Hey all! I know this has been done before, but it's a good idea so I thought I'd try and have some fun with it. The basic premise is this: what if InuYasha was a world in Kingdom Hearts II?

It's set between Kairi leaving the Destiny Islands and her arriving in Twilight Town. My use (or not) of InuYasha characters/moves etc. reflects where I am in watching the anime i.e. the second season. Please don't blast me for missing a vital plot point or spoil the story for me. Thank you!

One more thing: I will use the English version of InuYasha terms (e.g. demon instead of yokai, Sacred Jewel instead of Shikon no Tama) to make things easier for non-fans. Hope you enjoy!

The Boy Who Overcame Darkness: Travellers in a strange land

'The Jewel of Four Souls'

'Formed from the four elements that make up a pure heart: courage, friendship, wisdom and love.'

'Sought by both the darkness and the light'

'Said to possess unparalleled power'

Riku stood back from the computer.

Unparalleled power? Could this jewel help even him? It couldn't hurt to try: nothing else had worked.

He turned towards the basement door. DiZ was standing in the doorway, arms folded behind his back.

"You are leaving?" he said, regarding Riku critically from beneath his bandages.

"Is that a problem?" Riku asked, pulling the hood of his black coat low to conceal his face: a face that was not his own: the face of Ansem: the face of his darkness.

"You go to seek this jewel?" DiZ asked, not moving from the doorway.

"So?"

"The Jewel of Four Souls is infamous. I would not trust anyone with its power; not even myself. Be careful you are not corrupted by it" Diz said, matter-of-factly.

"Are you going to stand there all day?" Riku asked brusquely. DiZ stared at him intently for a few moments, then stepped aside. Riku raised his arm and opened a corridor of darkness.

"What does it matter?" he said, looking back over his shoulder as stepped through the portal "How could it corrupt me any further?"

It took Kairi a while to piece together exactly what had happened to her. She remembered being on the beach… and a man in a black coat… with red hair: Axel. He'd said something about Sora. He'd seemed dangerous. So she'd run away. Into the darkness… and through the light. Was she still alive? Or was this death? She felt so tired…

She wasn't sure if she fainted, but suddenly she was aware of footsteps approaching. The sound of a dog growling. Someone knelt down beside her. A hand on her neck, checking her pulse. Another hand…

Kairi stiffened. The other hand was rubbing her butt.

"Get off me!" she screamed. She swung wildly. Her hand connected with something.

Raising herself onto one elbow, she looked up. A young man was sitting beside her. He had a dark, handsome face and was nursing his cheek with one hand. He was dressed in a set of purple robes, with dark blue sleeves. A staff, topped with a number of bronze rings, lay beside him. Pluto, the yellow furred dog Kairi had met travelling with Sora, was standing over him, growling fearsomely.

Kairi looked round. She was lying on a dirt trail cut into the side of a hill. The hill was of bare, sandy earth, dotted with only a few scrubby bushes. The first thing that struck her, however, was the ocean: it wasn't there. As far back as she could remember, she could always see the ocean, wherever she was. But here there was nothing but rice-paddy fields and forest, stretching off into the distance. A dull grey line on the horizon might have been mountains.

There was no doubt about it: she was in another world.

"Miroku!"

Kairi turned. A young woman, very beautiful, with long dark hair, was standing over them. She was wearing a pink kimono with a green skirt.

"What are you doing?" she shouted at the young man.

"I thought she was injured, so I decided to give her a thorough examination…" the man began, but was cut off as the woman caught him a stinging blow to the other cheek.

"Lecher!" she spat, before turning to speak to Kairi:

"Hello. I must apologise for Miroku. My name is Sango. Are you alright?"

Sora, Donald and Goofy walked into the forest clearing. It was very quiet here, with only faint birdsong to break the silence.

"Gawrsh, do you fellas recognise this world?" Goofy asked, his long head swaying back and forth as he scanned the clearing.

"Nope. I don't think we've been here before" Sora replied.

"Hey! What's that?" Donald said, pointing towards the centre of the clearing. Something was lying in the dust, glowing with a bright pink light. Donald ran forward and scooped it up. Holding it up to the light, the three friends could see that it was a tiny glass phial. Inside were a number of thin shards of pink crystal, which glowed with a bright light.

"Hey! Put that down!"

The three friends turned round. A boy, no older than Sora, was standing on the far side of the clearing. He wore a baggy red robe and a katana at his side. He had a strange necklace of brown spikes at his throat.

"What, are you deaf? I said put it down!"

The boy advanced towards them. The three friends stared in bewilderment: his ears, pointed and furry like a dog's, sat on the very top of his head, poking out of his long white hair.

"Hey! What're you staring at?" the boy demanded, pointing at them. Sora noticed that the boy had claws, not fingernails. He was obviously not human.

"Kinda grouchy, isn't he?" Goofy said in low whisper.

"What're you saying, huh?! Alright, if that's the way you wanna play it!" the boy yelled, crouching down, arms held tense at his side.

"Take this!" the boy cried, springing straight at Donald. He lashed out with his claws, but Goofy was ready for him with his shield. The boy's claws screeched against the steel but Goofy stood firm. The boy leapt back, a cocky grin on his face. The three companions spread out to face him, weapons drawn.

"Oh, you gonna fight me?" the boy scoffed, hand on his sword.

"What's your problem?" Sora asked, dropping into en garde.

"My problem's you!" the boy cried, leaping forward and drawing his sword, at the same time. The blade glowed bright for a moment. It seemed to grow. Then the boy was upon them, wielding a huge curved sword, far too big to fit into the sheath he wore.

The three friends dived apart, moving to surround the boy on three sides. The boy went for Donald first, cutting straight at his head. Donald blocked the attack with his staff but the sheer power of the blow sent him crashing to the ground. Goofy charged in, head down, shield raised. The boy leapt up and away, far higher and further than any human could have reached. Sora now closed with him, wielding his Keyblade with both hands. The boy parried his first blow and riposted. Sora countered, catching the edge of the boy's sword in the teeth of his Keyblade. The boy tried to disengage but Sora was too fast. With sharp flick, he twisted the boy's sword out of his hands and sent it spinning across the clearing. It landed point down in the earth. The blade glowed again. When the light had faded, it now resembled a normal, if battered, katana.

The boy stood nonplussed for a moment, as the three friends closed in around him.

"Hah!" he said, "I don't care. I'll take you on by myself!"

He crouched, arms tensed. The three friends raised their weapons. The boy was just about to leap when –

"InuYasha! Sit!"

The boy's necklace suddenly glowed bright and he was hurled to the floor, as if crushed under a great weight. The three friends looked round. A dark haired girl, wearing a green and white school uniform, was standing on the path leading into the clearing. She carried a bow and quiver on her back. The three friends took a few paces back as she approached: the look on her face was quite terrifying.

"InuYasha!" she said, addressing the dog-eared boy "What are you playing at?!"

The Heartless are collecting Sacred Jewel fragments. Pete appears in the Feudal era. What does Naraku want with Kairi? And why are the Organisation here? Next time in 'The Boy Who Overcame Darkness':

'Demons, Heartless and Nobodies'