Kingdom Hearts:

Heartless Revolution

Fan fiction by: Chad W. Shreeves

Note: the following story if my idea of the events between KH: chain of memories

And KH2, based on Chain of Memories and current knowledge of the beginning of KH2, as well as a few additions from my own imagination.

Also, I have no affiliation with Square Enix, Disney, or any creators of Kingdom Hearts and am writing this purely for fictional purposes. I own none of the characters used in this story.

--Chapter I: The Revival of Ansem--

A dark cloud hung over Hollow Bastion as the seemingly abandoned castle had become ripe with a lot of heartless activity. Inside of the grand hall hundreds, possibly even thousands of shadows had lined the hallway and the stairs leading to the main circle, which strangely enough, had no heartless roaming around it. A couple of fat bandits appeared and stood guard at the main doorway. The heartless had learned of the events the night before, the events of Riku and Sora exploring Castle Oblivion. They knew what was coming. They knew that their master was about to return.

Two strangers were traveling the twilit road on the crossroads under the cover of night wearing black robes. The same robes that the unknown men had been wearing that had been reported strangely wandering Traverse Town for the past several nights. After the red-robed man in the back of the road was gone the strangers, one significantly taller than the other, removed their hoods. Riku stopped on the side of the road for a quick rest.

"What exactly should we do now?" asked Riku, exhausted from the battle with Ansem inside of Castle Oblivion.

"I think we should head back to Traverse Town. Somebody there should know what's been going on." responded King Mickey.

Mickey and Riku relaxed for a couple of hours before continuing their journey. They only followed the road for about a mile before an unnatural black cloud streaked across the sky.

"We better hurry" spoke Riku, knowing that it had to be something bad coming. The dark cloud began to spin and form a funnel shape, much like a sort of tornado. Mickey reached inside his robe and pulled out his own keyblade, close to identical to the larger kingdom key Sora was carrying.

"Is it the darkness?" asked Mickey. Riku remained too afraid to answer that question. He decided that instead of seeing what was going to happen next, to start to run. Mickey saw this and quickly ran after him. Riku didn't get far, however, as about twenty shadows spawned out of the ground in front of him and blocked his passageway. Riku drew his Soul Eater.

"You're in my way." said Riku sarcastically. Riku used his Soul Eater and quickly eliminated the shadows, all of them turning into a small cloud of black dust, which quickly disintegrated into thin air. "We need to get out of here." Riku said to Mickey as they turned to run down the road once again. As they ran down the road Riku turned to see dozens of heartless of all different types begin to pour from the funnel that was created. Riku began to think that they would turn and come after him. But these heartless appeared to be heading for a specific destination. All of the heartless that came out of the funnel shaped dark cloud ignored Riku and Mickey in the distance and headed straight for Castle Oblivion. Riku said a prayer for Sora and then began his running again.

One question still was on his mind. Did they not just see him? Or did these heartless on some sort of mission. If they were on a sort of mission, they would have had to have a leader. Ansem? No, it couldn't be. Ansem was still too weak to control the darkness again. But still, the heartless did seem to obey his orders and attack him while he was in Castle Oblivion, so maybe Ansem was quickly regaining his power. But, what would happen to him if Ansem gained complete control again? Riku shuddered at the thought and pushed it aside as he made his way back down the road.

Back in Hollow Bastion, a small dark light began to flicker along the back wall. All the heartless would do is watch. After a few seconds the light opened into some kind of portal and a man fell out of it. The man wearing a white robe that obviously disguised his black heart stood up and looked at his minions around him. He had learned to control the darkness. He had almost succeeded in covering the worlds in darkness. But then he, he who shouldered the power of the keyblade upon him, stepped into the picture and ruined his plans of opening the door to darkness. Yes, the sacred door to Kingdom Hearts. He would reach the door again. He would reach it but he knew he had to do it before Sora awoke from his sleep to regain his lost memories. The time was now. But how could his body leave this place? It couldn't, with the state he was in after his showdown with Riku in Castle Oblivion. He had to rely on the darkness and them. The Organization. They would be sent to deal with the boy and the meddlesome rat of a king. Ansem smiled his dark smile. The door to darkness would be his. It was only a matter of time. He called forth his spy in the organization. A small light of darkness appeared as Ansem sat down on the steps behind him.

A black robed figure came out into the darkness. A few shadows made their move toward the figure. Ansem quieted them down and they quickly backed off. The black robed man stood up and removed his dark hood to reveal a red headed figure. Axel took a couple of steps forward and knelt on one knee.

"Superior." spoke Axel as he looked up at Ansem.

"Has our plan succeeded so far?" replied Ansem as he once again stood up. "How is our plan coming?"

"Perfectly, Sora is sleeping which should give us time. Time enough for the revolution."

"Good. Tell the others. Larxene, Zexion, Lexaues. Are the traitors Vexen and Marluxia terminated?"

"They are, Superior. The Heartless Revolution is ready to begin on schedule."

"Good. Order the darkness surrounding Traverse Town to be on standby. As soon as I get enough strength to leave this castle I will go to Midgar and ask 'you know who' for help."

"Sephiroth?"