Noble Hearts

Chapter 1: Solar Storm

I tried to fall asleep all night, but it couldn't happen. I was having a very horrible feeling that something was going to happen today. I tried to shake it off, put it just wouldn't let go. I walked down stairs to find a note on the fridge.

Sesu, your father and I went to work this morning and won't be home til' tomorrow. I'm sorry, there has been an emergency. We left you some food in the fridge and your friends are going to come over to keep you company. Love, Mom.

Typical… well, at least I won't be lonely. After breakfast, I went outside to practice my sword fighting. I don't know if I'll ever need that skill, but it sure was fun. The back yard was practically a training course. I got my wooden sword off the rack my dad made for me and I started training. Dodge here, swing there, and stab. It was a routine. Then I saw something move. It looked like a shadow-ish creature that crawled on the grass, but it was completely flat. It disappeared, so I guess it was my imagination. I continued the course. Near the end, I saw it again. I ignored it until it came up from the ground. Shocked, I stepped back and got hit by a sandbag dummy. I fell unconscious.

I woke up in complete darkness. Was it nighttime already? I looked down to see that I was standing on a pillar that looked covered in stained glass. The picture was of a boy holding a giant key, a duck wielding a wand, and a weird dog-like thing equipped with a shield. This has to be a dream. I picked up my wooden sword, which wasn't wooden anymore. I was wielding a real sword! It was heavy, but less heavy than I expected. I swung it a few times to get the hang of it. "Awesome!" Then it happened.

That creature appeared again, followed by a bunch of identical creatures. I heard the word, "Fight", and I started attacking them. I slashed at one and it dissolved. I was in awe, my first real fight! I grinned and started hacking away at them. When I defeated the last one, I wasn't exhausted. Suddenly, a white creature appeared. It looked like one of those disgustingly thin supermodels, with a symbol on the top of its head and a zipper mouth. It floated towards me and I swung my sword at it. It passed through it like it was made of air. What the hell? I swung again, nothing. It must not be real, but I rejected that thought when it hit me in the stomach. I flew towards the edge of the pillar, dropping the sword into the darkness. Crap, I'm doomed. It came closer and was about it hit me, so I held up my hands in a blocking position. It was about to hit me when a light emitted from my right hand. I was blinded for a second. When my senses came back, I saw I was holding that giant key that the boy was holding. The white creature saw this and floated towards me. I swung at it thinking, "Let this work." A solid hit to the head! I gripped tightly to this new weapon and with a smirk, ran at the creature and hit it several more times til' it dissolved. I was in awe once again, and then a door appeared.

"Open the door…"

I looked around, but didn't see where that voice came from. That voice told me to fight, so it must be helping me. I opened the door and a bright light filled the area. When I opened my eyes, I found myself in a strange town. I got up, but my stomach was in pain. "Was that a dream?"

"Hello there."

I looked around, nobody was there. "What the hell?"

"That's a weird thing to say to somebody when they greet you." A girl that looked like a ninja fell from the sky and landed in front of me. I jumped back. "What? Did I scare you?"

"No, just surprised me. Who are you?" I asked the strange girl.

"You don't know who I am?" She pouted.

"Well, I can guess that you're hyper. I've never seen anybody change emotions that quickly."

She stared at me. "Okay, I'm the 'Great Ninja' Yuffie! And, you are?"

I staggered a bit. "I'm Sesu. By the way, where am I?"

She stared at me once again. She whispered something under her breath. "You're in Traverse Town. I come here frequently to bring some people to my world, Hollow Bastion. Lots of people 'land' here when their world gets destroyed."

I stared back at her. "Wait… What? Are you an alien? Because I figured there was only one world that has life."

Yuffie sighed. "You're one of those people that believe in astronomy aren't you? Well, I'll just have Leon explain it to you…"

"Leon? Who's Leon?"

"You'll see…" She grinned and suddenly a bright light appeared and I shielded my eyes.

~Noble Hearts~

When the light died down I found myself in a plaza. I looked around for that Yuffie girl, but I got distracted by the massive castle in the distance. "Whoa…"

"If you're done sightseeing, we have to go meet Leon."

I turned around and saw Yuffie with an angry face. "You know… your random moods are really freaking me out." Suddenly, a bunch of the shadow creatures appeared out of the ground. "Shit! Not these things again!" I looked around to find a weapon, but there was nothing. I saw Yuffie fighting them with a giant ninja star.

"Well, what are you waiting for? Fight the Heartless!" Yuffie yelled at me.

"I don't have a weapon! And, what did you call them?" One of the things she called Heartless ran towards me. "Damn! If only I had that key…" It jumped at me and I shielded myself. I heard a poof sound and I opened my eyes. The key weapon was back! "Now we're talking!" I ran towards the massive group of Heartless and slashed them all. They all disappeared and Yuffie was staring at me in awe. "What now?"

"You have a Keyblade? How is that possible?" She was thinking to herself.

"That's what it's called? A Key…Blade?" I swung the weapon around. "Okay, nothing you've told me makes sense. My 'world' got destroyed, those shadow creatures are called Heartless, and this weapon I swore was from my dream is called a Keyblade… What the hell is going on here?"

Yuffie looked at me. "Leon will explain this all to you. Come with me."

"Why the hell not? This will make a good story when I wake up and tell this to my friends." I followed her to a house that I felt a strange presence. Something felt… magical about it.

Yuffie opened the door and suddenly I heard people arguing. "No, you can't do that with a computer! Stop trying to fix this with your damn magic Merlin!" Okay, now this was getting extremely weird. "Fine Cid, you don't have to be an ass about it!"

"Guys, we have a newbie!" Yuffie loudly said to the people in the house. I walked inside to see a blond man at a large computer wearing goggles and had a piece of straw in his mouth, an old man wearing a blue wizard robe and hat with a long white beard, a brown haired guy with a scar across his face holding a sword (I think it's a sword, it looks like a sword and a gun), and a brunette woman wearing a pink dress and had her hair in a braid. "You'll never guess what he is!" Yuffie excitedly said.

"A teenage boy that looks like Sora without the oversized clothes," The scarred-faced man said.

"Who's Sora?" I asked Yuffie.

"He's like you, but I'll have Leon explain."

"Which one is Leon?"

"The guy carrying the Gunblade and has a scar on his face. The guy at the computer is Cid, the wizard is Merlin, and the woman is Aerith."

"How did this boy get here? Wait, you went back to Traverse Town didn't you Yuffie?" Leon asked.

"Yes, I didn't want people to die when that world is still full of Heartless."

"Somebody, please tell me what the hell is going on here?" I yelled. I got glares from Cid and Leon.

"What's your name?" Leon asked me.

"Sesu," I replied.

"Okay, Sesu, you're in a world named Hollow Bastion. Those creatures that come out of nowhere are called Heartless. There are more worlds than just yours, Traverse Town, and Hollow Bastion…" Leon got interrupted.

"And we're the Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee!" Yuffie said excitedly. I just stared blankly at her.

"And, who is this Sora guy? How is he like me?" I asked Leon.

"Sora is one of the members of the HBRC, and he holds the Key to defeating the Heartless. Literally speaking, he has a weapon called a Keyblade that defeats the Heartless and releases stolen hearts. We don't know where he is right now."

"Sora has a Keyblade too? Wait," I found a piece of paper and a pencil and drew a sketch of the boy that I saw in my dream. "Is this him?"

"Yeah," Leon replied blankly.

"Let me get things straight, Sora travels between worlds, fighting Heartless, and he uses one of these." I thought of the Keyblade appearing in my hand and a few seconds later I was gripping onto it. I looked around and saw everyone but Yuffie staring at me. "What? I thought you seen one of these before."

"So, now we have another Keyblade Wielder." Merlin chimed in.

"Fantastic, another kid that we can't boss around…" Cid said under his breath. Aerith remained quiet.

"No wonder why the Heartless are appearing more often…" Leon said.

"This is my fault? I mean, this thing is cool, but I didn't think this was the reason I won't be able to see my family and friends ever again…" I threw the Keyblade and put my face in my hands.

Aerith came next to me and patted my shoulder. "It'll be all right. Get this, when Sora got chosen by the Keyblade, his world vanished too. After he sealed Kingdom Hearts, the world came back."

I looked at her with a blank face. "Kingdom Hearts?"

~Noble Hearts~

After the long explanation and review by Leon, I was tired. I was offered to sleep in the spare bed in Merlin's house. I didn't care, as long as I got some sleep. Hopefully, when I wake up I'll have a good laugh with my friends. I lied in the bed and tried to sleep, but I could hear them talking.

"Why did you bring another Keyblader here? We already have enough trouble with the Heartless and the Organization."

"Sora is hardly here to help, so we need him to help out."

"He doesn't have any experience."

"Neither did Sora when he landed in Traverse Town. But look where he is now. If it wasn't for him, we would still be hiding in Traverse Town."

"Sesu is not Sora. He may be a Keyblader, but he's as useful as the Beta Claymores."

"Hey! Those Claymores at least kept the Shadows out!"

"Stop yelling, we'll continue this tomorrow. That's when I'll test the kid."

After everyone left, I fell asleep.