Kingdom Hearts III: Shattered Memory
Chapter one: The search!
Both Cid and Yuffie have been traveling from world to world for three weeks to search for Zane or Ziad and Laguna but their search was futile since there wasn't even a clue as to where they disappeared to except for Zane, he was supposed to be on the Promised Land but the only thing that they know about that place is that it had a huge grass field where they saw Zane last
"It seems like we might not ever be able to find them…" Cid said as there was hardly anything left for him to continue searching except for Yuffie's determination since his own hopes had been destroyed
"We can't give up hope! I am sure that if something happened to me, Zane would continue searching for me as long as it takes." Yuffie said as there was nothing that would make her give up hope "We just have to search for a little while longer… Then I am sure we'll find them."
Somewhere in Olympus...
Riku and Sora were captured a month ago by Hades and were sent to the gallows and they shared the same cell.
"When do you think we are getting out?" Riku asked Sora in a worried way.
"I haven't the foggiest idea!"
"I won't be able to go on much longer like this, I will go crazy!
If we just knew what happened to Cid and the others then we could probably get out of here."
"Yeah, I haven't heard of them at all since we came here."
"I wonder where Hercules is."
"I don't know, especially since his coliseum is destroyed I think that he is dead."
"Probably… Man! This is making me crazy!"
"I think I already am! Being a month in lockup is not really easy to bear with."
One month ago in Olympus Sora had encountered Cerberus the three headed dog "It's Cerberus, let's skedaddle!" Goofy said in a frightened way
"Run!" Came the following response from Sora
They ran for a while until they came to a dead end and Cerberus was on their tail and before they knew it, he was behind them.
"Sora, Riku we must fight!" The king said
"Right!" So they took their weapons and Sora and Riku teamed up and defeated one head only two were left, that was goofy, Donald and Mickey's job but they didn't do it so well and Donald almost got eaten up by it but then suddenly Hades appeared and he let Cerberus go but not before taking their power from them
He took it since they were in the underworld and in the underworld Hades is the boss and he locked Sora and the others up when they lost their power.
Back in the present...
"Riku why don't you just teleport us out of here?"
"You think that I didn't try that already? I tried on the very first day but it's no use my power is gone!" He said with a tone of anger
"Yeah mine too, I used to be able to take my Keyblade at any time but now I don't have the power to take it."
So Riku now sat down and tried to make himself comfortable.
"I wonder what happened to the king and Donald and Goofy."
"They are probably in another cell somewhere. Sora replied bored from sitting inside the cell."
"I just hope that someone will come and help us."
In the meantime Kairi and Selphie came up with a plan "Okay I have a plan!" Kairi nearly shouted
"What is it?" Selphie asked anxiously
"I am going to Olympus and save Sora and Riku."
"How are you going to do that?" Cloud this time asked when he heard her say about going somewhere while they don't have an airship.
"I have some power but I don't know exactly how to use it yet."
"Well how do you plan on going to Olympus then?"
"I used once my power and I was teleported to some place I didn't know so maybe I can do it again but maybe this time I can be teleported to where Sora and Riku are."
"Well it might work, but if he is in trouble how will you defend yourself?"
"I… I have a Keyblade."
"You do?"
So Kairi stretched her arm and a light appeared in her hand and a Keyblade appeared after a few seconds in her hands.
"I don't know how but I suddenly had a Keyblade."
"Wow looks beautiful!" Tifa had come inside and she saw Kairi's Keyblade which was made of metal and had flowers on it.
"So I guess we will try and go tomorrow."
"So soon?" Tifa said and started leaning on Cloud's shoulder
"Yeah, I don't want to wait anymore."
"Okay I guess." Tifa said with a sad tone
"Call me if you need help, then I will try to find a way to help you."
"Okay." So she and Selphie left and went early to bed
"Do you think they will be allright on their own?"
"I don't think so, but what can I do?"
"You could go with them."
Cloud was shocked at what Tifa said but quickly understood and agreed
Somewhere in space Cid thought he had finally found the Promised Land "Yuffie! Get over here I think that I found the Promised Land!" Cid shouted
Yuffie directly awoke from her sleep and she got up so fast that she nearly fell but she kept her balance and ran towards Cid "Where?"
"Look over there!"
Cid pointed to world in the distance which was pretty dark.
"Great! How long will it take to reach that world and land?"
"About a half hour, just enough time to prepare our stuff!" Cid turned to look at Yuffie but she was already gone.
"What about my stuff?" Cid said to himself
Yuffie was very quick and she took her weapon in case they find Sephiroth or anything else and she took some flashlights and then hurried back to Cid.
"All ready!"
"That's quick! What about my stuff?"
"What about your stuff?"
"Where is it?"
"Oh it's still in the cargo area, by the way the only thing that you will need is your spear and a flashlight." And Yuffie handed him the flashlight that she took.
"Thanks."
"So how long till now?"
"About 15 minutes and if I hurry then perhaps 10."
"Okay hurry then."
"Sure will!" Cid pushed a button and they directly went faster and within 10 minutes they landed "Smooth and easy!"
Cid pushed some buttons and the power from the airship went out and afterwards they went to the cargo area
Cid opened the hatch and he took his spear and followed Yuffie outside in the open area where the only thing they could see was some trees and some owls and the endless grass field
So they walked for a while North until they got to a ruin which looked exactly like the one they saw in the world where they almost got killed by the villagers
"Hey isn't this the same ruin that we were in before?" Cid asked
"Yeah, but how can it be here?"
"Don't know, but that ain't important now." And Cid moved away and they walked for about another hour until they were too tired to go on they had decided to make a camp.
"I will take some wood."
"Okay but hurry!" Yuffie shouted to him as he left.
"Sure will!" He shouted back and continued to walk in the distance, he found some branches after a while and he was heading back but he couldn't stop feeling like somebody or something was watching him the whole time. "Damn imagination!"
Once Cid came back it seemed to have gotten darker and his flashlight didn't work so well anymore but he could see Yuffie sitting on the floor so he put the branches down and he took a lighter from his pocket and lighted the branches, after the fire had gotten higher he saw that Yuffie was not herself "What's wrong Yuffie?"
"What if we can't find him? What will I do?" She said as her eyes were getting watery
Cid also sat now and he was thinking for a bit on how he could soothe her. "We will surely find him, don't worry if I say that we will find him then we will!"
Cid's words relieved Yuffie a bit but she couldn't shake off the feeling that something bad would happen.
So instead of worrying she was going to lie down and sleep.
When Cid finally saw that she was asleep he quickly took a bottle from his pocket and took a few sips and then he put it back and also went to sleep.
When Yuffie was asleep she had a dream about him, she saw the place where he was fighting Sephiroth and when he fell to his knees and when it was supposed to stop when Sephiroth got near him and was about to strike it still went on and she saw Sephiroth cut him in his arm and then he slashed the whole time as if making art and he was shouting from the pain
She wanted to help him but she was frozen in her place and after Sephiroth slaughtered him he came walking slowly to her with a smile on his face and said something
She awoke with a scream and she saw that it was morning but still dark, Cid woke up from her scream and got worried. "You okay?" Cid asked as he had shocked
"Yeah just a horrible dream." She said and stood up and they directly moved on but she couldn't forget his words in her dream "You will never find him" Those words stayed with her.
After some time walking they saw smoke coming from the distance and they rushed to see what was happening and when they came near they saw a village burned and Sephiroth was there and he was killing them one by one with a smile on his face as he saw them he just looked and then he said one thing "Death!" after that he disappeared and everything became normal and the village was there and people were walking around.
Cid and Yuffie looked at each other not knowing if what they saw was real or not.
"Shall we go in?" Cid asked
"... No." Yuffie said and they passed the village and moved on until they came to a house in the middle of nowhere