossed, a serious look on his face. "You're the first to have made it here in a while."

"Traverse Town..? That's not in Japan, I take it."

"Japan? Is that your world?" A dark haired girl asked from her position on a chair.

Haruhi's eyebrow rose. "No. I live on Earth, like everyone else. Japan is a country."

The other two looked at each other. The girl sighed. "Your world is gone. It was destroyed if you've landed here."

"Then the others must not have made it…" The brunette mumbled.

"I'm sorry."

"Don't be." Haruhi gazed at the blankets. "I guess I kind of knew they wouldn't be here with me. They… they tried to protect me and…" Her voice finally broke.

The black haired girl nodded sadly. "Yeah, we know. Only Leon," she pointed to the brown haired man, "Cid, Aerith, and I were the ones who came here."

"Oh… I'm sorry." She looked at the girl. "I'm Fujioka Haruhi."

"Yuffie Kisaragi." Yuffie giggled a bit. "Who names their kid 'Fujioka'?"

Haruhi and Leon sighed at her. Haruhi clarified. "No, where I live, you say your family name first."

"So you're Haruhi, then?" the brunette nodded. "Okay!"

Leon finally pushed himself off the door. "Leon." He stuck out his hand.

"Pleasure." They shook. He looked to the taller girl. "Yuffie, didn't Aerith say she wanted to speak to her once she woke up?"

"RIGHT!" She grabbed Haruhi's hand, pretty much dragging her out of the room. "By the way, did I tell you that I'm a ninja?"

The brunette sighed. From one crazy place to another, typical.

Haruhi smiled at Aerith as the woman looked her over for injuries. "I checked you over when you were first found," she had told the younger girl, "but I might have missed some."

"Thank you, Aerith-san. I'll be fine." She said, bowing slightly to the healer. "I'm sorry to be such a burden." She turned, opening the door to the little house.

"Wait! It isn't safe!" Yuffie called as the brunette host walked out into the Third District. She bolted out of the room. "Haruhi!"

Said girl was sitting on the ground staring at the fast approaching Heartless. Yuffie slashed them away with shuriken as they attempted to jump on Haruhi. "Haru, either fight or get inside!"

Brown eyes stared at the ninja. "With what!?"

"..Oh." The black haired girl continued killing the little beings of darkness.

Leon sighed, standing in front of the brunette. "Just get inside." Haruhi looked up to the man carrying the gunblade.

"A-alright…"

"Has anyone ever told you that you cause trouble?" Leon asked.

She nodded, smiling slightly. "Yes, actually…"

Yuffie rolled her eyes. "I think we should train her. Don't look at me like that, Haru, you said that you want to find your friends."

Leon groaned slightly, but nodded. "Fine, but you'll need something to fight with. Follow me." He led the girl out into the district, which was empty, and through the door that led to the First District. "This is First District. This area tends to be pretty Heartless free, so if you ever need a break, this should be your first stop. It has the Accessory Shop and the Item Shop." He steered her to the latter, nodding to people they passed.

"How many worlds have been..?" Haruhi asked, looking at the amount of people.

"A lot. We protect them as well as we can, especially with Sora here now, but we can't save them all."

They entered the shop, causing Haruhi to slump slightly. "Are those… ducks?" At her companion's nod, she sighed. "This place is weirder than Ouran Academy..."

The ducks looked at the two. "Hey Leon! Who's the girl?"

"This is Haruhi. She needs a weapon."

The three went into action. "This?"

"No, that's not right! How about-?"

"WRONG! That'll never work for a girl her height."

"Um…" Haruhi mumbled. "What about that?" She pointed to a staff leaning against a wall.

One of the little ducks picked it up, scrutinizing it. "Yeah… It'll do. Here."

She took it, running a hand on the wood. "It's pretty heavy…" Her face set in a determined look. "I'll just have to get used to that."

"Put it on the tab, guys." Haruhi jumped at Yuffie's voice. The older girl giggled. "Scared ya, huh? It's okay, that happens to most people. See ya Huey, Dewey, Louie."

"See ya Yuffie!" The dark haired girl grabbed the brunette, pulling her out of the shop. "A staff, huh? Not bad." Leon shook his head before following them out.

"Come at me with all you've got!" Yuffie yelled to the brunette. She jumped, dodging the staff's blow toward her knees. "Hehe, nice shot!" She dodged again. "Remember, Heartless are going to fight back, but they're too stupid to dodge this well! You might be faced with human opponents, though, so keep working!"

Haruhi paused. "Did Leon-san tell you to say that?" The ninja nodded, causing the host to sweatdrop. "I thought as much."

"What's that supposed to mean!?"

"Exactly like it sounded."

Yuffie retreated to a corner, causing Haruhi to sweatdrop more. 'I swear, she's almost as bad as Tamaki-senpai.'

Before anything more could happen, though, Leon entered the waterway. "Hey, you two, Sora's here."

They retreated to the small house, where a spiky haired boy was waiting with Aerith, a duck, and some sort of dog. The boy's head shot up at the sound of approaching footsteps. "Yuffie! Leon!" He finally looked at the youngest of the trio. "Who're you?"

She smiled. "Fujioka Haruhi… I mean, Haruhi Fujioka." They shook hands.

"Sora." He paused. "You know, for a guy you look a lot like a girl."

"I think that is a girl, Sora." The dog-like creature said. Sora's eyes widened.

"No way, Goofy! Haruhi's obviously a guy! Look at his hair!"

The brunette smiled slightly. "I'm a girl."

"See, I told you he was- Wait, what?"

"Biologically speaking, I'm a girl. But it doesn't really matter to me."

"How can it not matter?!"

Haruhi sighed. "It just doesn't."

"Sora, just drop it." A red haired girl said, moving from her place at the table. "Hey. I'm Kairi."

Sora pouted, then smiled. "Alright! So, when did you join up with them?" He pointed his thumb at the group behind them.

"A couple weeks ago. My world was destroyed. I was the only one who ended up here." She shrugged lightly. "I'm sure the others are alive, they always pop up to irritate me." Her smile turned fond and she chuckled a bit. "I can feel them, sorta. Almost like…"

"You're connected." The boy finished, a distant look on his face. "Yeah, I know the feeling. I lost my world and got separated from my friends, too. But along the way I made a ton of new friends, so it wasn't all bad. I still want to save them though."

Leon cut in. "Speaking of which, Sora," he said, leaning against the wall, "tell me what happened while you were gone." Sora started his story, explaining everything he'd seen at Hollow Bastion. "So, darkness is flowing out of that Keyhole."

"No wonder there are more Heartless everywhere…" Aerith noted softly. "The only way to stop them is-"

"To seal that Keyhole, right?" Sora asked, summoning the Keyblade.

"Maybe," Leon replied. "But no one knows what will happen once it's sealed."

"Well, we can't just stay here! We have to do something! I have a friend back there!" The Key bearer almost yelled.

"You're right. You have one more friend. Riku's Keyblade must have been born from the darkness of the captive princesses' hearts, just like that keyhole you saw." Leon looked to the red head. "Without Kairi's heart, it remained incomplete. Once that Keyblade was destroyed, the princesses' hearts should have been freed. Don't worry, Sora. If anyone can save your friend, you can."

Haruhi smiled slightly, watching the group leave Traverse Town. "He's a nice boy."

"Sora has tremendous weight on his shoulders." She looked up at Leon. "He'll be fine, though." A smirk entered his normally stoic features. "Are you already worried about him, Haruhi?"

"Yeah. He's so much like Tamaki-senpai that…" She trailed off. "What I mean is he's going to get himself hurt eventually."

They were silent for a while, Haruhi swinging her staff, Yuffie eating something or other, Aerith sitting in a corner, and Leon leaning against the wall.

Cid walked over to them. "The gummi ship's all ready. Be safe, will ya?" The man said, half glaring at them.

"Thanks Cid. We'll bring it back when we're done." Leon said.

"Wait, we're going after them? Seriously?" Haruhi asked, causing Yuffie to turn and grin.

The ninja wrapped an arm around the smaller girl's shoulder. "Yup! You, me, Aerith, and Squall! Nothing to do around here, might as well help the kid out, right?"

The brunette nodded. "I guess."

And an hour later they were on the ship, headed to the world Hollow Bastion. Haruhi was gazing out the window, awe showing clearly on her face. "This is… amazing. How could we not have known there were so many worlds with intelligent life?"

"Most people don't know about the other worlds, we've told you that." Yuffie said, rolling eyes at the girl.

"But the people of my world knew there were other planets, but none that had been visited had any life."

The ninja bounced slightly. "Really? That's weird!"

Haruhi rolled her eyes this time. "Right, because creatures stealing people's hearts are so normal."

"You… do have a point there." Yuffie conceded.

They turned to the man standing at the door. "Yuffie, Haruhi, we're there."

After fighting their way through Hollow Bastion, the group was wandering around the Grand Hall, waiting for Sora's appearance.

"Sora. You did it." Leon said, drawing the Host's attention. The boy returned at the sound of his name.

He looked at them. "What are you guys doing here?"

"We came in Cid's ship!" Yuffie said, turning from her position on a low wall.

Aerith sighed. "This was our childhood home. We wanted to see it again." Haruhi's heart clenched.

Leon looked around at the rubble. "It's in worse shape than I feared. It used to be so peaceful…"

"Don't worry." Aerith laughed lightly. "If we defeat Ansem, all should be restored. Including your island, Sora, and your world, Haruhi."

Excitement crossed the boy's face. "Really!?"

Yuffie looked down. "But… It also means goodbye."

"Huh?" Haruhi put a hand on the ninja girl's shoulder.

Aerith continued on. "Once the worlds are restored, they'll separate again."

"Everyone'll go back to where they came from."

This didn't deter the Keyblade Master. "Then I'll just come visit you on the gummi ship!"

Leon gave him a stern look. "It's not that simple."

Yuffie and Aerith took over. "You didn't know about the other worlds before all this, right?"

"Because every world was isolated. Impassable walls divided them."

"The Heartless destroyed those walls. But if the worlds return, so will the walls."

"Which means the gummi ships will be useless." Leon finished.

Sora seemed to have trouble grasping the idea. "So you're saying we'll never..?"

The girls looked down as Sora turned around. "We may never meet again," everyone looked at Leon, "but we'll never forget each other."

"No matter where we are, our hearts will bring us together again."

Yuffie grinned. "Besides, I couldn't forget you even if I wanted to."

The boy looked slightly offended. "What's that supposed to mean!?"

"It means our hearts will always remember each other, no matter what happens." Sora looked at Haruhi in surprise.

"Sora!" "Come and close the keyhole!" He turned toward Donald and Goofy.

The boy started to turn. "Sora. Good luck." He nodded to the older male before running off.

"Well?"

Haruhi turned to face the brown haired man. "Well what, Leon-san?"

The man rolled his eyes slightly. "Aren't you going after him? He's probably your best bet to find your friends if they don't end up home. He'll probably welcome you happily."

"I guess so." She smiled at him. "Did you see where he went?"

"That way. And stay out of trouble!"

"I'll try, Leon!" She sprinted away in the direction he had pointed, finding Sora as he finished talking with the Princesses of Heart. "Sora!"

"Haruhi?" He gazed at her in confusion. "What's up?"

"I want to come with you. I want to find my friends and help you find yours. Please."

He grinned. "Sure. Let's go." He turned to his companions. Donald, Goofy, let's get going! Haruhi's coming too!" At Donald's rebellious look Sora glared. "And no arguments on that. She has friends to find too."

"Fine." The duck said irritably. "But she'd better do her share."

And soon, the group was on its way to the end.

Whew! That took a while for me to write… I had to watch walkthroughs to see the physical reactions and use a script for most of the lines. It's hard work. And, btw, I've never actually beat the first KH, only CoM and KHII. This story will be through COM, a sequel will be KHII.