This is mostly a remake of an old story of mine. I decided to give it another go, but I hope that it would be better. And that I would fucking finish a story this time. But...you know how it is.

Disclaimer: I don't own the Darksiders series or the Kingdom Hearts series. They belong to their respective owners.

Spoilers for Darksiders and Kingdom Hearts I and II in here. You've been warned.

He faded in and out of consciousness.

One time, he was looking up at the sky.

The next time, he was looking at the ground – a road that has been cracked and has vegetation growing out of it.

One last time, he thought he saw someone approaching him. He was unable to say anything, even to say 'help'. Instead, he just closed his eyes.

'Guys… I hope you're okay…'

~o~

The Gummi Ship sailed through space. They had done all they could; fought the Heartless, a couple of members of Organization XIII, and some bad guys that just don't know when to quit. All in an effort to find the clues to the Organization's stronghold to not only stop them for good, but to also rescue Kairi.

They had managed to shut down the MCP and its lackey, Sark, saving the town and learning it's true name: Radiant Garden.

The three of them are just sailing through, wondering on where they should go now, since they did what they're able to do.

It wasn't long until the Captain of the Royal Guards, an anthropomorphic dog with black fur, a green turtle neck sweater, yellow caprice pants, a pair of shows, white gloves, and a yellow hat with a pair of goggles on it. He held up a photo that was in the box they obtained from the Realm of Darkness, contemplating. "Hmm…"

"What's up?" A teenage boy with spikey brown hair, blue eyes looked over at the tall dog. He wore mostly black with a crown necklace around his neck.

"It's this here photo," the dog person said, holding it up. "Don't ya think there's something off about it?"

The boy looked at it. "…Huh. I think you're right," he said. He recalled a photo looking like that in the Usual Spot in Twilight Town – but there's no forth head with them.

A small cricket in formal coat and top hat popped up from his position in the boy's hoodie. "Perhaps we should go and visit Twilight Town again," he suggested. "There could be a clue on how to get there."

"Only thing we can do at the moment," an anthropomorphic duck agreed. He wore mostly blue with zippers, has white feathers, yellow beak and flippers, and an odd sailor hat. The duck is the pilot of their ship, since the sole human of the group still can't drive. "We don't have any other leads at the moment."

"Okay, so it's settled," the boy nodded. "Let's head to Twilight-"

Suddenly, the ship shook.

"Gawrsh! What was that?" The dog exclaimed before it shook again, making them fall to the floor.

~o~

"Ugh." A dull throb is what woke him. His eyes are still closed, but he didn't dare move. Not yet. It took him a while for the throb to dull out before he could open his eyes.

The room is… dimly lit. All around him is just grey. As his vision cleared, he got a better few. The room isn't grey… it's made of stone! He blinked before he slowly pushed himself up, wincing a little. Now that he sat up, he carefully looked around. The source of light is a couple of torches…and looking down, he noticed that his bed is mostly made of hay with a blanket over it. He also noticed that his shirt and jacket are missing. Frantic, he looked around before he saw them next to him, folded up.

He grabbed his shirt, fingering them before he looked down at his chest. It's got bandages on it, with spots of blood on it. How did he get-?

Suddenly, the memories rushed back to him. "Guys!" He exclaimed as he moved to get up- but groaned as his wounds acted up. "Ugh…!"

A door opened up. "You ought to be careful, lad," a guttural voice, laced with a heavy accent. "I just patched you up, pup."

The boy looked up…and became nervous. The man is stocky, and… not to mention HUGE! And not just in height, but… he looked like he could snap him like a twig. He wore mostly brown robs with a large belt around his waist, some armor around his shoulders, a blue scarf/cape around his neck, armored boots and vambraces with chains around them. The large man has thin white markings and a blue tattoo on his left arm, red hair with a small ponytail at the back, mostly bald at the top and a beard and sideburns.

The large man chuckled at his look. "Then again, it been a while since I last saw someone of yer kind."

The boy blinked. "Uh…"

"But, looks like ya woke up! You been out for a few hours, boy!"

"I have?" The boy asked.

"Aye, nearly sunset now," the giant of the man said. "I'm surprised that you survived that crash."

The young man looked away. "Well… I'm somewhat hard to kill." In some cases, that is true. There had been some close calls but… he shook his head. "Uh… who are you?"

"Call me Ulthane," the large man said.

The boy blinked. "Uh… okay, I'm Sora."

"Odd name for a pup," Ulthane commented. "But, it's yer name all the same."

"…Right," Sora muttered before he looked around. "So… where am I?"

"Other than ma home, this area is called 'The Hollow'."

"The… Hollow?"

"Used to be a part of human civilization," Ulthane explained. "The 'subways' that humans used to go around."

"Huh…" Sora let out.

He noticed Ulthane gave him a particular look before he turned, heading to the door. "Rest up now. Yer not good enough to get up now."

"Uh… okay," Sora nodded before the door opened and closed. "…he seems nice." Still… how did he end up on other world? He hoped that his friends got away safely…

Sighing, he laid back down, pulling the blanket over him. At least it's warm. He got himself comfortable before he went back to sleep.

~o~

The next morning, Sora awoke to notice that there's some bread and a cup next to him. Taking them, he slowly ate his breakfast – he hadn't eaten at all last night, but it's no reason to scarf his food down. And at least the water is fresh.

Sure enough, he finished his food, and looked around. It's still the same, but…with a start, he noticed his weapon leaning against the wall on the other end.

The Kingdom Key Keyblade. It's a simple looking weapon with a grey shaft, a yellow guard around the hilt, with the token being the hidden Mickey, and the teeth looking like a part of a crown is cut out.

Had Ulthane noticed it?

If he had, why didn't he mention anything about it? Better yet, why is it out?

Looking at himself, Sora felt that he felt a bit better in moving around a bit. Slowly, he stood up, planting his feet onto the ground. He had been laying down for a while, so he should at least stretch his legs. His legs wobbled a little before he caught himself onto the wall. Slowly, he moved away, standing straight for several moments.

When he's sure that his legs won't give out on him, he slowly began to put his shirt and jacket back on, followed by his shoes and his crown necklace. He glanced at his weapon for a moment before he decided to head to the door.

He wouldn't need his weapon at the moment.

It took a bit of effort to open the door but… he got it open. With a sigh, we walked around the 'home' for a little bit, exploring a little. He found a 'kitchen' but looked rather old fashioned, with an old stone stove, a stone table with wooden stools, and another large door.

There are others, but it's pretty rude to just go into other people's rooms.

He perked up as he got further into the hall. His ears picked up on something – a sound of something hard clanging against something metallic. Curiosity filled him as he followed it to the source. As he got closer, the sound got louder and louder until he found another large door. He pushed it open… and felt uncomfortable when he felt a mixture of heat and cool. He quickly found the source when he noticed that there are to parts of the 'moat' with one side filled with water, and the other filled with lava. Several more clangs were heard before the boy looked up to see Ulthane having a hammer and hitting something on an anvil. There are tools around a concave area away from the lava and water, from pinchers, among others.

Sora approached him, as Ulthane said, "Nice to see you awake, pup."

"Uh… yeah. Morning," Sora nodded before he looked around a bit. Glancing at the large man, he noted that he seems to be busy with something. So, Sora decided to leave him along for a while, exploring the rest of the place.

~o~

The rest of exploring didn't yield much, other than finding what seems to be an equipment room. He had SOME experience with finding some accessories… but not as much as much as equipment in terms of armor. Some of them looked kind of old, and there are other miscellaneous things.

Sora looked at each of them in interest, noticing the design on all of them, each of them vastly different from each other. There are lances, shields, and some other forms of weapons as well. Yet these didn't look like they've been in use for a while, with some of them rusted.

Sora picked up one of the weapons, looking over at it. "Huh… some of these look… odd," he murmured. This weapon looked… demonic. Who would use a weapon that looks like this?

He sets it down, looking around one more time before leaving the room.

Exploring a bit more reveals that there is a garden at the 'back', with what a person would expect, like tomatoes, potatoes, lettuce, cabbage, etc. He wondered where Ulthane get his meat from.

But other than those, that's it. The garden is nice but he wanted to know on what the world is like. He felt a little strong enough to walk around… but not enough to defend himself. After his battle with Sephiroth the first time a year ago, he did something stupid and hurt himself some more when he thought he was healed enough. He was forced to be put into bed rest for a while as a result. He isn't going to do the same mistake twice; he isn't THAT dumb.

Though, he isn't sure on what else to do.

With a sigh he headed back to where the room he woke up at is.

~o~

For the rest of the day, he just sat around or paced a bit. He wanted to go out and do something, not sit around. But he isn't sure on what's out there.

He thought about a lot on what could be here on this world. Earlier, he held onto his weapon. Not only did he notice something wrong… the Heartless didn't appear at all. While it's a good thing, since it also means that the Organization isn't here… it's also a bad thing as well. But it also disturbed him. Usually, Heartless goes after people because of the darkness in their hearts; whether they be humans or not. But… if there's no Heartless then… where are the people? He wanted to ask Ulthane about it… but… something tells him that he may not want to know on what happened.

Something felt really, really wrong. He felt it crawling in his skin.

With a sigh, Sora stood up and headed off.

One way or the other, he'll have to ask the large man about it. He didn't know when but he'll ask him eventually.

There's the first chapter. The next one will be up soon.

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