This is an old crossover I thought about when I was first introduced to Shugo Chara. When I found it again in my old story folders I had to edit it (like real bad because it was horribly written at first) and thought I'd upload it :P Enjoy :)

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Chapter 1:

A new world

My resolve renewed!

Kairi sat in one of the chairs and kicked her legs in boredom. While she was just sitting there everyone else was up and about. When she asked to help they said they were all fine. She sighed. When her, Sora, and Riku got a message from Leon and the others down in Hollow Bastion, er, Radiant Garden—as it was now being called again—they came to help. All they needed help with though was getting rid of some "leftover Heartless or Nobodies" that were roaming the worlds.

Of course Sora and Riku were, at the current moment, going to the worlds that had the higher levels of Heartless while she was sitting here doing nothing. Well she wasn't doing nothing exactly but she was pretty darn close. She was even so bored that she even counted how many books Merlin had. Though she lost count after five hundred seventy four.

A beeping noise did manage to catch her attention though. Acting on instinct she bolted up from her chair and ran to Cid who was at the computer typing away.

"What's up?" she asked the blond.

"Scanner's found a new world."

"Are there Heartless there?"

"Dunno til we someone checks it out."

"I'll go!"

Cid turned to the young auburn-haired girl with a raised eyebrow.

"Sure you want to do that? Could be dangerous you know."

Kairi snorted and crossed her arms defiantly. "I made the decision back at The World That Never Was to fight so why not? Besides, Sora and Riku are both off in some different world anyway."

Cid pondered this for a moment. It was true that both Sora and Riku were out wiping out Heartless in different worlds. The only reason they kept Kairi here was they didn't really want her getting hurt since she was inexperienced with her Keyblade. They wondered if she could even summon it again.

"You really sure about this?" he sighed.

"I'm positive. I need the practice and training anyway so why not?"

Cid just shook his head and said, "All right. You probably won't stop bugging me about it anyway."

Kairi gave a cheer as she pumped a fist in the air.

"All right, let me give you the coordinates so you can get there."

Kairi carefully set the coordinates into the Gummiship's computer. One wrong coordinate and she'd be driving around the worlds completely lost. She shuddered at the thought of that. She huffed at the thoughts of her being some damsel in distress again. This was her chance to prove that. Well, once she actually got to the world that is.

"Okay, coordinates set. Engine is good. Power's good. We're all set," Kairi said as she started the engine. She was a bit nervous about this since she had never actually driven a Gummi ship before. Her and Riku let Sora do all the driving since he had the most experience out of the three of them. Though that wasn't really saying much since he tended to get distracted from time to time.

Her takeoff was fine and before she knew it she was already on route to the new world. Already she was wondering just what awaited for her when she got there.

Who knows, she thought. Maybe I'll make some friends there like Sora usually does.

Kairi shrugged off those thoughts as the Gummi ship continued it's course. She looked at the estimated time of arrival she figured she could get a nap in. She activated the auto pilot before going to the back of the Gummi ship. She took one of the bunks and laid down and took a nap. Getting some rest should do her good. Who knows what she would face when she got to the world. Either way, getting some rest while she could would help her save her strength in case she would need it.

Kairi woke up from her nap two hours later, according to her wristwatch, to the sound of the Gummi ship's auto pilot alerting her that she had arrived at her destination. Kairi quickly shook off her doziness then ran over to the cockpit. She scanned the world on the scanner and picked out a place to land in.

Kairi looked around her as she took in her surroundings. Right now she was standing in the middle of a street, watching as people of all kinds were strolling past her, minding their own business. When Kairi first landed she found herself in a back alley. Walking out of the alley, all Kairi really saw was just parts of a dullish city. She wasn't really sure why she thought it was dull, it just felt that way. No, maybe it wasn't the city that she thought was dull.

It felt more like the people themselves were dull. Of course that thought just made Kairi even more confused. She just shook it off though. She wasn't here to think about things like that. She was here to investigate and eliminate any possible Heartless or Nobodies she might find. However, she did have to consider finding a place to stay while she was here. There was no telling how long she was going to be here.

Taking that in consideration, Kairi took out her munny pouch. First she needed to see what kind of currency this world uses before she could convert her munny. Kairi soon began looking around for any hotels nearby.

Okay, so maybe finding a hotel wasn't the easiest thing apparently. Kairi figured she had already spent about two hours looking for one. Course she gave up on finding a hotel after she found a nice little apartment where the rent was reasonable. Kairi just decided to take the apartment. When the landlord asked why she was looking for an apartment when she was so young, Kairi thanked the lady for her concern then told her she was only here visiting. The landlord, after showing Kairi the apartment, even gave her a map of the city, which Kairi thanked her for.

Once she was gone Kairi took a better look at the apartment. It was just a simple studio apartment with the only separate room being the bathroom that was just through a door five steps away to the left. The bed was actually a wall bed that folded out of the cream colored wall. It only had pale blue sheets with tan colored pillows. The only other furniture within the apartment was a single black leather couch that was facing a small wall-mounted TV, a small glass coffee table placed between the two, and a dining table in the center of the room with some chairs.

The kitchen was fully stocked with cookware so Kairi only had to worry about getting ingredients to cook with. There wasn't that many cookware but that was fine with Kairi. Back home she could cook some good meals without the need of a lot of cookware. The closet space, which was accessible by some folding doors, was next to the bed. It had more than enough room for her clothes. Even if she didn't bring that much since she wasn't sure how long she would be here. She figured she could go clothes shopping if she needed some more.

"Yeah I think this will go great," Kairi smiled to herself. Kairi then took out her munny pouch again and counted how much she had. From the looks of things, she had more than enough. And when she converted it to this world's currency, she'd have even more.

"Better convert it now," Kairi said exiting the apartment, locking the door, then started to head back to her landing point so she could get back to the Gummi ship.

Kairi sat in the Gummi ship, looking at the scanners while the munny was getting converted. Scanners didn't really show any Heartless or Nobodies signs, but it did show some kind of negative energy readings. The energy readings didn't really resemble those that came from Heartless or Nobodies. But still, that might not mean there weren't any here.

Kairi would just have to search for them personally. If, there were any here anyway. To be honest, Kairi doubted that there were any Heartless or Nobodies here. She figured that this world had it's own kind of "darkness" that it dealt with. She thought it was just a feeling she had but still.

Kairi got up then grabbed her newly converted money, the set of clothes she had packed, then teleported back onto the world.

One hour later, Kairi had all her clothes packed away in her new apartment. After that was done Kairi thoughts she might as well do some sight seeing. Using the map that her new landlord gave her, Kairi easily maneuvered her way through the city. While she was exploring, she passed the local school. It must have been break or something because all the students were all hanging around chatting or doing other things. Kairi couldn't help but think about her friends back on Destiny Islands. Right now they were on summer break, so they were probably all hanging out around the islands.

"Hello there," a voice giggled.

Kairi looked up to see a girl her age sitting on the stone wall that surrounded the school yard. She had magenta colored eyes and long pale lavender hair that reached down to her lower back. She must have been wearing a school uniform because she wore a white dress shirt, grey half cape, black skirt, white socks that reached her knees, and black Mary Janes.

The girl jumped down from the stone wall and walked over to Kairi.

"Sorry, but allow me to introduce myself. I'm Hoshi Aki. I attend the Academy Elite (the school you see before you) and as a school representative, I'm supposed to tell you all about our school but I believe that to be annoying."

Kairi giggled at the smirk Hoshi wore at the end of her introduction. "Well my name's Kairi. I've only recently arrived here."

"Hmm, you know, I did sense something about you that seemed out of place. Tell me, you're from very far away are you not?"

"Uh yes, yes you can say I am."

Hoshi smiled. "I see. Usually it's mandatory that I volunteer to give a tour of our school to possible attendants but I don't really see the point."

Kairi laughed. "Sure, I don't mind. Sounds like fun."

Hoshi giggled. "Well then, shall we?"

The tour proved to be a nice source of entertainment Kairi found. Hoshi showed her the cafeteria, the two libraries, the gymnasium, and everything else the school had to show. Along the way she talked about the school and even added her own personal opinions about certain things. The snobby teachers, the snobby students, the kind-hearted principal that everyone loved, and other things.

During the tour the two sometimes just chatted about ordinary things. They shared embarrassing school stories, opinions in fashion, embarrassing family stories, and such. Hoshi seemed to be easy to get along with.

"So Kairi, what's it like living on an island?"

"Oh it's great fun but has it's drawbacks you know? Having sunny weather all the time is cool but it also makes it hard to ever get any snow."

"Yeah we get quite a lot of snow during the winter here. If you stay here long enough maybe you'll see. How long are you planning on staying here?"

Kairi shrugged. "It all depends really. I'm here on some…business you can say."

"Ah I see. Not sure what kind of 'business' you have here in our city but I hope it all works out in the end for you."

"Thanks. That's nice of you."

Hoshi and Kairi continued making their way back towards the entrance to the school. While they did Kairi couldn't help but think once again about the negative feeling that she sensed coming from Hoshi. She didn't seem like a possible enemy or threat, nothing like that. Like she was harboring some kind of darkness. Not really a bad kind, but not really a good kind either.

"So, now that our tour is over and done with, maybe we can hang out sometime. What's your cell number?"

"Oh here, you got a pen?"

Hoshi pulled out a sharpie. Kairi shrugged. That could work. Kairi took the sharpie and wrote her number on Hoshi's hand.

"Cool, school's almost out so maybe I'll call you later on."

Kairi nodded then left.

Kairi sat on the couch, flipping through TV channels. After doing some more sight seeing she returned to her apartment. Sometime later she got a call from Hoshi and the two chatted some more. Once the two were done chatting Kairi took a shower then got ready for bed. Then she was dressed in her favorite pale pink flannel pajamas.

Kairi turned off the TV then walked over to the window. It provided a great view of the night sky and saw the night filled with stars. Looking at them she couldn't help but think about how each of those stars was another world. She also couldn't help but think about how Sora and Riku were in one of those worlds, fighting Heartless and Nobodies.

Kairi frowned. Ever since this whole business with Heartless and Nobodies, they have been doing most of the fighting. Kairi may have been of some help in her own way, but that doesn't mean she didn't want a part of the action. Like she told Cid earlier, she had made the decision to fight back when she got her Keyblade in the World That Never Was. And yet she still hadn't gotten to do much fighting.

And if there really weren't any Heartless or Nobodies on this world, then she still won't get to fight. Okay sure, maybe asking for a little action can come back and bite her in the butt someday. She just didn't want to be called helpless anymore! Just because she was a Princess of Heart, doesn't mean she has to be one of those stereotypical princess who always gets caught and has to relay on others to help!

Kairi looked to see a shooting star streaming across the sky. Kairi couldn't help but smile at the sight of it. She remembered how back when she was a little kid, she would make wishes on all the shooting stars she would see. Actually, the thought of doing that sounded like fun. It couldn't hurt right?

Kairi closed her eyes then put her hands together.

"I wish," Kairi said, "that I could be someone that other people can count on. Someone who could help other people. I also want to be someone who's strong. Strong enough to defend and protect others."

Kairi opened her eyes, as she finished. She had to admit, making a wish upon a shooting star like that made her feel a bit nostalgic. But at the same time, felt kind of good. It made her feel a bit hopeful. That, and it helped renew her resolve a bit.

Kairi yawned then stretched. It was late. Tomorrow she was planning on scouring this city again to see if she could find any traces of Heartless or Nobodies. And with that thought, she pulled out her bed, then laid down. Clapping her hands she turned off the light and closed her eyes.

Whelp, there's the first chapter :) Hope you guys enjoyed :) Also, the title of this story is temporary until I can come up with a better one

Facts about this story:

-Hoshi means "star" in Japanese while "Aki" means fall. The random was kinda randomly picked at the time, but her last name came from a Japanese singer named Angela Aki. I fell in love with her song "Tegami" (it's a beautiful song, I highly recommend it :) ) and I found out she's performed/written some songs for some of my favorite Final Fantasy games. Plus there is a slight "star" theme within this story.

-The reason for Kairi being the main KH character in this crossover is because, well, to be honest Shugo Chara is kind of a girly show in my opinion XD (Not to say that Kairi is completely girly or anything like that no. She's probably the only KH character I could manage to make a story like this work :P [Though I might end up adding Sora and Riku into this story later on. We'll have to see. But no guarantees right now.])

-Second reason for Kairi being the main character, and this relates to my actual opinion on her, is because I don't fully like her image in the KH universe :I (I'll spare you guys the full rant but short version is that in the games she seems too much like a stereotypical damsel/princess in distress :/ [This is person opinion by the way. If you guys think otherwise that's fine by me.] This is my way of changing that so to speak :P)