Disclaimer: I don't own Kindgom Hearts If I did why would I be writing this??

Chapter One: How To Awaken Power.

On a world much like Earth lived a young man named Mamochi Hideya. He was 17 years old, 18 on August 29th. He lived with his parents and twin brother, named Hidaki. They both had thin faces, sharp eyes, brown hair, and were in good shape due to Japanese Sword training. The only difference between the two in physical appearance, besides Hidaki being five cm taller, was that Hedeya had streaks of silver in his hair. They were both very smart and perceptive and had just graduated high school, and when it came to sword training they were rivals. Not a day went by one did not try to out due the other.

To do just that Hidaki had started a new cardiovascular workout that was designed to triple his endurance the four weeks. Afraid that it would in fact work Hideya decided he would start singing when he ran to improve his lung strength. This morning he was running in his signature running clothes, blue wind-breaker pants and grey sleeveless shirt, and singing Down and Out by Tratric. To change things up Hideya decided to run through the woods behind the park in his village.

Only two minutes into his run in the woods did Hideya hear something strange.

"Fire!" a man screamed. Two seconds later there was loud BOOM!!

"What the hell was that?" Hideya wondered, so he stopped singing and ran to see what was going on beyond the tree line. He was surprised to see a man, about 30 years old dressed in jeans and a black shirt with shoulder length black hair, standing in front of a large burnt patch of grass and surrounded by ten small black creatures that looked like jesters. "What are those things?" Three of the creatures attacked the man at the same time from the front but were destroyed when the man called forth lighting. "What the...? Magic?" Hideya watched as this strange man made quick work of the seven even stranger creatures.

Amassed by what he saw Hideya walked towards the man, but before Hideya could say anything one more creature appeared before him.

"Look out!!" yelled the man. "Blizzard!" At these words an ice crystal shot from his hand and destroyed the creature.

Shocked, Hideya was at a loss for words and had also forgotten he was missing his workout. "Wha...what was all that?" Hideya asked.

"Far too dangerous for you to be involved," was the man's reply.

"Hay I can fight. If I had my sword..."

"'If'? Don't take 'if's' with the Heartless."

"Heartless? You mean those black things? And how were you doing magic?"

"Why should I..."

"Look out," Hideya yelled pointing behind the man who turned on the spot and shot a fire ball at another Heartless. "Was that even hard for you? The magic I mean."

"Before I answer you, tell me your name," the man replied in a stern voice.

Ashamed that he had been so rude Hideya bowed low. "My name is Mamochi Hideya."

"I'm Solf, no last name. You seem like a good natured kid, I guess I can tell you about the Heartless. Sit down," commanded Solf. Hideya complied. "The Heartless are, as the name suggests, humans that have lost their hearts."

"Waite," interrupted Hideya. "Wouldn't losing your heart just kill you?"

"Not your tangible heart, your inner heart. The same heart you love someone with and that controls your actions. More specifically, the balance between light and dark in a person."

"Right, like Yin and Yang?"

"Yes. Both light and dark exist within a person's heart and when the darkness takes over a, person losses his body, soul, and heart to the Darkness. This is how the Heartless are born." Solf paused to let Hideya ponder what he just said.

"Ok, so these Heartless are bad, right?"

"Yes. The Darkness and the Heartless are bad. That's why am here."

"Huh?" asked Hideya as he scrunched his face.

"It's my job to monitor the actions of the Heartless in this sector," said Solf.

"Uh-huh. Why is that exactly?" asked Hideya.

"Well it can't really hurt to tell you. I am part of an organization called ADURO. Our mission is to watch over and protect the world from the Heartless."

"Ok, ok. But what did you mean by 'sector'?"

"This world is divided up into 256 in which we patrol. This one that I am in charge of is sector 196."

"So there are 255 other operatives doing the same thing you are?"

"Not really. Some of the sectors are ocean and thus are not accessible by Heartless, so we have no one there. But there are a lot of us," Solf said still using a stern voice. So, know that you all about me tell me about yourself."

"Ok. I already gave you my name so I can skip that. Let's see, I'm a member of the Kazuhiko Iaido Academy. I am their best at kata and second only to my twin brother in cutting. Right now I am training ... crap!"

"What," asked a surprised Solf?

"Well right now I am training in order to increase my stamina and lung strength, but my run was cut short when I heard you." Hideya looked at his watch. "And I don't have the kind of time in finish it because I need to be back home for breakfast in five minutes."

Hideya jumped to his feet and started to leave. As he turned his head to say "farewell" but Solf called to him.

"You want better stamina huh?"

Hideya stopped. "Yes," he replied.

"Come back to this spot after you eat and I can teach you a way to not only increase your stamina but give you power to fight the Heartless without your sword," said Solf.

"You mean Magic?"

"Yes."

"Aren't their rules against teaching me or something?"

"I am free to choose an apprentice as I see fit," Solf replied calmly.

"Sounds like a plan. See you in one hour," Hideya called back as he passed through the tree line towards home.