Kaito found himself sitting in the back of a dark alley, clueless of what had happened to his surroundings. He went to get up, and found Yukino falling into his lap. Knowing that it'd be difficult to walk around with dead weight over his shoulders, he woke her up.

"Yukino…wake up…wake up…we're lost…wake up, Yukino?"

Yukino's eyes opened, and she gradually went to sit up, "What's wrong?"

"Look around and you tell me."

Shegot up with Kaito's help, and strolled to the end of the alley to see if there were any secret walkways. She could only find a little red symbol marked onto the boxes that were piled . She looked backto Kaito and nudged him with her shoulder.

"I don't know anything, this area is unfamiliar."

Kaito pulled Yukino by the hand, "Let's see if we can find anybody."

He walked out of the alley and into a small town. From the side of his eyes he spotted a middle-aged lady standing in the front of a small Café shop. He made his way down the short street and looked at the signs in the middle of the four-way. The first sign said, 'First District – Traverse Town' and the second one, 'World Exit'. He then looked down to find a young boy standing below the signs.

Kaito bent down to the boy's level and introduced himself, "Hi there, my name is Kaito."

"Hi Kaito, I'm Tidus!"

"Hi Tidus, say... can you help me out here and tell me where I am?"

"You mean to tell me, that you don't know where you're at? You must be new around here." Tidus grinned.

"Umm…yeah." He was unsure how to answer such a question.

"Well, your in Traverse Town, many people come here when they loose their worlds."

"Thank you Tidus." Kaito petted is frilly hair and walked off to go sightseeing.

But before he went too far, Tidus called out to him, "Hey Kaito! Be careful around here! There are Heartless wandering all about! You're better off staying here in the First District!"

"Thanks!" He walked off and looked at Yukino. "Does any of that sound familiar?"

"Nothing." She paused. "I'm concerned though. I mean seriously, is that kid loosing it? How can people loose their worlds, and what are these Heartless? Doesn't it seem just a little strange for a kid to be thinking of nonsense at that level?"

"Kids can be creative at that age." Kaito shrugged it off. "But we'll have to see for ourselves. I mean, common, we've seen and heard worse in our time."

Yukino agreed, and followed Kaito as he stumbled upon a small flight of stairs and into a small Accessory Shop. He looked around and saw a man with blonde hair standing behind a counter and another young boy with red trousers and brown, gravity-defying hair, examining the things that were for sale. Kaito and the young boy glanced at each other and then went to idle their own time. He gazed into a corner to find a little contraption, and gestured Yukino over, wondering if she knew how it worked.

"What do you do?" He pointed at the green glow.

"I think you just stand on it." She stepped on top of the device and a florescent green light quickly flashed beneath her. She smiled, "It replenishes your health. I feel like Hercules now!" She started to show off her little muscles.

Kaito went to step on the platform and felt the same rush run through him, "That's amazing!"

Then young boy that Kaito spotted earlier subtly squeezed through the two of them, "Excuse me." As he made his way past the two, and onto the advanced platform; then he started to make his way out the door.

Kaito bounded towards the boy, "Excuse me?" The boy stopped and looked at Kaito with a cocked eyebrow. "My name is Kaito."

"I'm Sora."

"Hi Sora, umm…can I ask you something?" He hesitated. "You honestly look different from the people I've seen so far today. You also look like you know what your doing, but…where are we?"

Sora smiled and looked aside for a second. "Well, this is Traverse Town, a place where people come to when they have lost their worlds, and I know that it sound like an insane dream. But everyone else around here will tell you the same thing, and soon enough, even I came around to believing it."

Kaito stood there shocked, "Are you serious?"

"Yup!" Sora smiled brightly.

"But how? I mean, I was sleeping and then the next thing I know is that I end up in the back of an alley!"

"Was it the back alley that's around the shop? Where there's a little red symbol on the back wall? I found myself in this place." Sora scratched the back of his head and continued to smile.

"Yeah…!" Kaito felt a little startled that the boy knew so much of the area that they found themselves in. "For a kid your age, you know quite a bit."

"I only know what I've been told." He shrugged with another grin.

"Well…." Kaito couldn't think of what else to ask Sora until he looked at Sora's right hand. "Is that I giant key in your hand?" He was struck into awe.

"Ahh…no…it's called Key Blade. It's like a blade, and a universal key." Sora paused, "Literally."

Kaito ruffled his gravity defying hair, "It sound important, you should use it well."

Sora lifted his blade and it disappeared, "Leon said the same thing." The young boy paused again. "Say…do you think I can tag along with you guys for a bit?"

"I was gonna ask you that!" Kaito chuckled.

Sora smiled up to him and then peered over Kaito's side to see Yukino looking at the shelves where there were different belts for sale. Sora pulled Kaito down and whispered, "Who's that behind you?"

Kaito looked behind him and saw Yukino moving onto the crystal in a little display case. "She's my fiancée. Why?"

"I was just curious. What's her name?"

"Yukino."

Sora smiled and walked over to the other side of Kaito, "Do you think I can get her something?"

Kaito started to laugh again, "Are you trying to hit on her? After I just told you that she's my fiancée!"

Sora shook his head, "No. It just seems like the right thing to do, I'll get something for you to. You both would need some protection."

"Protection?" Kaito looked at Sora, with dirty thought swirling through his mind.

"Yeah, so if we get into any trouble, there wouldn't be too much damage on you guys." Sora verified himself.

"Umm…sure, but we don't have money."

"Money? You mean Munny."

"The currency is different?" Kaito scratched the back of his head as he swapped expressions with Sora.

He gestured towards Kaito, "It's alright! I got enough to get something for the both of you."

"Thanks a ton Sora!" He was surprised to a young kid so independent.

Sora walked up to Yukino and tugged on her hand, she was startled and looked down, "Why hello there."

"Hi Yukino…may I get you something from the shop?"

"Umm…." She was confused to hear her name come from a stranger. "Have we met?"

Kaito walked up and placed his hand on Sora's shoulder, "Yukino? Sora would like to know if you would like anything from the shop."

"Oh…sure… but what kinda stuff? And how do you know him?"

"I was just talking to the little guy."

Sora looked up at him, "Hey! I'm not that little you know!" He grinned when Kaito playfully ruffled his hair. "Anyways, I know what to get you guys." Sora rang the small bell that was set aside on the counter; and the blonde man from behind the counter turned around. "Hey Cid, umm…can I get two Protection Chains and umm…" Sora looked around to see if there was anything different. "One Phoenix belt and a Mermaid Chain please?"

Cid looked at Sora and he adjusted the toothpick in his mouth, "What are you gonna do with all of this stuff kid?"

"I got new friends who need stuff."

Cid smiled, "You're a good kid." The blonde man handed Sora his products and shooed him away. "Now get outta here and go do something kid related! An accessory shop is nowhere for a kid like you to be hanging out!"

Sora gave Cid a salute and led Kaito and Yukino outside. "Okay, one Protection chain for the both of you." Sora started to distruibue the goods; the couple took their gifts and twirled it between the loops of their pant.

"Holy crap!"

"I know!" Both Kaito and Yukino were surprised to realize, now, that they were wearing crazy clothes like Sora.

Sora was confused, "What! What's wrong?" Thinking that there was something wrong with the belts.

"Nothing but at the same time something." Yukino said as she double took from herself and Kaito.

"What is it?"

"It's our clothes; we weren't wearing these when we fell asleep." Kaito recalled

The two of them thought of it for a second, "There's a reason why we now have clothes." Yukino blushed as she recalled the wild night they had.

Kaito nodded his head in a teasing manner. "Anyways…now that we have that figured out-."

"Wait!" Yukino exclaimed.

"What is it?" Both Sora and Kaito asked.

She pulled out a silver chain from between her breasts and a little crazed heart with vines spewing from the bottom, and an anchor in the middle; dangled from it. "There's this really pretty necklace that I found myself wearing, it looks familiar. But I don't remember owning anything like this."

Kaito shrugged, "You sure it's not something someone has given you from the past?"

She nodded, "I remember every gift I've gotten from the past, but I don't remember anything like this."

He went to hold the necklace to analyze it, then recommended, "Hold on to it, we can find out about it later."

"Maybe." She shrugged and then looked over to Sora, "Sorry Sora, what was it you were gonna say?"

"Oh right." A sweat drop fell down his forehead, "The Mermaid Chain for Kaito and the Phoenix Belt for Yukino."

Yukino looked at the different styles in their belts and asked, "What's the difference?"

"Well…the Protection chains increase your defense and decreases fire damage by 20%. Then the Phoenix belt increases your fire magic and strength, while the Mermaid chain increases all your power in magic."

Kaito and Yukino looked at each other, and then their belts. Switching them off, "She does better with magic."

"And he does better with elements." Yukino helped explain, The young boy nodded in approval.

Kaito looked at the street sign where Tidus was standing. "Hmm…Tidus is gone, so is that Café lady."

Sora looked towards the same sign and pondered, "Your right, he's usually there all the time." He paused and thought. "Oh god, I have a bad feeling about this." Sora looked at Kaito concerned. "Kaito? Do you have a weapon?" He looked at Yukino, with his eyes asking the same question, and she nodded.

"No…why?" He replied as he followed the young boy down the stairs.

Sora summoned his Key Blade and switched off into defense mode, "We're gonna get ourselves into a rough situation here soon."

Kaito heard a sound behind him and turned around to see nothing. But his attention fell towards the ground, finding a wandering shadow that was obviously not his. He backed up into Sora who was already prepared to fight. Yukino levitated high into the air and her powers were being activated. Her body started to glow yellow, and she looked around the area to see more shadow figures appear.

"Sora! What are these?" She asked.

"Their called Heartlesses; their hearts have been lost to darkness! We need to destroy them, no matter what!"

"Roger that!" Yukino raised her hand, and a red ball of energy started to build up in her palm.

Kaito started to panic, "Yukino! My powers aren't working!"

"Then find something to use!"

He frantically looked around to find nothing useful, then he did the only thing that any other person could do in his position, and he pulled up his fists. "Bring it on Heartless!"

A Heartless jumped and bit Kaito's neck; he fell and quickly got back to his feet. He threw a punch at the small Heartless and grazed it. He damned the small Heartless for their agility. With his frustrated and distracted mind. A second Heartless came from behind and leaped at him. Biting down on his shoulder, and then retreated into the shadows. Kaito lied there helpless, knowing that his fight was uneven with no weapon.

But as soon as he started to doubt himself, a sword appeared in his possession. He got up and prepared for a fair fight. Both Heatless came jumping at him, and he easily drew his sword across their faces, seeing the end of them. Kaito backed away and looked around, to see that both Yukino and Sora had already finished their part of the fight. He looked a little disappointed until Sora came up to him.

"Thanks for covering my back."

"Not a problem." He smiled, feeling a little better.

Yukino descended from the skies, "Kaito? How did you find a sword like that?"

"I have no idea, I was only trying to fight and then it appeared in my hands. It was quite amazing. I was just about to give up and then it was just there; and it's not that bad of a sword, kinda cool if ya ask me. Looks like it's made up of…" He paused. "Feathers from an Angel's wing. Sora looked at it and started to jump up and down in excitement, "What is it Sora?" Kaito asked as he found Sora's action quite comical.

"Your sword! I know! I know what it's called!"

"And….?" He insisted for him to continue.

"It's the Heaven's Blade! Squall's been looking for that! Heh, he's gonna be pissed when he finds out that you have it!"

"Blade? Squall? Pissed? I don't like the sound of that combination." He pushed the sword into Yukino's hands, "Quick! Help me hide it!" He left it in her hands and she fell down with the heavy sword.

Sora started laughing, "If you wanna start off on good grounds with him, I recommend you call him Leon; and he told me this when I inherited the Key Blade. But when a sword appears in your hands like it just did, that means that the sword chose you. You can't choose or unchoose it. The Key Blade did the same thing with me."

He looked down in despair, "I just don't want this Leon guy to kill me!" The sword appeared in Kaito's hands again and he plopped down to the ground, "Damn it!"

Sora tugged on Kaito's sleeve and smiled at him, "No need to worry, he's actually pretty nice once you really get to know him."

Yukino nodded, "Yeah, and you never know, things happen for a reason, and this might be for the best." She smiled and then looked at Sora. The two of them started to laugh hysterically after seeing each other's foolish smile.

After their little fit, Sora smoothened his clothes and placed his Key Blade into hiding, "I think it's time to find Squall."