A/N: Kingdom Hearts in the Old West. That's pretty much all I've got to say... I can't really think of anything else to say... _' ~~~~~~

Western Hearts.

1/11/11

Chapter 1

Thunder cracked in the dark skies, which occasionally lit up with lightning. The loud cracks slightly awoke a black-haired girl who lay in bed within the old, rustic hotel room. This girl's name was Xion, nicknamed the Black Illusion, she was the partner of the infamous Riku, the Silver Bronco. Ever since she was little, Xion had been scared of thunder, which wasn't good since resently the area had been having all kinds of storms for an unknown reason. With her eyes scrunched up, Xion rolled onto her left side and reached an arm out to the other side of the large bed.

"Riku…?" The two always shared a hotel bed, because they both would not allow each other to sleep on the floor, but nothing every happened between the two of them. Riku was very strict about letting no man touch Xion, most of all, himself. Xion patted the mattress next to her and slowly opened her eyes to look for her partner, she had came to bed and fallen asleep before him.

"Riku?" Xion threw off the covers, getting up on her hands and knees to look around the dark room, her violet nightgown riding up a bit as she got up.

"Riku?" She squeaked in fear as the thunder cracked once more.

"Settle, Xion and pull down your gown." Xion swung her head around to face door at the sound of his voice, quickly pulling down her skirt as she saw him.

"Riku, where are you going….?" She asked as she watched him buckle up his gun belts, which she hoped was just a safety precaution.

"The sheriff wants to see me, you stay here and try to go back to sleep, I should be back before dawn." He told her as he pulled his chaps over his boots and grabbed the door handle.

"See the sheriff? Why? Is something wrong?" Xion asked as she pulled the covers over herself again and got back into bed.

"I'm not sure, he just wants to see me. Good night, Xion." Riku replied as he walked out closed the door behind himself.

"G'knight, Riku…." Xion said to the empty room as she hid under the covers to block out some of the sound from the thunder above.

~*~

Riku walked out onto the muddy ground just outside the city limits, the icy rain sending a chill down his spine as he walked. Until he got to a tiny hill with a bit of grass on it, atop it stood a young man.

"For being an outlaw, you sure got a lot of people backing you up, eh Silver Bronco…" Came the young man's bored voice as he turned his face towards Riku. Riku looked him over to get his bearings. The young man wore black pants and chaps over black boots with silver spurs, he had a mixture of belts clinging to his hips, both regular and gun belts, a white button-up shirt and a black jacket with a fur collar. His chocolate bangs that clung to his face and eyes did little to mask his annoyance of having to stand out there in the rain, if anything, they probably added to it.

"What do you mean, Sheriff Leon?" Riku replied, still not entirely trusting of the sheriff as they walked closer to each other.

"Your friend, Sheriff Sora, up in Destiny City wired my station a message. Telling us that if we saw you, we were to tell you that the Marshalls are coming for you." Sheriff Leon informed him flatly as he crossed his arms then continued. "Here in Hallow Bastion City, you outlaws can come and go as you please as long as you don't cause trouble to us but everyone knows that Marshalls don't like to play by the rules. Now we got word from them that they are heading this way. That was a couple of days ago. I just got back into town so they could be here already, I advise you sleep here tonight but leave first thing in the mor-" The young sheriff suddenly stopped as Riku pulled both his revolvers on him.

"Duck!" The silver-haired boy yelled to the chocolate-haired one, who dropped to his knees and rolled to the side as Riku let a round off from each gun into the blackness behind where the sheriff had just been. Sheriff Leon looked behind himself to see what he was shooting at and was shocked to yellow-eye creatures crawling up from the inky blackness that cover the desert floor.

"What in the name of Chocobos are those?" He growled as he stood up and drew his own gun.

"Don't know, but they don't look friendly…" Riku replied as he pushed silvery bangs out of his eyes so he could see them better as the little shadow creatures skittered across the ground.

~~~~~~~~A/N: Yeah... I have no clue about this one...