Connections Intertwining

Alright new story! The sequel to Connection Between Hearts. I'm excited to start the KH 2 story line!

There's so much world exploring and twists in KH 2! I can't wait to get to it in the fic!

Enjoy the first chapter!

Diclaimer - Kingdom Hearts is owned by Square-Enix and Disney

Chapter 1 – Twilight Town

Twilight Town was one of the largest worlds known. It is located in between light and darkness, similar to the Land of Departure, Castle Oblivion, Traverse Town and The World That Never Was. As its name implies, this world's sun is always in the same position in the sky, never rising nor setting.

Roxas woke up from his sleep. He was in the familiar setting of his room in Twilight Town. He rubbed his eyes yawning. He had a very strange dream, about another boy who looked almost like him.

'That "dream" about him again…' Roxas thought wearily as he sat up on his bed.

"ROXAS!" Roxas heard someone calling to him from the window.

The boy jolted out of bed opening the window. He smiled at the familiar sites of his friends; Hayner, Pence, and Olette. They were his best friends.

"Did you oversleep again?" Olette asked.

"C'mon we gotta move!" Hayner told him.

"Don't you want to find out where that weird ship crashed?" Pence asked.

"Sorry!" Roxas apologized. "I'm coming!" He quickly changed into his clothes and dashed out his room.

Roxas regrouped with his friends and they went to their hiding spot in the back alley which they called the usual spot. It was their special place where they would hang out together and talk or do homework for school.

'Recently I keep having the same person appear in my dreams,' Roxas thought as he ran off to meet with his friends. 'In the dream I become him…with unknown friends.' He sighed as Hayner kept babbling something about false accusations in town as well as the mysterious ship that crashed in the woods near the Twilight Town mansion. 'It's a strange feeling.'

"Roxas! Are you listening?!" Hayner yelled.

"Huh?" Roxas looked up. "Sorry what?"

Hayner growled in frustration. "Listen carefully!" He yelled. "We're talking about how we're gonna clear those false accusations!"

"Oh…," Roxas nodded not interested at all in the conversation. "False accusations…"

Hayner huffed and walked over to Roxas. He realized that his friend wasn't paying attention to anything he was saying. "STOP DAYDREAMING AND LISTEN!" He screamed.

"Hayner, calm down!" Olette scolded the boy. "There's been increasing thefts in town, recently."

"Seifer and the others are spreading the word that we're the ones responsible." Pence said.

"So that's why…." Roxas mused remembering what had happened on his way to meet with his friends. 'The bookstore was closing when I went to buy a reference book for homework…I stepped in gum…and was chased by a dog… and the moment there was eye contact, the street shops all closed.' He sighed. "I feel like I've been having more bad luck than usual."

His friends looked at him strangely wondering what he was talking about.

"In any case!" Hayner stood up with pride. "If Seifer and his gang thinks they can put the blame on us we can't forgive them!" He yelled. "Let's beat the crap outta them!"

Pence, Olette, and Roxas weren't paying attention to Hayner's angry outbursts.

"How about finding the real culprit?" Roxas asked. "Clearing suspicion is our top priority, right?"

"It is?" Hayner asked putting down a spiked bat. He would rather fight Seifer than find the real culprit of the crime.

"That sounds like a good idea!" Pence agreed.

Hayner shot his fist into the air. "We'll wring out the real culprits!" He boasted. "ALRIGHT LET'S GO! Everybody follow me!" He took charge and started walking about of the usual spot.

"Wait, I'll get the camera!" Pence said walking over to a box of miscellaneous things. He smiled picking up a smile camera.

Roxas sat back in his seat.

"Roxas…" Olette smiled at him. "That was a good idea.

"Thanks." Roxas smiled lightly.

"HURRY UP!" Hayner spat at his friends.

They all suddenly heard Pence scream in terror. "This is bad!" The chubby boy yelled. "We've been robbed too!"

"What?!" Hayner exclaimed.

"It's gone!" Pence yelled. "Last year's important…" For some strange reason he couldn't recall what was stolen.

"What did you say?" Hayner asked.

"I was saying everyone's…" Pence stopped as he tried to say the word, the item that was stolen but he couldn't.

"Are you screwing around Pence?" Hayner asked.

"No… wait…" Pence protested, but every time the boy tried saying the thing that was stolen he couldn't get himself to say it.

"It's true, it's gone…" Olette said.

"Our…'is'…" Roxas couldn't even say what was stolen.

"See?!" Pence proclaimed. "You can't say it, the 'word'."

Hayner and Olette tried saying the word too, but they couldn't either and began to panic.

"Was the word stolen by the thieves too?" Hayner wondered.

"Wait where'd that concept come from?" Pence asked. The suddenly drifted off into a world of his own. "It's like a fairy tale story…" He beamed. "This is like an occult experience!"

The four friends looked at the blank frame covered in seashells which Pence held in his hand. There used to be a picture inside it, but now it was gone.

"Don't act so happy!" Hayner yelled. "Let's find the culprit that stole our word!"

The four friends headed to the Sandlot. Along the way they saw posters for a 'Struggle' match coming up. The match would be held soon and the winner would get a prized trophy and a championship belt.

They saw two people hanging around the Sandlot. One was a boy and the other was a girl. He has tan skin and short black hair with longer sideburns. For his age he is tall and very muscular. His clothes now consist of an orange tank top and baggy dark sweatpants over wide shoes, giving him the look of a basketball player. Around his neck, he wore a thunderbolt necklace as His orange tank top also sports two thunderbolts on the upper back near the arms. The number 8 on his pants etched into his pants.

The girl was wearing a blue sleeveless jacket and Capri pants. Her pants have irregularly placed pockets: one on her right thigh and one on her lower left leg. Her hair was roughly jaw-length and light steel blue, while her eyes appear to be red or reddish brown. Her left eye is covered by her long bangs. She wore shoes of the same color as her hair that somewhat resemble crocs.

"Seifer and them must know something!" Hayner growled to his friends angrily as they watched from a safe and hidden distance.

"Maybe we should ask them." Roxas suggested.

"No way! We aren't asking them anything!" Hayner shouted.

Roxas suddenly yelled as he was suddenly shoved into his friends.

"What are you sneaking around for?" An arrogant voice asked.

"Seifer!" Hayner sneered.

Seifer grinned as his blue-green eyes stared at the small kids in front of him. Strands of blonde hair could be seen from the black hat that he wore. He was wearing a black tuque with the word ore, which meant masculine or sometimes vulgar. The older teen was also wearing a blue crop-top vest with white lining underneath a floor-length white jacket. He has baggy, aborigine colored pants, with the legs tucked into black combat boots with light blue laces.

"Hey you guys!" Seifer called to his friends. "We've been targeted by sneaky thieves!"

"What did you say?!" Hayner barked ready lunge at the older teen, but Roxas yelled him back.

"What's wrong with calling a sneaky theif a sneaky theif," Seifer smirked. "You sneaky theif!"

"You can't be forgiven!" Rai agreed with his leader.

"Robbers!" Fuu added.

The four friends noticed someone else with them. A small boy, his name was Vivi.

He was wearing an oversized wizard hat, the tip flops over and curls and an open zipper resembling a mouth in the middle of the hat, and two "eyes" just above this, shaped like a pale green star on the left and another, oblong shape on the right. He was wearing a sky blue coat with fancy, dark blue lining, secured by a tan string tied. The white cuffs of this jacket are over-sized and sport similar lining to the rest of the jacket. The sleeves cover half of his hands, which are themselves covered by brown gloves. The boy's face and body, partially visible under his jacket which was pitch black. His oval eyes are almost glowing yellow. His pants are green and held up by a brown belt.

"YOU'RE THE ONES SPREADING THAT CRAP!" Hayner screamed trying to get out of Roxas's grip trying to get at Seifer.

Seifer ignored Hayner's anger and directed his attention to Roxas. "Roxas!" He said.

Roxas looked at Seifer while maintaining his grip on his friend.

"Don't ignore me!" Hayner yelled. "Where'd you put it?!" He demanded. "Our word!" He growled.

"You wanted to erase the proof of your defeat, so you stole it, right?" Seifer grinned.

Many times over the four friends would often find themselves in conflict with Seifer and his gang, especially during the Struggle matches. Roxas would always be up against Seifer and Seifer would always win.

Roxas let go of Hayner glaring at the older teen in front of him. "Don't treat people like thieves whenever you feel like it!" He yelled.

"Hey Seifer, why don't you show that kid whose boss around here?" Fuu suggested.

Hearing this suggestion Seifer laughed. "Sounds good to me!" The teen picked up a blue Struggle bat off the ground and tossing it to Roxas. "Take it!" He said pointing his own Struggle bat at Roxas. "I'll make you kneel before me again!"

Roxas held the Struggle at in his hands similarly as he held the keyblade once.

Roxas's friends and Seifer's gang cheered.

Roxas blocked Seifer's swing as he saw the older teen run at him.

"What's the matter?!" Seifer sneered. "Get serious!"

Roxas flew back and held onto his Struggle bat as Seifer knocked him over. The boy glared at his opponent and charged forward swinging his own bat at the older teen disarming Seifer of his weapon.

Roxas pointed the Struggle bat at Seifer's chest as he caught his breath.

Defeated, Seifer fell to the ground in disappointment.

"Seifer!" Fuu cried out.

"It's cause Seifer's now in the process of adjusting for the tournament!" Rai tried coming up with a good excuse over Seifer's defeat.

"Roxas!" Pence called to his friend holding his camera.

Roxas looked over holding the Struggle bat in his hand as Pence took his picture.

"You're so lame Seifer!" Hayner taunted.

Suddenly out of nowhere a Dusk floated over snatching the camera out of Pence's hands and floated away.

"What's that?!" Olette exclaimed.

"It stole the camera!" Pence said.

"So he's the culprit?!" Hayner assumed.

"Which way did it go?" Roxas wondered. He spotted the Dusk running into the Market district. "There!" He quickly ran chasing after the Dusk.

"Stupid piece of junk!" Lira furiously kicked the gummi ship. "I don't understand how it could crash!" She examined the fuel gauge of the ship and saw that it was empty on smile fuel. "Are you kidding me?!" She yelled in frustration. "This thing really runs on happy faces!"

"So if we smile, the ship will work?" Levina asked.

Lira frowned at the ship's condition. There was no way the ship would be able to run now, no matter how hard they smiled.

"We need to get it fixed." Lira said.

"How?" Levina asked. "We don't have any munny left!" She told the older woman showing her empty pockets.

Lira sighed running her fingers through her hair looking around the forest. There was something off about Twilight Town, but she couldn't place it.

They both suddenly heard footsteps approaching them.

"Come on!" Lira dragged Levina towards the mansion. She wasn't about to let anything happen to Levina after her ordeal with Organization 13.

Roxas followed the Dusk through the forest and towards the Twilight Town mansion.

"A haunted house?" He wondered gaping at the large mansion. He looked around for the Dusk that had Pence's camera. "Where did it go?"

The Dusk suddenly appeared in front of Roxas's face.

"I've come to meet you." A voice echoed in Roxas's head. "We are the masters."

"Huh?" Roxas blinked in confusion. "I-Is it talking to me?" He wondered.

The Dusk straightened and was now taller than Roxas. It looked like it was ready to attack.

Roxas held the Struggle bat in his hand tightly. "What do you want?!"

The Dusk lunged at him.

"Get away!" Roxas yelled swinging the Struggle bat at the strange creature, but he bat didn't even faze him. 'I can't even lay a scratch on him.' He thought dismally. "What is this thing!?"

Levina and Lira were watching Roxas through the window from the mansion.

"It's Roxas!" Levina beamed in delight. She noticed how different he looked. "We should help him!"

"No we shouldn't!" Lira gently scolded Levina. "Even if he's your friend, he's still a part of Organization 13! I'm not going through getting you back if you get caught by them again!"

Levina lowered her head. "But…" She frowned and watched as more Dusks appeared.

Roxas saw that he was surrounded by more Dusks. 'Why didn't they come with me?' He thought of his friends. "Hayner! Pence! Olette!" He yelled for them.

Levina couldn't take it, she didn't want to lose another friend. The girl made her Starlight keyblade appear and ran out to help Roxas.

"Levina!" Lira yelled to her and followed taking out her sword.

Levina swung her keyblade at the un-human Nobodies making them fall back.

Roxas looked at her as she fought. 'Whose she?' He wondered.

The Dusks fell to the floor and began to regroup.

Levina caught her breath and smiled at Roxas. "Roxas!" She yelled hugging the boy. "It's so good to see you!"

Roxas blinked and gently shoved Levina off him. "Who are you?" He asked.

Dun, dun, dun. What do you guys think of the first chapter?

My knowledge of Final Fantasy 8 is limited xD So I don't know if I have Seifer, Rai, and Fuu in character. But I absolutely adore Vivi from Final Fantasy 9! I demand Zidane, Garnet/Dagger, and Steiner in KH 3 Square-Enix!

Hmm maybe I'll put them in later chapters :D