Kingdom hearts 3- The road to War Universal Knights edition (The REAL Second Keyblade war)
This will be the real deal story on KH3 with my magical twist. Note: The point of view perspectives will change in order for the change of scenery to made sense in a story format. Once again Green is owned by Nazo the mysterious hedgehog and Blake Ryo is owned by Supernova2015.
My Kingdom hearts interval story is set before this and has extra insight on the events of UX that has some elements (and characters) referenced in KH3. So please read that first to not be confused.
The plot of KH3 belongs to Square Enix and any movie plots seen in the game like Frozen, Tangled and Pirates of the Caribbean belong to Disney and the people behind the movies along with the original world plots etc. I own Grace and a certain nobody...
DisneyGirl10 helped me with some of the game dialogue in chapter 1.
Things mentioned in the KH3 Ultimania will be included here. So don't forget to get caught up with the game series and that book. Thank you!
Note: I will be referencing the past 4 times I guessed the outcome of the keyblade war in KH3. So spoilers for my past stories and KH3 as a WHOLE.
'They can take your world. They can take your heart. Cut you loose from all you know. But if it's your fate…then every step forward will always be a step closer to home'- Sora (Opening of KH3)
-Face My Fears plays-
Prologue- A peaceful chess game
Sometime before getting his keyblade, in a world with white and gold buildings, a windmill, and a large citadel connected to trams (or cable cars) and a lake with a reflection of a clock tower with gondolas; Young Xehanort and Eraqus were having a friendly game of chess.
This young Xehanort had shorter silver hair compared to the version of him that had been given the power of time travel. This was a little while after leaving his home world: Destiny Islands.
The chess pieces and the current game represented the 13 darknesses and 7 lights battle.
"Have you heard of the ancient keyblade war?" Young Xehanort asked.
He and his friend were currently 18 (Xehanort was a little older than Eraqus) and still training under their master.
"Of course, I have" Young Eraqus replied.
"Long ago people fought over the ownership of light" Young Xehanort recited.
"Yep that's the master's favourite story" Eraqus confirmed.
"I wonder what they planned on doing with kingdom hearts after it appeared" Xehanort pondered as they continued playing.
"Who knows? I don't understand why anyone would start a war" Eraqus replied.
"Then you know of the 'Lost masters'?" Xehanort questioned.
"Who?" Eraqus asked.
"They're the ones who started the keyblade war" Xehanort explained.
"Haven't heard of them. Where did you hear about that?" Eraqus asked with burning curiosity.
Xehanort bluntly ignored his question.
"Or they're the ones for whom the war started" he continued.
"I don't follow" Eraqus said in confusion.
"You can drop the façade" Xehanort stated.
"Façade?" Eraqus wondered.
"'On that land shall darkness prevail and light expire'. A prospective (destined) Keyblade master should know this" Xehanort stated.
"If you say so" Eraqus shrugged.
Xehanort looked up at the grey keyblade that had been owned by Luxu a VERY long time ago.
"The gazing eye sees the fate of the world. The future has already been written" Xehanort stated.
"But who's to say I can't change it? and maybe light will prevail." Eraqus suggested.
"You're pretty confident but the odds are not in your favour" Xehanort pointed out.
"Perhaps but there's more to light that meets the eye. You might be surprised" Eraqus said, wisely.
"Oh, I hope so" Xehanort replied with a smile.
The crown chess piece was now next to the goat looking chess piece.
-end of prologue (First flashback)-
Chapter 1-The start of the next journey (Olympus, the dark realm and the secret forest)
In Olympus, Hades had started the plan he'd been planning 18 years to enact after using Auron, Zack and Terra had failed in the past. The Fates had foretold that he would use the titans to conquer Olympus and the cosmos.
So, the first stage was to cause the cite of Thebes to be on fire to distract Hercules.
When Sora and friends arrived, they landed near Mount Olympus (far away from the colosseum).
"No fanfare?" Sora asked, making a trumpet noise.
"Un-uh!" Donald responded.
"Nope, looks like we missed the Colosseum." Goofy said, looking around.
"You were off with your landing, Sora. You opened the gate!" Donald chinned.
"I was a little off again. Sorry! Hey, at least we're here. We'll find him. But we need to go!" Sora pointed out.
As they went through one of the cave openings, they saw flaming rocks fall towards the city nearby.
"Hey Hercules! Where are you?!" Sora cried.
A puff of black smoke came and revealed an annoyed Hades.
"Do you have to yell that yutz's name?! Oh it's you again. I don't have time to deal with you, old flames. After all, Wonder boy is getting a surprise." Hades stated.
"Aw, Hades really thinks he can win!" Sora remarked.
"Oh, Titans! Where are my Titans! Show them what you're made off! Show me your power!" Hades cried.
Rumbling of the earth. Freezing harsh winds followed by snow. Piping hot magma coming in hot! The lava, ice and wind Titans' powers came out of hiding and blew Sora, Donald and Goofy far, far away for Hades.
"Thanks, guys! Nice work! Now back to Olympus, you go!" Hades stated while giving them a thumbs up.
As he was about to leave, a dark portal appeared as Maleficent and Pete came out.
"Whose the pest now?" Hades asked, before turning to face them. "What do you two want? I don't remember you two doing me any favours. So, you can keep your Heartless this time. I'm going back to my original plan. It will work. All right?" Hades pointed out.
"We're not here for you. I have my own business to attend to. All I need to know if this world has a distinctive … black box?" Maleficent replied.
Hades thought hard.
"Black box? Wait. Don't tell me … Could it be the one old Zeus hid on Earth?" Hades suggested.
"Possibly. If I were, where might it be?" Maleficent asked.
Hades sighed.
"Alright, I'll tell you the location and then I'm going to Olympus." Hades remarked.
Meanwhile….
-Grace's point of view-
As Hercules saved Goofy and Sora from falling to their deaths and recused Donald from a statue, Green and I arrived in Olympus with our World jumpers (watch bracelets).
The last time we had been in the Kingdom Hearts universe was 2014 (although technically even after that we had a few encounters with Xehanort and Vanitas).
When I had first summoned a keyblade, it had been purple with a purple wayfinder as the keychain. Due to the fact that I had more experience since that time, the keyblade I gained from having a strong heart had changed form with my progress.
"Do you think we were off course with our destination?" Green asked.
"Maybe. I just hope we're not too late" I said, worriedly.
"So, you're trying to help Sora with his task? I suggest you hurry, you might miss him. And try not stray from the path we have for him….I bet you remember the past 4 times we almost clashed" Xigbar stated.
My eyes widened.
They know about those past AU events from before?! Then that means….
"Green, we need to find Sora fast. The organisation could target her!" I realised.
"From ages ago? Yeah… that's concerning" Green said in a puzzling voice.
We rushed down the mountain to Thebes just as Sora and company rescued the civilians from different places in the city and where Herc was.
When we arrived in the city, Sora, Donald, Goofy and the civilians had ran out of the collapsing building and shielded themselves from the dust.
"Where's…." I began.
Sora's eyes were saddened when I looked at him.
That's when I looked down.
Sora looked ahead and gasped in delight.
Herc was thankfully OK!
"Hercules, we were so worried!" Sora exclaimed.
Herc brushed of the dust from his shoulders and smiled.
"You scared us!" Sora exclaimed.
"It's nothing. That's why I have THESE!" Herc said while showing his muscles.
Goofy and Donald copied his arm pose just as a dark corridor appeared with Xigbar in it.
"Great job but does that heart have insurance? That won't do you any good to put people first." Xigbar stated.
"I risked my life to save Meg." Herc pointed.
"Yes, but you survived because of your friends in the sky. Anyone else would be a goner. Before you say anything, yes, hearts are powerful when connected but focusing that power in one place could break them. That being said: Don't change, Sora. Find the hearts joined to yours and you'll get a reward once you find out what destiny has in store. You're getting closer." Xigbar said, mysteriously.
He then disappeared.
"Sora, don't let him get to you. We'll prove that our sacrifices are worth the price." Herc remarked.
Herc, Donald and Goofy went ahead but Sora stopped.
"What reward?" Sora asked, curiously.
"Sora, I think the organization might try to target a certain nobody." I said, worriedly.
Sora snapped out of his brief daze.
"Oh, that's troubling. We need to go to Mount Olympus and help the Gods." Sora said with shaky confidence.
"Green, you go with them. I need to see if there's anyone else in the city." I advised.
Green nodded and then followed Sora and company up the mountain after Hercules.
As Sora and company fought the Heartless and the rock titan just to reach Olympus, I found Maleficent and Pete in the garden area with Pete frantically digging for something.
"I must get that book of prophecies and make it my own" Maleficent remarked.
Pete brought out a small purple box with a silver skull on it.
"This must be that Pandora's box Hades mentioned" Pete remarked.
"Leave it, it's not the box I need" Maleficent stated.
"After all that digging?!" Pete cried.
"We're done with this world, now come" Maleficent ordered.
Pete threw the box back in the hole and followed Maleficent through the corridor of darkness.
Xigbar had also been watching them.
He took the box and gave it to the Dark Disney Knights for safe keeping.
Back at Olympus, Sora and friends had managed to beat all the titans again with Herc's help and Hades was sent back to the underworld.
Seeing Hercules with Meg gave Sora hope that he would be strong again to face Xehanort.
Then we regrouped near the town before Sora had to head off again.
"Grace, we heard Maleficent and Pete say something about a 'black box'" Sora revealed.
"Hmmm…..I don't know what that could be… maybe Yen Sid might know?" I offered.
"Yeah, say will you be joining us in every world we visit?" Sora asked.
"Um… Probably, depends on where we land with our world jumpers" I admitted, nervously.
"Well that's a cool device, Grace" Goofy said with a smile.
The trio then went back to the Gummi ship to head out to back to the mysterious tower just as we used the world jumpers to follow them.
Meanwhile…..
-Riku's POV-
Mickey and I had been traversing the realm of darkness for a while now in our protective clothing.
I could tell by the rocky landscape that something left different since I was last there.
"Are you ok, Riku? We can stop here if you want" Mickey offered.
"No, it's just it's just I feel different. The first time I was here I was terrified but I don't feel that anymore" I said.
"Well, you have done a lot of growing since you were last here. Maybe you feel like that because you have a purpose now. You see when you care about someone a lot, other feelings disappear and you have the strength to keep going" Mickey explained.
I smiled.
"'Strength to protect what matters'. That reminds me of a promise I made. I can't say who." I said while recalling that time I touched Terra's keyblade at age 5.
"Interesting" Mickey said with a puzzled look.
"Say, Mickey does this look familiar to you?" I asked quickly.
"Sort of but it's changed a lot since I was last here with Aqua. Last time, I followed her light to reach but the connection is getting hazy" Mickey revealed.
Could that mean she's…gone? I thought.
"Is She…?" I began.
"Possible but we need to stay hopeful" Mickey remarked.
We kept walking until we stopped at the Dark Margin, the beach area Sora and I had been when he read Kairi's letter and we got back home.
"I've been here before…Sora and I got back to the realm of light from here. Could Aqua have found her way out too?" I suggested.
Mickey looked saddened.
"No, she's gone in the abyss and we can't reach her like this" Mickey stated.
A load of pureblood heartless appeared and we summoned our keyblades on instinct.
We slashed a lot of them but then they formed a tornado and consumed me like a wave.
I ended up in water, every time I tried to speak or breathe it was painful.
Didn't expect to see you again a voice said.
What? I thought.
Why did you even come here?
Because somebody needs me.
Do you want some help?
Who are you?
Me? I'm-
Then I succumbed to the water before hearing the reply.
"Riku? Please wake up!" Mickey cried.
I opened my eyes to see the heartless all gone and Mickey looking down at me.
"What happened?" I asked.
"I managed to take out the heartless but they spit you back out first and both our keyblades were damaged" Mickey explained.
I looked at my keyblade: It was now broken in half.
"Thanks for helping, Mickey" I said with a smile.
"I guess we should have powered up our keyblades before coming here. Let's go back to Master Yen Sid and regroup" Mickey suggested.
"We can't leave Aqua here to be alone even longer" I said with concern.
"You see…. Aqua, she's like Sora" Mickey stated.
"Whaaat?!" I cried.
"No, no, no! Strong like Sora!" Mickey said, frantically.
I sighed with relief.
"Then I guess she'll be ok" I said with ease.
"Plus we won't be gone for long" Mickey reassured me.
I put my Way to Dawn keyblade in the sand.
"I won't be needing this keyblade anymore. So I might as well leave it here….for the other me" I stated with resolve.
Mickey was confused by this but we still began to head out back to the realm of light.
In the secret Forest….(Before Lea and Kairi find Merlin in Twilight Town(but after they've both left Yen Sid's tower)
Merlin was there to get ready for Kairi and Lea's arrival as the access point was from Twilight town through the use of his magic.
As he was walking, he heard snoring and followed the sound to investigate.
He saw a young American in his mid 20's with blue eyes and lock black hair wearing caveman fur cloth from the game(Animals) he had killed, fast asleep. He had causal 80's clothes on the ground beside him along with a blue phone and silver tablet device.
"Young man, may I have a word?" Merlin asked.
The young man was startled awake and drew his police gun at the old wizard.
"Get back! I'm not afraid to use this!" He cried.
"Let's not do anything hasty. Calm down, ok? I'm not going to hurt you. I noticed you were here and I want to help" Merlin said, gently.
"How do I know you weren't sent by Maleficent to kill me?" the young man asked with suspicion.
"I'm an old wizard, son. I have no alliance with that fairy" Merlin stated.
"You don't?" The young man asked in surprise as he began to lower his weapon.
"Correct, I'm well aware of her evil but I am affiliated with light. Do you know what a keyblade is?" Merlin replied with curiosity.
The young man put his weapon down and swung his left arm which summoned a silver and blue Starlight keyblade.
"Are you referring to this?" He asked.
"Precisely. What is your name, young man?" Merlin questioned.
"My name is Blake Ryo. What's your name?" Blake responded.
"I'm Merlin the great but everyone calls me Merlin. Pleased to meet you" Merlin said with a friendly smile.
"Likewise. Welcome to my home" Blake remarked, proudly.
Merlin was slightly shocked by this.
"Um, how long do you think you've been here?" Merlin queried.
"Well my watch says I ended up here when I was 18 and I'm 25 now. So….about 7 years" Blake replied, casually.
"Would you like some formal training for your keyblade? I have two other people who are going to be training here for a while and you look like you could use a friend" Merlin offered.
"I haven't had human company in years" Blake admitted.
"It can't hurt to try, right?" Merlin said, gently.
"Alright, I'll give it a try" Blake replied, quickly.
"Before I forget, your new training partners are called Lea and Kairi. They're pretty friendly" Merlin stated.
"Hopefully they're better than my colleagues at the NYPD in the City of Lights, my old homeworld" Blake sighed.
"Were they bullies?" Merlin asked.
"Pretty much. They hated how I could solve a case without breaking a sweat" Blake revealed.
"Sounds like they were jealous of your skills at doing your job, young one" Merlin pointed out.
"Yeah, well I never liked them either" Blake muttered.
"If you've been here 7 years, how did you survive without human contact?" Merlin asked.
"I have quite a few books for companions" Blake stated with a small smile.
"That's good. Lea and Kairi will be here in two days, I'll return with them and you can show them any skills you've used to get food here too" Merlin declared.
"I'll be waiting" Blake said with a smile.
Then Merlin teleported away.
He sent a letter to Yen Sid about Blake and suspected that his homeworld probably fell to darkness 7 years ago.
Then two days' left as Sora went to Olympus and Riku went to the realm of darkness with Mickey, Lea and Kairi went to the forest with Merlin for the first time.
At this point in time, Kairi was still in her KH2 outfit and Lea was wearing his usual black coat over his regular clothes (he also no longer had the tear marks he had as a nobody).
"This place is beautiful" Kairi said in awe.
"Yeah… I'm truly sorry about that whole kidnapping thing, I was trying my hardest to get my friend Roxas back and I didn't mean to hurt you. I….was desperate" Lea confessed, awkwardly.
"I understand wanting to get a friend back. I can tell you're not a bad guy, Lea but it will take a while to get used to being with you a lot for the next couple of days" Kairi admitted, nervously.
"Kairi, Lea, you won't be training just with each other in this place. I found a keyblade wielder here" Merlin explained as they walked past the look-out point and near a cave in the tree area below beside a small lake.
"Blake? Are you here?" he called.
After first, no one was there but then Blake arrived back with his clothes in tatters and holding a spear with fish.
"Lea, Kairi; This is Blake" Merlin stated.
"Pleased to meet ya, new partner. Hope you've got my name memorised" Lea smiled.
"Hello" Kairi said.
"Well, it's been a while since I've had company for longer than 30 minutes so this should be fun" Blake said, playfully.
"Before we get started, you need to get to know each other a little first and then we'll start with summoning keyblades at will" Merlin stated.
"Well I'm from a place called Radiant Garden, my main element in battle is fire and I say 'Got it memorised?' to be remembered forever. That why I'll never die" Lea revealed.
"I don't know where I'm from but I grew up in this world called Destiny Islands with my two best friends Sora and Riku along with Tidus, Wakka and Seffie. A lot has happened in 12 years but I'm glad I can learn to fight to help my friends in battle with you" Kairi stated.
"What about you, Blake?" Lea asked.
"Well….The place I grew up is called New York in the City of Lights. Walt Disney was just an actor and his attempt at making a company failed where i'm from. Although….I don't originate from there…" Blake trailed off.
Merlin pondered for a moment and used his wand on Blake to project an image in front of them.
They saw cavemen in a snow storm with one survivor in an icy lake.
A group of world-travelling scientists found the survivor 100,000 years later and took them back to their world: The City of lights world.
The world the survivor had come from became Daybreak Town during the era of the first keyblade war. It was unknown what had become of it in present day.
The City of lights world fell to darkness when the heartless were attacking other worlds and Maleficent tried to command them (about 3 years before KH1).
"How did you…" Blake began.
"Was that child you, Blake?" Kairi asked.
"Yes, I was adopted by a loving, rich family who took care of me" Blake replied.
"Wow, we're training with a person from the past" Lea said in shock.
"That's splendid, Blake. I found out when I meet him two days ago that he was a police officer that solves cases" Merlin pointed out.
"Well… a detective but yeah. I...think i'm good at using devices. I have feeling I've forgot some of my talents since I got here only than instinct and talking" Blake corrected, politely.
Lea kept staring at Kairi and his face looked strained.
"Are you ok, Lea?" Kairi asked.
"I'm…not sure, I think I'm forgetting something. Not sure what" Lea replied.
"Maybe continuing your training, Lea, will jog your memory" Merlin advised.
"Um…Yeah. I've only summoned it once so far. Maybe we can practise that first?" Lea asked.
"Sure" Merlin smiled.
"Say, Kairi, Blake; have you heard about the 'icing on the cake'?" Lea questioned.
"No, what is it?" Blake asked.
"Well, once we manage to summon our keyblades, I'll introduce it to you guys" Lea said with a wink.
"Now that you're well acquainted, I'll show you the places you'll be practising combat and then where you'll be sleeping for the night in Twilight Town" Merlin explained.
"Well, I'll be sleeping in my cave like always" Blake informed.
"Are you able to sleep ok when you're alone out here?" Merlin asked.
"I guess so" Blake shrugged.
Further in the woods was a training ground arena and then they were shown the Sandlot, the place commonly used for Struggle battles, in Twilight Town.
They then went to one of the apartment houses close to Scrooge McDuck's restaurant, Le Grand Bistrot.
"You two will be sleeping here while you're training. I'll be back tomorrow to bring you to that place again, goodnight you two" Merlin stated.
He then brought Blake back to the secret forest.
"Goodnight, Blake"
Blake just smiled as he watched Merlin teleport away again.
(present day) The next day
Kairi and Lea returned to the secret forest with Merlin as Blake waited for them.
"Today, we'll have you practise summoning your keyblades at will" Merlin stated.
It took half the morning with these attempts as eventually Kairi, Lea and Blake managed to summon their keyblades at will about five times.
"I can't believe it, we made progress!" Kairi said, excitedly.
"Yeah, this isn't so bad so far" Blake agreed.
Lea brought Merlin to the side.
"Have you heard of the 'icing on the cake'?" Lea began.
After explaining it, Merlin gathered the three together.
"Tomorrow will be the first day of combat training so be ready for anything in the ring" Merlin warned.
"Thank you, Merlin" They said, respectfully.
Then Merlin went back to Twilight town.
-Later that same day-
Kairi was now writing in her pad when she heard someone approach. She looked up and saw Lea staring.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothin', sorry."
"Lea." Kairi lightly warned him.
"What? I am." Kairi decided to drop it and continue writing. "A letter to Sora?" He asked.
"Technically yes. But I won't send it. It's more for me. I just like talking to Sora, even if it's on paper." Kairi explained, hugging the pad of paper to her chest.
Lea understood when he remembered something. He pulled out some Sea Salt ice cream from his Origination coat pockets. One for each of them. "I asked Merlin to pick these up. You know, since we both did summon our Keyblades. Gotta celebrate." Lea handed hers and just stared at her eating it for probably the first time. She felt eyes on her.
"What?"
"Nothing … I was just … "
"Trying to remember what you forgot?"
"Well … y – yeah …" Lea zoned out, looking at the sun setting horizon.
"So tomorrow, you, Blake and me in the ring. You ready?"
"'Course."
"Don't hold back, Lea. Promise?" When Lea turned to face her, he saw someone else in Kairi's place wearing the Organization coat with short black hair and familiar blue eyes. The whole thing made Lea drop his ice cream and shed tears.
"Are you okay? Lea!" Kairi was back, right in front of him as he brushed them away with his sleeve.
"Yeah … sorry …"
"You're crying. What's wrong?" Kairi asked, worried for her friend's feelings.
"Something in my eye." Lea looked away, trying to hide his wet face. He got up. "I'm going go. Sorry."
"'Kay, but stop apologizing."
"I will. On one condition. You call me Axel from now on. Got it memorized?"
Kairi smiled. "Okay … Axel."
He nodded and left, leaving Kairi and his discarded ice cream behind.
Axel (AKA Lea) went back to the clock tower to think about what was going on with him.
Blake found Kairi finishing her ice cream on the lookout spot.
"Hey, Kairi. I was given ice cream as well before Axel left" Blake said.
"Wait…where did he go?" Kairi asked.
"Probably for a walk, I just hope he's ok to continue training tomorrow" Blake sighed.
"I think he remembered something…whatever he saw made him cry. I'm worried" Kairi revealed.
"Hey, it's alright. We'll find a way to help him and finish training somehow" Blake reassured her.
"I hope so" Kairi looked back at the sunset and pictured Sora being beside her.
I hope I can help in battle when this is over She thought.
-In Yen Sid's tower (Switch back to Grace's point of view)-
Green and I made it back to the tower just after Yen Sid had been notified about what happened in Olympus.
On Yen Sid's desk was the model of Wasteland from 'Epic Mickey' where Oswald, Mickey's older half-brother ruled with Ortensia.
"I did learn a lot from Hercules" Sora was saying.
"Yes, but you still need the power of waking, Sora" Yen Sid stated.
"Maybe we can bonk you on the head?" Donald suggested.
"It could be a simple as an act like that" Yen Sid pondered.
"You really think that?!" Sora asked in surprise.
"Whenever you are in need, magic happens. That is your greatest strength" Yen Sid explained.
"You make it sound like an accident" Sora said in disappointment.
We all chuckled at this remark.
"Um, Master. I witnessed something in Olympus when everyone else was fighting the titans…" I began.
Then there was a knock at the door and Riku and Mickey returned with an update.
Riku was now wearing a black, hooded jacket that he keeps unzipped, with short sleeves, gold buttons, and a checkered pattern at the hem, a white shirt with a V-neck, blue cropped trousers that are hemmed with the same checkered pattern as the jacket, black glovelettes on each hand, and black high-top boots. His silver hair remained the same length as it was in Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, though it was more spiked up in the back.
"Your Majesty!" Donald and Goofy cried.
"Hey fellas, what have you been up to?" Mickey asked.
Sora tried to join in the conversation by leaning on top of Goofy and Donald.
"We…" He began but his two friends knocked him back in excitement.
"We went to see Hercules to help Sora get his strength back but it was a disappointment" Donald whispered.
"Oh that's a shame but we didn't have much luck either" Mickey admitted.
"We know Master Aqua made it to the beach Sora and I were once at when we made back to the realm of light but nothing else" Riku added.
"She's now in the great abyss underneath the realm of Darkness" Mickey continued.
"So, she's gone?" Donald asked, worriedly.
"No, I rescued Sora from the abyss, so we need someone close to Aqua to dive after her" Riku explained.
"Ven is hidden and Aqua was the last one to see Terra" Mickey stated.
"Their teacher Master Eraqus would have been another possibility if Xehanort hadn't mercilessly struck him down" Yen Sid added.
Something resonated in Sora's heart, a spark of an idea came to mind.
"I'll go!" He cried.
Everyone was shocked by this.
"You don't have the power of waking, Sora. You could get lost" Goofy warned.
I looked closely at Sora.
"Do you feel any different, Sora?" I asked.
"I feel fine…I just don't know why that idea came to mind" Sora confessed.
"I suggest visiting the worlds Aqua has been and see if they're the link we need" Yen Sid suggested.
"Master, we need to get replacements for our keyblades since they were damaged before we continue" Mickey requested.
"Ah yes, Rendezvous with Kairi and Lea. They will be continuing their training with Merlin. You'll need to bring them these as well" Yen Sid stated as he summoned new keychains for their new keyblades and two cases.
"Ah, no fair! What about me, Master?" Sora pleaded.
"I do have new clothes for you as well, Sora. They have abilities just like last time" Yen Sid revealed as he summoned a grey case.
"Oh and there's a gift from Chip and Dale inside as well" Yen Sid added.
"Are you happy now?" Riku asked.
"Of course" Sora said with a giant grin.
Jiminy Cricket jumped out the desk in a hurry.
"Wait for me, I want to record your new adventure like always" He piped up.
"The gang is back together again" Goofy said happily.
"Before you go, Sora. You'll need this: It's a heartbinder, think of it as a good luck charm to help you connect with others who can offer assistance in your journey" Yen Sid continued as he gave Sora a pink charm.
The trio then huddled together.
Yen Sid then whispered a very old phrase 'May your heart be your guiding key' that three of them could just about hear.
"See? I told ya" Goofy stated.
So, Sora changed from his KH2 outfit to his new one:
He was now wearing a sleek black jacket having grey pockets and a stripe of the same colour on each sleeve with a hood, sleeves and jacket that had a red lining and six buttons can be seen on the front, a black shirt with a V-neck style collar and a white lining, gauntlets that are designed like his jacket with the exception of a grey circle on the backs showing his palms, shorts that were roughly the same length as they were in Kingdom Hearts II with armoured sidings that appear to be attached by red straps that wrap around his legs (but less baggy), yellow and black shoes (that were smaller)that resemble his Kingdom Hearts II show, with the blue straps and zipper now removed and his famous crown necklace. His brown hair was now less spiky as well.
"Are you coming with us, Grace?" Jiminy asked.
"No, but we'll meet ya at the next world. I promise" I said with a smile as the boys left in the Gummi Ship.
"Um Master, I'm worried the organisation will target my nobody for their schemes" I revealed.
"We have new allies in Ansem the Wise's former apprentices who are not in the organisation anymore. If we can get extra help, we might be able to avoid your nobody being targeted….in theory" Yen Sid suggested.
"So, Sora has a phone too?" I asked.
Yen Sid nodded.
"I'll need mine upgraded to work between worlds, Master" I requested, hesitantly.
"Mmm… Chip and Dale can get to work on that along with Blake's phone as well" Yen Sid stated as he gestured to hand over my phone to him.
I gave it to him and he wrote a note to go with my phone before teleporting it to Disney Castle in the room Chip and Dale were in while talking to Sora.
The two of us also had to change outfits: I wore my keyblade necklace, a purple and silver top underneath a black leather jacket, blue jeans and purple shoes while Green ended up wearing a emerald green and yellow outfit with blue boots.
"I…think I used to wield Midnight Roar at some point" Green recalled as he strained his eyes.
"Hmm… probably. I know both you and her were friends with Axel, Namine, Roxas and Xion. So maybe they're also the key to getting her back" I wondered.
"Be on your guard, you two. Although you've faced four attempts at this second keyblade war already (in 2014 when Kenny, Sky and Amy Cipher first appeared, the incident with the clone Vanituses in Gravity Falls in 2014, the kidnapping incident in 2015 and that time Young Xehanort had a chess battle with 'Maya'), This may end up being the last time you get to face Xehanort with Sora" Yen Sid stated.
I sighed.
"I did save her in 2015 but what if she's mad about that…" I reflected out loud.
"We'll get her back somehow. Do we have any records or data on her memory?" Green asked.
"I'll get Riku to ask Ienzo about it. Good luck" Yen Sid stated.
Then we turned the nob of our world-jumpers and pressed the button to catch up with the Gummi Ship.
Sora found out from talking to Chip, Dale and Ienzo that Ansem the Wise's data shows that Sora's heart isn't just his.
This prompted Sora to help Roxas given that Ienzo and the other former organisation members were continuing to analyse Ansem the wise's data on Sora's heart.
Knowing that Mickey and Riku were following Aqua's heart, Sora aimed his keyblade ahead of him and summoned a portal to take them to Twilight town next.
Meanwhile….
Young Xehanort (the teenager time traveller not the one in the chess flashbacks) had just returned from being defeated by the Junior Disney Knights in their first fight with him and XANA in the future.
He returned to the Castle that never was to meet with Saix, Marluxia, Larxene and Xemnas.
"Are you ready to do the first experiment to figure out how to get our last member?" Xemnas asked.
"Yes but we'll need one more backup apart from the two we have now in case our 13th member isn't back in time" Young Xehanort stated.
Xemnas showed a projection of the logo for Toy Box and a second logo with a symbol of a blue cat, green lizard and red owl.
"You will get ready for the experiment in this place while Xigbar goes to this new world and see if there's any new pure hearts for the backup plan" Xemnas explained as he pointed at each logo when mentioning them.
"Ok, make sure our latest guests is ready" Young Xehanort said before teleporting away in a dark portal.
Saix teleported away to the Keyblade Graveyard in the area where there were 13 pillars.
-To be continued-
I hope you have enjoyed chapter 1 so far.
There is more to come soon.
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