:: Disclaimer:: I do not own Kingdom Hearts or any of the original characters! This story was co-written by Grayangelhikari, Belladonadarkraven, NeoJecht and icefire5689.

In the end of kh2 there's a short clip with Riku and Sora talking about their previous encounter. Kairi comes running up holding a bottle with a message on it. Saying it's a message from the king, Sora opens it and the three of them read it together. Maybe we can use that as an intro to our story?

~The "bad guys"
Our villains are a group of around 12 people. Passiva (the leader), the twins (jealousy), Angst (hate/anger), Sorrow, Love, Happiness, Jest (Humor), Sarcasm, Confused, Scared, and Rebel.
:: :Passiva remains impassive throughout the story but seems to be gaining emotion as well, but no one knows for sure why.
:: :The twins are a bunch of whiner babies They are envious for things and tend to whine about it. They are no problem in battle because all they seem to do is bicker.
:: :Angst is a hot-headed villain who is easily provoked. His staff is straight while beginning the fight, but once you make him mad, he gets serious and the blades open up.
:: : Sorrow is a girl who's attitude is, well, sorrowful. She has white hair with a black bandage over her eyes. Not a lot is known about her other than she is creepy and mysterious with long while hair and a blindfold covering her eyes. (compare her to the grudge hehe) She rarely takes off her blindfold, and the only instances where she does are in tight places in battle.
:: : Love and Happiness are both girls who seem slightly different than the other members. Happiness is an optimist and Love always seems to have their far off expression like she's thinking about someone. Both are a sinch to beat when it comes to battle.
:: : Jest has a sense of humor off battle and during. She seems to be able to laugh at anything, whether it's simple or just watching someone suffer. She may appear vulnerable but during battle she gets serious. She attacks with a moogle doll which she uses like a voodoo doll, able to take control of any 1 character at a time. Using that to her advantage she can turn someone against the group and just kick back and watch all the fun. She prefers not to attack up close but watch at a distance.
:: : Sarcasm is, well, his name pretty much says it all. He tends to look at things in his own point-of-view and enjoys bringing others down.
:: : Confused is a confused girl who doesn't ever seem to recall why she is here or what she is supposed to do. She never seems to follow through with orders because they just don't ever seem to make any sense to her. Think of her as the Demyx of the group.
:: :Scared gets frightened easily and is pretty much a wimp at battle. He may try to pull a prank or scare someone intentionally but it always seems to backfire and get him instead.
:: : Rebel is a fiery red-head who goes through life doing as he pleases. He's the rebel. At one moment he may seem like an ally and will lend a hand, but the next he seems like a back-stabbing traitor. It's hard to figure him out and no one seems to know what he is up to. But he always has a plan of action in mind, for his own purposes. He tends to use people for his own wants. His attitude and actions are similar to Axel in kh2.

~People have a theory for th KH series saying there are heartless, nobodies and soulless (heart, body and soul). If you read in DiZ's notes it talks a little about that as well. So we figured that we would expound on that. Our villains are not human, but basically a form of emotion. Or in other words, a soul. Org. XIII was all about no emotion, so we figured these ones might as well be. Like the Org, their goal is to become whole/ complete. By doing that they are after hearts.
In the kh series, hearts are what keeps you alive, defends you and gives you character. That's what they are after. With the hearts they have more emotion so they can become closer to complete beings. They are trying to unlock the world's core to get to the world's heart. That way they have more access to those hearts. Defeating heartless is also another strategy they use but they are not as focused on that as the Organization was.

Since they are made of soul/ emotion, they want to acquire a body and a heart. So by doing that they will try to find someone similar to them or their emotion and possess them by taking complete control and become a complete being. Since nobodies have no heart for their defense, they can become possessed easier but not permanently because they lack a body. If a person has a heart, they have more of a will to stop, that is basically their defense.

Okay that pretty much covers the basics ^_^

"Sora, Riku!" Kairi called, running over the wood bridge. She held a glass bottle with a white paper rolled up in it. She caught up and caught her breath, then held up the bottle.
"From the King?" Sora asked, surprised. He took the bottle and popped off the cork. The paper slid out into his hand. The three of them opened up the letter and began to read.

"I'm sorry to ask but I have another favor to ask of you. Sora, Riku, Kairi please come see at your old Secret Place."

Sora looked from Kairi to Riku and grinned. "C'mon let's get going!"
"But Sora is he going to be there right now?" Kairi asked.
Sora shrugged. "Beats me. Couldn't hurt to find out. Let's go, I'll race you two. Ready Rik- Riku?"
Kairi and Sora looked ahead and saw Riku running off to the Secret Place.
"Keep up!" He called laughing.
"Hey!"
Kairi and Sora darted after him.

Kairi ducked inside the tunnel, followed by Sora. Riku sat on a small boulder, waiting.
"Took long enough," he teased.
Suddenly a bright light shone by the entrance. Mickey stepped out and waved.

"Good to see you Your Majesty," Sora said with a wave. "What happened?"
Mickey sighed, "I'm sorry to say this but I have one more favor to ask of ya."
Kairi nodded. "We're glad to help. What is it?"
"Well, I went on my usual rounds to Hollow Bastion to check up on things with Merlin, and noticed some things weren't quite right. It seems like something else is rising, like the Organization. I've tried to check back on the World that Never Was and it seems like the stronghold may still be in use, but I am not able to get in."
Sora looked at Riku, puzzled.
"Would you three be able to help me find out what is going on?"
"Sure!" Sora said with his usual enthusiasm. "Where do we start?"
The King smiled. "It might help to retrace the steps of where the Organization's been. Check Castle Oblivion or the World That Never Was, you could find something there. Oh and you might need more help this time. Donald and Goofy won't be able to accompany you this journey, there's some business at the castle they are tending to."
"How are we supposed to get to the World that Never Was?" Sora asked. "We don't have a way this time."
"Roxas should be able to help you."

"Huh?" Sora asked in surprise.
Mickey nodded.
"How? It's kinda impossible at this point.."
"I'll show you, but it's only temporary."
Sora looked confused. Mickey's keyblade appeared in his hand and a light started to glow from its tip.

A faint glow grew around Sora and centered in front of him. Slowly the light took the form of Roxas.
"Roxas!" A female voice shouted. What seemed like out of nowhere a light shot at Roxas. Seconds later Naminé was there embracing him.

"Naminé!" Roxas said with a smile. He glanced over at the others and waved.
Everyone was staring, wide-eyed in shock.
"Um, hey... What just happened?" Sora looked at Mickey.
"It's only temporary, but this should last just long enough for you to finish your journey. And it looks like Naminé is going to be able to join you as well."

"But this doesn't make sense-" Sora started. He stopped, watching how happy Kairi appeared, seeing Naminé again. The two of them were already engaged in conversation.
"Sounds good," Sora smiled. "Thank you Your Majesty-" He turned his attention to the King, but he was gone.
"Well guys, ready to go?"
"Where?" Roxas asked.
"We'll fill you in," Riku answered.
Roxas shrugged. "Okay, I guess I'm in. Where to?"
"The King said to check Castle Oblivion. We might be able to find some help or something there."
"Okay," Roxas put up his hand and a blast of darkness erupted from the wall. "So who's first?"

Riku pushed Sora into portal. "Let's just go."

They stepped out at Castle Oblivion's entrance.

Sora clutched his stomach. "I hate that feeling!"
"You'll get used to it," Roxas said casually.
The group approached the large doors and stared up at the large building.
"What exactly are we looking for?" Kairi asked.
Sora shrugged. "Um, anything out of the ordinary I suppose."
"Like that?" Riku pointed to the ground in front of the large doorway.
Lying on the ground was a boy with silvery white hair like Riku's. He was wearing a long sleeveless jacket and wore baggy gray pants.

"So this is our help?" Kairi looked at the boy while Naminé checked to see if he was breathing.
"Actually no, I don't know who that is," Mickey spoke.

"Oh.. um, is he okay?" Riku asked, glancing over at the boy.
Naminé nodded slightly. "He's breathing.. That's a good sign."
The group huddled around the boy.
Sora started to chuckle then stopped. Kairi looked at him then back at the boy. Sora began to laugh again.
"What? Sora it's not funny, he could be hurt!" She said irritably.
"N-no, it's not that. Look. He looks like he could be Riku's twin."
Riku shot him a look but Sora continued chuckling to himself.
Mickey slightly tugged on Sora's jacket.
"Hm?"
"Please make sure that he is okay. Once done, venture a little around or inside the castle and keep looking. I'm counting on you!" The King vanished in a flash of light.

Naminé jumped back and Roxas caught her. "He moved!" She said in surprise.
They all looked down at the boy. He began to sit up, groaning.
"Hey, are you okay?" Kairi knelt down beside him, putting a hand on his shoulder. The boy looked at her dazed then jumped back in fright, shoving her arm off him.
"He kind of acts like you too." Sora snickered at Riku.

"It's okay," Kairi told the boy. "We're not going to hurt you. Are you alright? What's your name?"
Sora and Riku were arguing behind her. She turned around and grabbed both their arms.
"Cut it out! You're scaring him!" She gestured toward the boy who was watching them with wide eyes.

Sora fell silent as Kairi knelt down beside the boy again. Roxas peered over Sora's shoulder.
"What do we do?" he whispered to him.

"Sora we have to take him with us," Kairi turned.
"But we don't know anything about him. Like what was he doing here in the first place?"
"You guys don't know me?" The boy looked up at Riku.
Riku shook his head.
"Okay, good," Kairi said. "Can you tell us what it is?"
Roxas walked over to the large doorway. "I'll head in if you guys wanna wait out here.."

"I'll come with you." Naminé followed. "Just in case something happens."
"That's probably a good idea." Riku nodded in agreement. He looked down at the boy. "It's possible he lost his memory in the castle."
"I think my name...it's Riuki." The boy stood. Sora chuckled.

"Okay," Kairi smiled. "Riuki. Nice to meet you. I'm Kairi. This is Sora, and Riku. The other two were Naminé and Roxas."

The group fell back into awkward silence while waiting for the two of them to return. None of them really knew what to say to Riuki. Moments later, Naminé and Roxas returned.
"How'd it go?" asked Kairi.
Roxas held up a small, marble-like, orb. Every moment or so it would shine a faint red light from it.
"This is all we got," he said.
"Everything else in the castle seemed the same as it was last year," Naminé added.
"Okay then.. what's it do?" Sora asked.
Roxas shrugged. "Beats me, we tried to figure it out the way here but it didn't do anything.. Anyway, maybe it'll do something on its own later. If this is what we're looking for."
"Alright. So, should we head to Hollow Bastion then? Maybe we can see if Cloud or Leon can help out."
"Wait," Roxas said. "Can we go to Twilight Town? We could see if Hayner could help out, or just say 'hi'.. It's been awhile since we've seen them."
Sora put his hands behind his head. "I guesso, what do you guys think?"
Kairi nodded. "That should be fine."
"What about him?" Riku asked, pointing to Riuki.
"He could come," Kairi said. "Would you like to come with us?" she asked Riuki.

"Sure." Was all Riuki said at first, his expression blank. As the group turned to leave he spoke,"I don't get it. If I lost my memory because I went in there." He pointed at the castle behind him. "Then how come you two still have yours?" He looked at Roxas then Naminé.
"I agree." Riku nodded. "Something isn't right. If he did go into castle oblivion and lost his memory wouldn't we have found him inside. I mean unless he wondered out but that wouldn't of cause him to pass out."

Roxas folded his arms and looked down, thinking. "That didn't make much sense to me either. Since Marluxia's death, the effects of the castle shouldn't be working anymore. The only reason why it worked in the first place was because he was using Naminé before, but she's here with us. And I don't think anyone else had taken over this castle. When we went inside, it looked empty."
Naminé nodded. "I don't think he lost his memory because he went inside." She said quietly. "But I'm not sure what happened either."
"Don't worry Riuki, it could come back if you give it time," Kairi reassured him.
Roxas made a portal and waited.

"Let's go," Sora entered the portal.