Author's Notes: I don't own Kingdom Hearts or Soul Eater - they are owned by Tetsuya Nomura and Atsushi Okubo!
(The cover art belongs to princess2234 - give her credit!)
Prologue - Where am I exactly?
"Is she breathing at all?"
"What do you think, you lazy bum?"
"Kairi, your words wound me... very deeply."
"Hey! Clam it, you two... I think she's coming around. Hey! Are you okay?"
The eyes of a pale-skinned girl opened slowly as she sat up and rubbed the back of her head. She had chin-length, bright blonde hair with bangs and light blue eyes. Her clothes were nothing special - a tight red sleeve-less, turtleneck belly shirt with a white tie underneath a white jacket with long sleeves, bubble shorts and black high-heeled boots. On her head, there was a small cowboy hat.
What the hell's going on? Where was she? What happened to the city? These were questions that held no answers, unfortunately...
"Hey, are you okay?" A male voice asked the girl.
Looking forward, she came face to face with three teenagers who were no doubt her age.
The first person who asked her was a boy of age 16 with spiky brown hair, tanned skin and blue eyes. He wore a blackhoodie with silver pauldron-like additions to his sleeves and white lining. The undershirt was navy blue with a red patch in the center. His pants were colored black on the outside, navy blue on the inside and lined with silver-white edging. Yellow straps criss-crossed around his pants and were held together with a black belt. The pants featured red pockets with a black crosses over them. A pair of fingerless gloves were colored black on the outside and white on the inside with a yellow line running around them. He also wore two large black-yellow shoes with silver soles, a zipper running across the top and black straps holding them together with buckles here and there. A crown pendant was present around his neck.
The second person that was looking at her was another boy of age 17 with short silver hair and bangs, bright blue-green eyes and pale skin. From the looks of things, he was a very tall teenage boy. He wore a sleeveless, black zipped-up tank-top with double zippers that was underneath a white-and-yellow vest with blue separating the two colors and decorated with four silver buttons. He sported a white thick band on his left wrist, a pair of baggy blue pants that were held up by a black belt covered with square spike studs. He wore a pair of yellow-laced, white sneakers with gray lining and soles as well as three black stripes on the sides.
The third person was another girl of age 16 with long dark red hair with bangs, violet blue eyes and a pale complexion. She wore a white halter top with a black hood underneath a pink strapless mini-dress that was made up of three zippers and lilac sneakers. The accessories that came with the girl were three bracelets on her left wrist, a black belt reminiscent of suspenders with a bag attachment that was shaped like a notebook and a necklace with a silver bead.
Who are these 3 teenagers exactly? Are they working for the old man and the shadows who attacked the city? They didn't seem like bad people...
"Oh, thank goodness... we thought you might have bitten the dust!" The brown haired boy admitted with a sigh of relief.
The silver haired teenager frowned and punched his friend in the stomach. "Ouch! What was that for!?" He asked.
"Sora, you numbskull! You aren't supposed to say that! She just woke up! Don't say this kind of stuff in front of a girl!" The silver-haired boy scolded the teenager known as Sora.
"Jeez, all I did was just ask if she was alright... you didn't need to hit me in the stomach!" Sora responded.
"Sora... that's not the point. You shouldn't have said something related to dying. You are such an idiot sometimes..." The silver-haired teenager told him.
"Oh, come on Riku..." Sora continued to argue with the silver-haired male known as Riku which left the blonde girl quite confused - were they arguing about her?
The red-haired girl kneeled in front of the blonde with a smile on her face. "I'm really sorry about those two... they sometimes behave like a bunch of children. Are you okay?" She asked.
The blonde gave a slow nod. "Y-yes... w-where am I exactly?" Her voice was that of a child, but with a small hint of maturity inside of it.
"You're outside the home of Master Yen Sid - a talented sorcerer. Oh, that reminds me... I'm Kairi." The red-haired girl known as Kairi introduced herself.
The blonde smiled gently. "Nice to meet you... I'm Patty. Ummm... who exactly is Master Yen Sid?" The girl now known as Patty asked with a curious expression on her face.
"Oh! Ummm... well, how do I explain this? You see... Yen Sid is a-" Kairi was cut off by Sora yelling something. "Kai! We've got company!" The red-head and the blonde looked to see small black creatures arising from the ground - they had yellow eyes and antennas.
Patty gasped quietly - it's the same creatures she encountered back in the city.
"Oh, crap! Patty, stay here and don't move a muscle! We'll handle this!" Kairi walked a few feet forward and extended her right arm.
It began to glow very brightly - soon, a strange key-shaped weapon appeared in her hand. Patty couldn't help but be surprised at what she just witnessed.
The key-shaped weapon had a round and curvaceous design. One side of the hilt was formed in the shape of a breaking ocean wave, while the other was formed into a beige vine of sand that wraped itself around the shaft, which was colored to resemble a sunset. The vine connected itself to a bouquet of colorful flowers, which formed the teeth of the key-shaped weapon and entwine to outline a heart. A red silken keychain connected the hilt to a yellow-shaped star with small green leaves.
Patty wondered what kind of weapon was that exactly... Was it one of Lord Death's Demon Weapons? Where was its soul? Why couldn't she detect it?
Kairi walked over to Sora and Riku who surprisingly also summoned key-shaped weapons using their hands.
Sora's key-shaped weapon resembled a long classic skeleton key with the blade and the crown-shaped teeth being silver, the rainguard was blue while the guard was bright gold. As for the Keychain, it was silver and had a small mouse head as its token.
Riku's key-shaped weapon was much more different than Sora's or Kairi's - it resembled a long demonic straight sword with the guard being comprosed of one angelic and one demonic wing. There was one dark angelic wing added to the top which acted as the teeth while the handle was reddish-black. On top of the guard, there was a gazing blue eye that was no doubt filled with demonic energy. Lastly, the token was a black heart with a red outline and a fleur-de-lis at its base.
Patty was surprised by the fact that the two boys known as Sora and Riku wielded key-shaped weapons just like their friend Kairi.
Questions appeared in Patty's mind - Why did the three teenagers wielded key-shaped weapons? How did they obtain them? And... were they going to use them to fight the shadowy creatures?
She got one of her answers as the three teenagers started to fight the shadows one by one. Sora was combining some combinations along with heavy attacks while Riku was focusing more on providing cover for Kairi who was also taking care of the shadows. From the way that Patty was seeing things from her point of view, Sora and his two friends were doing a pretty good job of fighting the shadows...
Still, the blonde couldn't help but wonder if these three teenager would be able to hold their own against the evil monsters that roamed her home and Earth. Would they survive and win the fight using the key-shaped weapons the wielded? Who knows...
Wait... what was she still doing on the ground? She was a Demon Weapon for God's sake! She could help these guys instead of just sitting on the ground and watching them fight!
Patty closed her eyes and concentrated with all her might - let's just hope that she'll be able to stand perfectly and fire whilst being in her gun form. Shame, her meister or sister aren't here...
She opened her eyes... and she was back to where she was. She wasn't in the black space nor was she naked. Okay, that was a complete bust... let's try again.
Patty closed her eyes and focused with all her might - she had to hurry and enter gun form if she was going to help Sora and his friends.
Upon opening her eyes a few seconds later, Patty was surprised that she was still in human form! Okay, what the hell is going? Why isn't she transforming into a gun?
She had to get up and do something! But what could Patty do? She wasn't transforming into her Demon Weapon form at all... how could she do anything if she's just in her human form.
Unfortunately, what the blonde failed to realize was the unknown shadows that were approaching her from below the ground. She was so busy thinking of a way to help Sora and his friends that she wasn't paying attention to the uncoming danger...
In the meantime, Sora and his friends had finished mopping up the last of the shadows. The spiky-haired boy dismissed his weapon and stretched his arms.
"Well... that's done. Good job, guys." Sora gave a thumbs-up.
Riku smirked. "I guess you well once again, Sora - even if you are a lazy bum sometimes." At this statement, Sora gave him a fake glare.
"Why you gotta be so mean to me, dude?" Sora asked.
Riku chuckled. "Cause you're our lazy bum, Sora. Speaking of which... Kai, good work on those Heartless - you're improving." He complimented.
Kairi giggled. "It's only because I have two wonderful friends who are also my teachers." She replied.
Sora and Riku both smiled at their friend. "Just don't get ahead of yourself. You're still a wielder in training - you've got a long way to go if you are going to assist us in the battle with the Seekers of Darkness and Xehanort." Sora explained to her.
"Oh, Sora... you worry too much. I'll be fine, don't worry." Kairi assured him with a smile.
"J-just be careful, Kai... we don't want you getting hurt." Sora told her.
Kairi rolled her eyes and giggled due to Sora's overprotective nature. "Come on, you two. We better check up on Patty."
"Who?" Both Sora and Riku asked.
"It's the girl we met outside of the Master's home - her name is Patty. We should go and check on-" Kairi was cut off by the familiar screams of the blonde-haired girl.
"HELP! SOMEONE HELP ME!" Poor Patty was being overtaken by the shadows and couldn't do anything to escape their grasp.
Sora and his friends were alarmed by what was happening just now and rushed forward to save Patty before the worst happened.
Meanwhile, shadows were covering every part of Patty's body. The worst thing was that she couldn't do anything to get out of this mess or go into gun form to save herself. It seems that she was about to die...
"Well... I guess this is it. After escaping from that old bastard and his army in Death City with my life intact, this is how it ends - being mowed down by strange shadowy creatures. Why me... Kid, Liz, guys... Hang on. I'm coming to see you in the afterlife." These were the last thoughts of Patty before the shadows covered up her entire body along with her vision.
Meanwhile, Sora and the group had just arrived and took out their weapons in preparation for fightthe shadows. Let's just hope that they aren't too late and Patty isn't-
A bright light started to come out from the inside where Patty was - it started small, but soon grew bigger and bigger until it blinded Sora and his friends. They were forced to use their hands to cover their eyes.
The bright light made the shadows dissipate into thin air and their victim Patty was sitting on the ground. From the looks of things, she wasn't too badly hurt... maybe a couple of scratches, but that was it.
One thing that Patty failed to realize was the mysterious object that she was holding in her hands...
Sora and his friends noticed the blinding light was gone, so they removed their hands to look around. To their surprise, the shadows were all gone! It was like a miracle had just occurred...
The three teen noticed Patty who was sitting on the ground and being confused - probably due to wondering where the shadows had disappeared.
They approached her carefully, but stopped when they saw what she holding in her right hand much to their shock. An exact replica of Sora's weapon was being wielded by Patty at this very moment!
The teenagers stood like statues for a few seconds and wondered how all of this was possible - how was Patty able to obtain a key-shaped weapon and why was it an exact replica of Sora's?
The blonde noticed the trio standing still like statues and wondered what the hell was going on exactly. Did she do something wrong?
"Ummm... are you all okay? Why are you standing around like statues?" Patty asked.
Sora was the one to respond to her question. "I... I d-didn't know you could wield a K-keyblade!" At this statement, Patty was confused - Keyblade? What the heck is a Keyblade?
"A Keyblade? What's that?" Patty asked.
"The thing you are holding in your hand, Patty." Kairi replied.
"Huh? What are you-" Patty cut herself off when her eyes widened in shock. In her right hand, she was holding the key-shaped weapon now known as the Keyblade. The interesting thing was that it was an exact replica of Sora's.
W-what!? Okay, this just got wrong on so many levels! How did obtain one of these key-shaped weapons? Was this one of her friends' playing a cruel joke on her? It didn't seem like it...
Unless... it had to be the old bastard and his army from the city. He must have cursed her or something like that... Patty didn't have an explanation for why she's wielding a Keyblade right now.
The blonde was quiet for a few seconds - an action that didn't go unnoticed by Sora and his friends.
Kairi approached and kneeled in front of the sitting Patty who was currently examining the exact replica of Sora's Keyblade. "Patty, are you okay?" She asked.
Patty looked at her and sighed. "To be honest... I don't feel okay. I have no idea how I got here or how this "Keyblade" ended up in my hands in the first place. I'm so lost right now..." She admitted and looked at the ground with a sad look on her face.
"You can't remember a thing?" Riku joined in on the conversation with a question.
Patty shook her head. "No... it's not that I don't remember where I come from. It's just... I'm really clueless on how I landed here." She gave her reply.
"Hmmm... can you remember what happened exactly before you had an unexpected landing and came here?" Riku asked, as Sora walked over and waited patiently for Patty to tell her story.
Patty rubbed the back of her head. "Well... ahhh!" She let go of the Keyblade and grab her left elbow with her right hand. The jacket part where her left elbow was located was ripped and a scratch wound was seen - it was starting to bleed.
"Crap! Patty, are you okay?" Kairi asked.
Patty nodded. "Y-yea... it just hurts so bad." It wasn't just the elbow part - most of her jacket was ripped up as were her bubble shorts. This was no doubt the work of the shadows - it seems like they even left a small gift. Lots of scratches and wounds on the skin on her legs...
Poor girl... lost and confused with a Keyblade in her hands and then getting assaulted by the shadows.
"Hey, umm... Patty, was it?" Riku asked as Patty gave him a small nod. "Listen, Sora's going to help you right now and get those wounds patched up. Afterwards, we are going to take you to see our master... maybe he can help you with your situation. Understand?" Despite meeting him just a few minutes ago, Patty felt like she could trust these people... they didn't seem all that bad.
The blonde nodded and Riku smiled. "Alright, this won't hurt a bit at all. Sora, do your thing." Sora nodded and summoned his Keyblade.
Raising it in the air, he yelled "Curaga!" over Patty. A quartet of floral bells appeared over her head and sprinkled green light over her entire body. To her surprise, the pain that she felt from her fight with the shadows was going away. It wasn't just that...
The bleeding scratches were closing up and she felt her soft skin yet again. Unfortunately, the bubble shorts and jacket still had ripped off holes but she could worry about that later. At least, her wounds were gone...
Sora and the gang smiled - it worked. Now... to see Yen Sid and discuss the situation with Patty.
Kairi extended her right hand for Patty to grab who did so without any hesitation whatsoever...
"There we go. You ready to go see our Master?" Kairi asked.
Patty nodded with a smile. "Yep! I can only hope he'll be able to help me with my situation."
"Don't worry. Yen Sid's a good teacher and a powerful sorcerer... he'll be able to help you. My name is Riku and the spiky-haired lazy bum is Sora." Riku introduced himself to Patty while Sora gave him a fake glare.
The spiky-haired boy turned his attention to Patty and grinned. "Nice to meet you, Patty. I'm Sora!" He introduce himself.
Patty nodded with a grin of her own. "It's nice to meet you all!" With introductions out of the way, the four children entered the home of Yen Sid, which the blonde discovered was a tower of somekind. Hopefully, the mysterious master of Sora and his friend would be able to help with this "situation" that she was in right now...
What Patricia "Patty" Thompson didn't know was that a great adventure laid ahead for her... one that would change her life - for better or worse!