Hello everyone! If you all kept up with my updates, you would know that I am completely redoing my Kingdom Hearts crossover story. The reason why I am doing this is because, with Kingdom Hearts 3 coming out soon, I figure to give my story a fresh new start. And, to be honest, I have read A LOT of other KH stories with Sora and the others traveling around saving worlds and authors including their OCs into the story to help Sora and the others. And when I was re-reading my story, yes it is unique because it is a crossover of KH and Mortal Kombat, I thought to myself 'It is almost the same as every other KH story, just with different villains and scenario'. So instead, I took down my Kingdom Hearts III: Armageddon story to bring you this new story! What's the difference you may ask? Well, for one, Sora will not be the main hero because, don't hate me for this or send any mean comments, Sora will be dead. I know what you're thinking 'But Dario! You can't kill off Sora! He is the heart and soul of Kingdom Hearts! You are a monster for having him killed off!'. Well like I said, too many stories of Sora being in charge. Instead of Sora being the main hero, I figure to have my OC be the main hero instead of Sora.

And who will be my OC, well, if you read my old KH story, then you would know that it is Jason Washington the Lone Wanderer. Now in regards to an OC, it was hard to choice from, it was a 3-way tie between the Lone Wanderer, the Dragonborn and an OC Saiyan. As I begin to think more about it, I realize that a Saiyan would be to OP to be in the Kingdom Hearts universe and the Dragonborn does have magic and his Shouts, but it would be a stretch to work with. So I decided with the Lone Wanderer mostly because of how he was made into the character he is. Being forged from a dead wrold forced to survive to kill or be killed, he would be the perfect character for the other characters to meet. And for him to use his methods of 'dealing' with his enemies would be perfect against Xehanort and his followers. As for his weapons, he will still have his OC Keyblade and I plan to make new and improve weapons based on the guns from the Fallout Universe. Let's just say they will be more badass than ever.

Now, in storywise, I will have them travel world to world while fighting against Xehanort and the Heartless, but because everyone will be seperated, it will be up to Jason and Kairi to go reunite with the others and group up to fight together once again. And, in case you are wondering, yes, I will have Jason be paired up with Kairi because, let's face it, it is unfair that Sora gets to be paired up with another existing character from another crossover or an OC while Kairi gets no one. A bit unfair on that part. So yeah, it will eventually be a Jason/Kairi ship. As for the other ships, it will be Aqua/Terra, Roxas/Xion, Riku/Namine and since Ventus is left out, I figure to make an OC and have the two of them paired up.

And there will be another thing about Jason that will be mentioned later on. It was originally going to be revealed towards the end of the old KH story after everything will be said and done, but because I don't want to wait that long, I will reveal it in a couple of chapters. What will this fact about Jason be? You will have to wait.

Anyways, that is all I have to say so far. If anything else, I will mention it in the next chapter. If anyone has any questions or would like to say anything, please drop a review or a PM and I will see what I can do. With that, let us begin with our new Kingdom Hearts Adventure!

P.S. Sora's last name is from Kristen Verne's stories. She is a talented writer, go read her stories, they are amazing!

Prologue

Light has finally been restored throughout all worlds. After the defeat of Xemnas, Sora and Riku returned to their home-planet and reunited with Kairi, Donald Goofy and King Mickey. Just as it was an end to a long battle for the two Keyblade Wielders, it was just the beginning of a new battle for all the worlds. Unknown to them, an old evil is returning. After his defeat, Xemnas was regaining his strength to return. But this time, he is neither a Heartless nor a Nobody. For he is returning to his original form! After what seem to be an eternity, Xemnas, or Xehanort, has finally emerged. Still in the body of the once Keyblade Wielder Terra, Xehanort was coming up with a plan to take over Kingdom Hearts, this time for good. But the problem was the Keybearer Sora and his friends. After his past mistakes, he knows now that he needs to take his time to gather his strength.

After the defeat of Xemnas and Mickey's research on Jiminy's journals, Mickey and Yen Sid brought Sora and Riku to have them take the Mark of Mastery Exam. However, it was interfered by Xehanort, who wanted to use Sora as his 13th vessel. But that failed when Riku, Mickey, Donald, Goofy and Lea interfered and saved Sora, only for him to fall into a deep sleep. So Riku entered Sora's dream and saved him, and thus Yen Sid named Riku the Keyblade Master. After that, Sora left to travel on his own for a bit while Riku went back to the Destiny Islands to retrieve Kairi so that she can be trained to use the Keyblade along with Lea. For months, everyone has been training until the day arrived to strike back at Xehanort and his followers. During that time, Sora went back to Castle Oblivion and woke Ventus up from his sleep and they all went from world to world to save them from the Heartless. Along their way, many truths were discovered and revealed, everyone's past came back to them and the former Nobodies, Roxas, Xion and Namine all gained their own bodies and hearts. However, Xehanort saw this as a chance and he manage to take the three of them and made their into his Seekers of Darkness. Everyone was furious that Xehanort manage to do this. Also, Sora and the group saved Aqua and Ansem the Wise from the Realm of Darkness and, while Ansem stayed in Radiant Garden, Aqua joined the others. Time continued as the Heroes of Light were unable to save Belle, Jasmine and the remaining Princesses of Hearts from the 13 Seekers and Aqua and Ventus had to face Terra, who was still under control by Xehanort, and is the 13th vessel.

Now that Xehanort had his 13 darknesses and 6 lights, all he needed was Kairi and he is one step closer to completing the X-Blade. Wanting to end this once and for all, the heroes all traveled to the Keyblade Graveyard to stop Xehanort and free their friends. But as soon as they got their, everything went downhill as they were all attacked by the Seekers of Darkness. The odds were against them and Xehanort was about to get Kairi, but Sora got in the way. With that action, Kairi was safe, but it was without a cost...

Destiny Islands...

It was a dark cloudy day in the island as a crowd gathered at the graveyard. Everyone was on the verge of tears. Riku stood there as he tries to hold his tears, Ven was barely holding his tears while Aqua was shedding some tears, Lea held his hands tight as he was almost crying; Mickey, Donald and Goofy had their heads down as tears ran down their face; and Kairi just stood there in shock. She looks up and saw two people, a man and woman with brown hair and blue eyes, and they were crying in pain. These were Sora's parents. Seeing them cry in pain made Kairi cry harder than them. She then looks down and saw a freshly buried grave with a tombstone that reads 'Here lies Sora Kumo, loving son and friend. May his heart be his guiding key'.

"This is not happening," Kairi thought, "It can't be...it just can't..."

On that day, Sora Kumo, Chosen Wielder of the Keyblade, was laid to rest.

Days later in Yen Sid's...

Meanwhile, everyone all went to Yen Sid's Tower. Standing in front of Yen Sid was Riku and Aqua, who were all waiting for him to talk. The old sorcerer took a deep breath and said "This is a troubling time right now... Now that Xehanort has the upper hand, we need to find a way to defeat him now. Since the two of you are Keyblade Masters, it is your responsibility to protect all the worlds."

Aqua then said "Don't worry, Master Yen Sid. We won't let you down. We and the others will do our job."

Riku looks down and said "I wish Sora was with us."

Yen Sid sadly shook his head and said "We all knew the risk we were taking when we took up arms against Xehanort. But...we have to live with the consequences."

"But he was still a kid, master," Aqua said.

Yen Sid replied "And so were the Keyblade Wielders who fought in the first Keyblade War. Sora fought to protect all the worlds from Xehanort and he did. We should honor and remember him by that."

Riku grips his fists and said "Yeah...I know...but...Sora...he was like a brother to me..."

Aqua places a hand on his shoulder and said "I know, I owe him everything for saving me from the Realm of Darkness. We should honor him the best we can."

After a moment of silence, Riku nodded and said "What do we do now?"

Yen Sid replied "First, we must spread far and wide, and make sure that we can protect as many worlds as we can. We do not want them to fall to darkness."

As the two nodded, Aqua asked "And...what about Kairi?"

"We cannot allow Xehanort to get his hands on her," Yen Sid said, "If he does, then he will obtain the X-Blade and it will all be over. That is why she must remain here until he is no more. I shall put up a magical barrier to prevent Xehanort or the other Seekers from coming in."

"You know," Riku said, "She won't be happy about that."

Yen Sid shook his head and said "We don't have much of a choice. If she leaves, then Xehanort will track her down and use her for the X-Blade. So until Xehanort is defeated...she has to stay here."

Both Aqua and RIku nodded as Yen Sid said "Now that Xehanort sees all of us in our weaken state, he will likely to attack any world and have it consume with darkness. That is why you all need to go and stop him."

"So..." Aqua said, "We are splitting up then...divide and conqure..."

"At this point," Riku said, "Best if we do that. Spread far and wide and try to take down the Seekers."

"Then go," Yen Sid said, "May your hearts be your guiding keys."

When the both of them bowed, the two Keyblade Masters headed outside where everyone else is. Everyone looks at them and Ven asked "So? What are we going to do?"

Aqua replied "We have to go our own ways if we have any hope of defeating the Seekers."

"That is a bad idea," Lea said,"Not only will we be alone, but there is a chance we will be outnumbered."

Riku then said "We have no other options left. Kairi's life is in danger, and as long as that madman is out there, she has to stay here..."

Mickey looks down in sadness and said "So...we take down Xehanort...then this will all be over..."

Aqua nodded and said "Yeah..."

Ven then said "Then...let's get started then...let's go stop Xehanort and save our friends!"

"He's right," Goofy said, "We still have friends to free from Xehanort! There's Roxas, Xion, Namine..."

"Terra.." Aqua said.

"And Isa," Lea said.

"Well then..." Riku said as he slams his right fist on his left shoulder pad armor and changed into his Keyblade armor, "Then let's save them...for Sora."

Aqua, Ven and Lea nodded as they activated their Keyblade armors. They then turned their Keyblades into gliders and they all flew into different dirrections. Mickey, Donald and Goofy all went in the GUmmi Ship and flew off. While that happened, in her room, Kairi stared out the window as she saw all her friends leave. Once they were gone, Kairi curled up in her bed as she had a silver cown necklace with her. As she held it close to her heart, she silently cried and slowly fell to sleep.

The Castle that Never Was...

Within the castle were 13 TALL chair stood in a circle facing each other, all the Seekers of Darkness were present: Xehanort himself, Braig, Young Xehanort, Ansem, Xemnas, Lauriam, Repliku, Isa, Terra, Vanitas, Roxas, Namine and Xion. Sadly, only Terra, Namine, Roxas and Xion were the only ones who were under the control of Xehanort and are nothing more than just puppets for his plans. As all 13 sat on their chairs, Xehanort gave off a devious smiles.

"Now that Sora is no more, we can continue with our plans," Xehanort said.

"You said it," Braig said, "All we need now is that princess then we are good to go."

Lauriam then said "Finding her will be easy. Trying to actually capture her will be hard."

"It won't stop us," Vanitas said, "Those losers don't have a chance against us since we have some of their 'friends'."

Lauriam chuckles and said "That is right. All we do it pick the rest of them one by one."

Xehanort smiles and said "Now nothing will stand in our way."

Capital Wasteland...

Near the entrance of Vault 101, a lone figure emerged from the wooden door that led into the cave where the steel door of the Vault lies. The figure was a young man with short black hair, green eyes and light brown skin and was wearing a blue jumpsuit with the yellow numbers 101 on the back while holding a 10mm Pistol in their right hand. This figure was named Jason Washington, and he left his home because his father left, and he needed to know why.

Taking a deep breath, Jason looks back at the wooden door and said "Don't worry, Amata. I will be back. I promise."

Looking back at the environment, he saw nothing but a dead world: the trees were dead with no leaves, the roads were crack and/or destroyed, the cars were practically destroyed, and the sky was covered in a pale green cloud that stretched for miles. Why his father left the safety of the Vault to come out here was beyond Jason's mind. But...he needed answers...answers his father have. Putting away his 10mm Pistol away into his Pipboy, Jason took a deep breath as he inhale the toxic air.

"Also..." Jason thought, "Maybe...I can find out more about...my mom. And...maybe why I have this."

Holding out his right hand, a grey glow appeared and an object appeared in his hand. The object almost looked like a giant key: the blade, unlike other swords that have a sharp edge, had a circular blade frame that was three feet long and was white, the end of the blade had the key-end with a crown-shape hole on it, the handle guard was all black while the handle was grey and there was a white key-chain attached to the bottom of the hilt and there was a mouse-head symbol on it. Unknown to Jason, the object he had in his hand was indeed a Keyblade itself.

As he stares at his Keyblade, Jason looks up and said "May my heart be my guiding key..."

And that is the beginning folks! Now, why would Jason say that phrase at the end? How does he know that quote? Well, you will all find out soon! Again, if you like this story or have any questions in regards to this, please drop a review or a PM and let me know your thoughts. Thank you all for reading, you guys are the best! Until then, please review!