Silence. Sora felt nothing in this ambient void but the weight of his own thoughts.

"If this is a dream; it's the longest and most BORING dream ever."

As he drifted off even further into the abyss; he waited for a sign. Something...ANYTHING to grasp at. Finally, a voice called out to him. It was faint and inaudible but he could feel it. Reaching...reaching out to the direction of the voice as if to take hold of the voice itself like a lifesaver in a stormy sea. He got close enough that the voice seemed to reach back and took hold of his existence.

"Sorry to keep you waiting. It's been pretty hectic around here. Welcome to Zindan, Sora!"

The voice was chipper, full of warmth and carefree spunk. For a moment Sora wondered if he was talking to himself. But that thought faded as soon as his vision cleared up. The blurry figure took shape as a boy only slightly taller than himself with a similar mess of a brown hair and blue eyes. He carried an elegant bow with no drawstring and behind his vaguely "Olympian-looking" clothes Sora spotted what looked like angel wings...though they looked a bit too small to let him fly.

After determining the identity of the voice that called out to him; Sora then began to examine his surroundings. The walls were pulsating with a strange light like blood flowing through veins. The ground he sat on was hard but somewhat loose and shifty. Looking behind him to what seemed to be what this boy pulled him out of was a large cylinder device that went connected at the floor and ceiling. The device was an oddity in of itself, seeming to be completely opposed to the design of the rest of the room in ways Sora didn't even comprehend. The whole room moved and behaved in way that was very alive; almost like it was...breathing.

"You look lost. Let me explain. First of all, my name is Pit. And this place...is actually a spaceship. A LIVING spaceship! It's apparently classed as Leviathan. Don't worry! She's friendly."

Sora looked at him for a moment like he was speaking an alien language.

"S-she?"

"That's right! Her name is Moya. I guess the best way to describe it is...imagine she's a giant space whale-"

"Okay. Nevermind. It all makes sense."

"Wait...REALLY?! Wow! You're waaaay quicker on the uptake than the other guy."

"There are others?"

"Yep. He's on the bridge, I think. I'll take you to him."

Pit helped Sora onto his feet as they exited the room through a door that behaved more like an artery valve than an actual door. Sora wasn't too bothered by Moya's interior though. It was like a much more "techy" version of Monstro. Pit led him down the long halls of Moya's interior as Sora noticed a few little yellow Roomba-looking robots with stalk eyes beeping and buzzing as they move in seemingly random directions. Sora pointed at the drones as the two of them walked by.

"Uhhh…."

"Those are DRD's They're like Moya's white blood cells or antibodies. Don't mess with them if you don't wanna get zapped...or worse. And before you ask - no. I don't know what the "DRD" stands for."

"Aren't you the Captain?"

"Hmm? No. This isn't MY ship. It's YOURS. Well, yours to SHARE. I'm just here to get you up to speed and integrated with your…co-captain, I guess."

Sora tried his best to make sense of Pit's explanation. He didn't want to pester him with too many questions. He got the feeling this guy has done this a LOT of times before and is probably going to be doing many more times. But still; there was one question that Sora has been dying to ask.

"What...happened to me?"

"...Oh, you're dead."

So casually. Like it just wasn't even a big deal at all. Sora was now far more confused than he ever thought possible. How did this angel boy accomplish this feat of ultimate confusion.

"W-what are you talking about?! How?! When?! Where?! WHY?!"

"...Why are you yelling? I get finished off all the time. The other guy wasn't this shocked about it. Buuut...I guess he had time to make his peace before he gave out. Your death must have happened suddenly."

"...You mean...I died instantly? I never saw it coming? Or was I poisoned? Died in my sleep? I fought the Lingering Will?! What was it?!"

"Stop yelling! I don't know!"

"...S-sorry. You didn't deserve that."

"You seem like a nice guy, Sora. I want to believe whatever happened to you was an ACCIDENT. But regardless...it doesn't matter. You're dead. You're a Spirit. You're here now. And no amount of answers will undo what happened."

"...I...understand. I guess...I'll try to make the most of it. I'm sure Heaven won't be that bad."

"Heaven? Oh no. This isn't Heaven. Zindan is in between Heaven and Hell. If you want to get into Heaven...well...you gotta FIND it. Find Nirvana. But don't worry. You won't have to do it alone."

"You'll help me?!"

"Nope."

"...-_-..."

"Your Familia will help you. Spirits like yourself who have been chosen by Gozet to join you."

"Familia?"

"Basically, your TEAM. You explore together, you fight together, you win together...you lose together. You've been given a mark to distinguish yourself and show which team you belong to."

Realizing what he meant; Sora begins searching all over his body for any new markings and sure enough...he finds a crown shaped tattoo over the center of his chest.

"I got a tattoo!? Mom's gonna kill me…Oh, wait. So, does this mean that my Familia will all have this same mark?"

"Yep. Now I gotta go. Lot's of new Spirits to pull out of Nihilism and Gozet doesn't like me wasting time. You're Familia is right through there. Make you get along and wait with him for the REST of your Familia...when I get to it...eventually...probably...hopefully...on time. Well, bye now!"

After pointing Sora towards the bridge, Pit turns and darts off to a glowing corridor that seemed to come from nowhere. Pit didn't exactly inspire confidence with his promise, but Sora felt like he would at least do his best. But Sora couldn't worry about that right now. Behind this door was one of the people he would be teaming up with to make his way to paradise...and maybe get some closure along the way. Sora put on his signature friendly smile and prepared to make a his grand entrance as he stepped across the threshold and the doors automatically opened.

"Hey there! I'm Sora! What's your name?"

Sora's friendly smile slowly evolved into one of awe and excitement as he took in the "coolness" of his new friend. A man with messy blue hair, sharp sunglasses, a tattered cloak with a flaming skull wearing similar glasses on the back, and a samurai sword at his belt. As expected; he also had the same crown tattoo on his mostly bare chest. This guy was the embodiment of a badass. The man was sitting in what was probably the captain's chair with his feet kicked up on the console. He pulled up his glasses to get a good look at Sora before he smirked and answered.

"Dumbass! Who the hell do you think I am?! The legend of Team Gurren echoes far and wide! When they talk about its badass leader; a man of indomitable will and masculinity, they're talking about ME! The mighty KAMINA!"

*Surprise. I'll be doing this story for a while. FH:KoT will be put on a short hiatus. Until I get used to my new work schedule. In the meantime; there will be plenty of new characters from various other series put into this story(both in Sora's Familia and others). However, I can make room for TWO more. I'll let you guys decide. The rules are: #1| The character has to have died at some point during their story. 2| One character per series/franchise. 3| It has to be from a series I'm at least familiar with. (I don't want to butcher characters because I don't know them. So if you're not sure, ask me.) 4| You can leave your suggestion in a review or a PM. It will come down to whether I decide I want them in or not, but I am open to have my mind changed if you can provide a solid reason. *