I don't own Kingdom Hearts or Sailor moon. This chapter has been 'rewritten'. More like some things have been added and maybe even taken away. I'll keep the progress of the votes on just to prevent confusion.

Riku:2

Sora:0

Fighting Darkness

Chapter Two:

There's Trouble Brewin'

In a huge, and I really mean huge, white castle with blue roof tiles covering the many towers was a duck. This isn't a regular duck though; this is Donald Duck. Donald walked down the long white hallway following the red carpet that was placed perfectly in the middle of the hallway. Upon his head was a sorcerers hat showing that he indeed, was a sorcerer. He had a blue shirt to match. Some mops walked pass him, carrying buckets of clean water just waiting to be used. He finally came reached the fifty foot lavender colored double doors that stood to the right side of the hallway. To the left was a perfect view of the courtyard. Our duck friend walked up to the door, and knocked on it. When he pushed it, only a small section of the door opened and he entered the enormous throne room.

He walked down the red carpet that continued from the hallway. When he was within ear shot of the throne he spoke. "Good morning, your majesty! It's nice to see you this morn--" But he didn't see because the king wasn't there. "What?" Donald walked closer the empty throne and Pluto appeared from behind it carry a letter in his mouth. Sealing the envelope was the King's seal, which is one big circle with two smaller ones on top to make it look like a mouse's head. Donald took the letter, opened it, and began to read. His eyes scanned each and every sentence of the letter. It took a few moments to let message sink in, and when it did, Donald ran out the throne room screaming in craziness.

/…/

It was nice outside in the courtyard. It was warm and sunny, and perfect time to take a nap. And Goofy was napping and snoring in the courtyard. He was dressed like a knight with one gauntlet on his left hand. He wore the metal shoes and on his head was a helmet that was too small for his nose fit. He didn't have any more armor then that. He also wore a dark orange body suit that got puffy at the legs.

Donald ran into the courtyard and straight to the sleeping knight. "Wake up, Goofy!" he yelled. "This is serious!" But Goofy continued to snore. Donald pointed to the sky and yelled, "Thunder!" A small bolt of lighting came from the sky and struck Goofy, waking him up.

He looked around with a sleepy expression until he spotted Donald. "Hey there, Donald," he said, waving a little. "G'morning."

"We've got a problem, Goofy!" he told him completely ignoring the greeting. He lowered his voice, "But don't tell anyone…"

"Queen Minnie?" Goofy asked looking behind Donald.

"Not even the queen!"

"Daisy?"

"No!" Donald shouted , shaking his head franticly. He lowered his voice again. "It's top secret…"

Goofy, who was still looking behind Donald, waved. "G'morning ladies!"

"What?" Donald slowly turned around and saw Queen Minnie and Daisy looking at him. Daisy crossed her arms over her chest and gave him a look. Donald knew that look meant that she wants to know what's going on and that she wants to know now. All he could do was laugh nervously.

/…/

Usagi stood in complete and total darkness. She looked around, confused. Where was she? How did she get here?

The Darkness is coming…

Usagi looked around again. Who said that? Where did it come from?

This World will soon be destroyed…

"Destroyed?" Usagi asked, finally speaking.

You will need the light…

"Light? What light?" At that moment, an orb of bright light appeared and swirled around her. Her head followed it's movement to the best of it's ability. It paused in front of her. She reach a bare hand out to touch it.

It will protect you…

Before fingers could touch the orb, it shot to her chest and entered her body. Usagi got a tingly once it was inside her. And then…

Her eyes snapped open. She quickly sat up and ran in front of her full-length mirror. Everything looked normal. There was no light coming from her chest or anywhere else. Usagi sighed in relief. It was just a dream. She still had that tingly feeling, but it could just be an effect.

"Wow 'Sagi…" said an amused voice. "I thought weren't the kind of girl that always stood in front of a mirror, checking herself out."

Usagi turned red. She looked at her mirror and saw Riku in her window. He was looking at her with an amused grin on his face. She marched to her closet, grabbed a hanger and threw it at him screaming, "Get the hell out my window!"

Riku ducked, dodging the hanger and instead of hitting him, it hit the tree behind him. "Temper, temper…" He pulled himself up and sat on the window sill. "I decided to be nice enough to tell that it's gonna be real hot today."

"Okay, thank you. Get lost."

Riku shrugged. Such a nice way to thank somebody… Oh, well. He was used to it. Riku prepared himself to jump. "Wear the two piece…" And jumped down just time to dodge yet another hanger.

/…/

Sora stood completely still in waist-deep water. Usagi was sitting on the pier not too far away, scanning the water.

"See any?" Sora asked. He's been still for ten minutes and is getting tired.

Usagi shook her head. "No… Wait! There's one by your leg!"

Using his quick reflexes, Sora swiped the fish out of water. It was the size of his palm and was wiggling like crazy trying to slip itself out of his grip. He quickly put it in the bag that Usagi had open. Once the fish was inside, she tied the bag up tight and placed it in the cooler next to her. "Twenty seven should be enough, right?"

Sora shrugged. "It really depends on how much you eat."

Usagi glared at him as he smiled at her. She reached down to the side and picked up a paddle. Thinking that she was going to hit him with it, Sora took a couple of steps back. She smiled, stuck the paddle in the water and splashed a large amount of water in his face. Usagi threw the paddle back in the boat. She continued to smile at Sora as he coughed. Serves him right…

He suddenly splashed water at her, making her shriek. Yes, it was very hot, but the water, on the other hand, was very cold. It was Sora's turn to smile. And he was doing just that as Usagi recovered from her shock. Once she did, she wiped off any excess water from her face. "So, that's how you wanna play?"

Sora shrugged. "I didn't start it."

Usagi jumped in the water. Her shoes and shirt were a safe distance away from the water. She took Riku advice and wore her two piece bathing suit. Well, some of his advice. She had on a basic pink bikini top and black shorts. She will never walk around the island wearing nothing but a bikini for two reasons. One; she felt practically naked since the swim suits hardly covered anything. Two; she will decrease the amount of burns on her body. Not from the sun, but from sliding on the sand while sparring. Usagi some how manages to get thrown back, but she's getting better at catching herself and regaining her balance quickly.

Sora was already splashing at her, making her turn away and splash back blindly. After a few minutes, Sora arms were tired and he stopped for a brief moment. Using the time to her advantage, Usagi started her fury of splashes, making Sora turn away. They were laughing the whole time. Usagi refused to stop her attack, so instead of waiting, he went under water and swam to her. The blond didn't notice until he picked her up from behind and threw her in the deeper part of the ocean. He smiled at her triumphantly when she emerged.

Usagi couldn't suppress her smile. Sora's always fun to be around. "Let's take that back to Kairi." She said, pointing to the cooler. Sora nodded, agreeing with her and offered his hand. Usagi took and grinned wickedly. She pulled Sora in the deep water with her and he landed next to her with a splash.

Usagi laughed as Sora wiped off the excess water from his face. "Fine. We're even."

"Good."

/…/

Sora and Usagi placed the cooler on the raft beside Kairi. She held a clip board in one hand and a pencil in the other. "How many did you guys catch?" She asked without looking up.

"Twenty-seven." Sora answered.

Kairi gave a nod of approval. "That's great!" She looked back at her clip board and checked off fish from the list.

"You sure?" Sora asked with an eyebrow raised. "We are taking her along." Sora pointed to Usagi with his thumb. She just glared a him.

Kairi shook her head and looked down at the list again. "Riku is getting the coconuts, so you guys can get the fresh water and mushrooms." She eyed Sora. "Fresh water and ocean water are not the same, Sora." She pointed to four big empty plastic jugs on the other side of the raft. "Under those should be a plastic bag. Put the mushrooms in there. And try to clean them."

Usagi walked over to the other end of the raft and threw two of the plastic containers to Sora, who caught them with little trouble. She picked up the other two containers and the bag. "Let's go Sora."

/…/

"Why is she picking on me?" Sora asked, kicking sand as her walked along the beach. "I mean of course I know the difference between ocean and fresh water."

The person he was talking to was Usagi, who was walking beside him, checking the weight of the plastic bag. "We need more mushrooms." she stated. "And some fresh water."

"Are you listening?"

"Huh?" Usagi looked at Sora. "Were you saying something?"

Sora sighed. "Forget it. It wasn't important anyway."

She simply nodded and jogged up next to the small natural fountain by the rocks. This would be where they would get the fresh water. Right next to the fountain was a small entrance leading to the Secret Place. "I think there's some mushrooms growing in the Secret Place. It's always cold and damp, so it's a perfect place for mushrooms to grow." she explained. "I'll get the water, and you'll get the mushrooms." Usagi took Sora's plastic containers. She set one up under the flowing water. "I'll be in when I'm done here." Sora shrugged, took the plastic bag, and entered the Secret Place.

He looked around the small area. It hadn't changed much in the pass what, eight years? There were child like drawings scattered on the walls. Spotting the mushrooms by the door, he walked over and started to pick them up. As he was picking mushrooms, his eyes fell on specific draws. He recognized the two that he drew years ago. One drawing was Kairi's head and other was Usagi's head. He was around five when he drew this. Next to his drawings were the works of three year old Usagi; his and Kairi's head drawn to the best of her abilities. Beside hers were Kairi's drawings of himself and Usagi. Sora smiled to himself as he remembered what the two girls were like back then.

They sure have changed…

Sora returned to pervious task and collected the remaining mushrooms. He was about to leave, but something wasn't right…

Something was out of place…

He slowly turned around to see a stranger in a cloak, who might have been watching him the whole time. Sora swallowed the lump in his throat. "Wh- Who are you?"

"I came to see the door to this world..." The stranger said in a deep, mysterious voice.

Sora could already tell that the man in front of him was not going to answer his question. "Well, who ever you are stop freakin me out like this!" Well, that was brave… "How did you get here anyway!"

"Tied to the darkness. Soon to be completely eclipsed…"

Sora thought for moment. "So, You're from another world!" He concluded. Well, there was no other explanation.

The stranger chuckled and Sora raised eye brow. What was so funny? "You know so little… You do not know what lies beyond the door." The stranger said as he gestured to the door.

Sora tighten his grip on the bag that was filled with mushrooms. "Oh yeah! Well, you'll see! I'm going to get out and learn what's out there!" Who the hell does this guy think he is? He can't him what he knows and what he doesn't know!

The man laughed again. "A meaningless effort... One who knows nothing can understand nothing..."

"Sora!" Usagi's voice echoed through the small area. She came to view a second later and raised an eyebrow when she saw the look on his face. "Is something wrong?"

He turned his head to look at the man, but he was gone. He must have ran or vanished or something… He turned his head again to look at her. "No."

"Okay." She spotted the drawing next to him and smiled. "Thinking about when we were little?" she asked.

"Yeah. A little." Sora said. It wasn't a total lie.

"Time sure does fly. And memory flies with it…"

Sora heard the sadness in her voice and sighed. "Well, what do you remember?"

A smile returned to her face. "Not much... But there was a tune that my Mom would hum to me. I know it was her because I don't think a man could sound that good."

"You mean the song that you used to hum to help yourself fall asleep?"

She nodded. "Yup."

Sora nodded and followed her out of the Secret Place. "Anything you remember about your Dad?"

Usagi thought for moment. "There was this feeling I got when he was around. I felt like…" She struggled for a way to explain. "Like nothing could scare me, nothing could touch me."

Sora nodded again. "Sounds good."

"Yeah." Usagi said, agreeing. "But it's all in the past now…"

"Well, they'll recognize you when the see you. It's a parent thing." Sora said trying to cheer her up.

Usagi nodded "Yeah. Anyway, let's wash off these mushrooms and give them to Kairi!" She took the bag from Sora and dumped the mushrooms in the pool of fresh water. The water continues to flow so it doesn't matter what anyone puts in there. The two of them started to wash of the mushrooms, talking about what they might run into once the leave the island.

/…/

"Hey guys!" Riku said, greeting them. He gave one last hard tug on the rope to tighten the logs together. He tossed the rope aside. "We still a name for the raft."

"What would you call it?" Usagi asked, trying not to stare at his stomach. Riku was shirtless. He was showing off his perfectly toned chest, abs, and back. Usagi noticed Kairi looking at him too.

"Hmmmmmm…" He ran a hand through his shoulder length silver hair as he thought. "How about Highwind."

"I say Midnight." Sora said.

Usagi picked up a yellow t-shirt. "I pick Grevier!"

"How about..." Riku started.

"The usual?" Sora finished.

"To the poupu and back!" Usagi said with a smiled. She pointed to Kairi. "You're the judge!"

Kairi shrugged. "As if I have choice..."

Riku laughed and the next thing he knew, his yellow shirt was in his face. He removed from his face and looked at Usagi, who was in front of him. "Too much?" He put on his shirt.

"Yeah, too much ego."

Sora and Kairi snickered. Riku rolled his eyes and put Usagi in a head lock. "Let get ready for the race." He walked to the other side of the island, dragging the poor blond with him.

/…/

The three teenagers are standing behind a line that was drawn in the sand by Kairi, who standing at the side with her hand raised.

Meanwhile, the two boys were discussing their terms if they won. "If I win I'm Captain!" Sora said to Riku. "And if you win..."

"I get to share the Poupu with Kairi." Riku finished.

Sora blinked. "Huh?"

"Deal? The winner gets to share a poupu with Kairi."

"Wait a minute!"

Usagi interrupted the two boys. "If I win, I want you two to bow down to me and tell me how great I am."

Both boys looked at her, then at each other. "We have to win!"

"Can you guys hear me?" Kairi shouted. They all shouted back. "Okay! 3, 2, 1, GO!"

The trio took off in a run. The raced across the bridge and the beach. Usagi was the first person to climb the rocks and touch the Poupu with Riku following closely behind. She was about to win the race when she lifted and placed down again. Riku won.

Usagi glared at him, knowing that he cheated. Sora ran up a few seconds later. "So, the rafts name is Highwind, huh?"

Riku shook his head. "Nope. Going to name it Grevier."

/…/

Donald,

Sorry to rush off without sayin' goodbye, but there's big trouble brewin'. Not sure why, but the stars have been blinkin' out, one by one. And that means disaster can't be far behind. I hate to leave you all but I've gotta go check into it. There's someone with a "key"-- the key to our survival. So I need you and Goofy to find him, and stick with him. Got it? We need that key or we're doomed! So go to Traverse Town and find Leon. He'll point you in the right direction.

P.S.
Would ya apologize to Minnie for me? Thanks pal.

The letter was signed with the king's signature. Daisy read the letter over Queen Minnie's shoulder. "What could this mean?" she asked quietly.

Queen Minnie folded the letter with a sad look on her face. "It means we'll have to trust the King."

Donald and Goofy were standing in front of the women in the library. Goofy scratched his right temple. "Gawrsh, I hope he's all right."

That only made the Queen's expression worse. Donald elbowed him in the stomach. "Don't worry Your Highness. We'll find the King and this 'key.'

Queen Minnie looked up at them and smiled. It may have been small, but it was a true, genuine smile. "Thank you, both of you." Donald and Goofy nodded. "And to chronicl your travels, he will accompany you." She gesture to the table.

There was nobody sitting there. So, who… "Over here!" Said a voice. On the table was a cricket, jumping up and down to get seen. When saw the two animals looking at him, he introduced himself. "Cricket's the name. Jiminy Cricket, at your service."

Goofy walked over to the cricket and let him jump into his outstretched hand. "Hello, Jiminy!"

"We hope for your safe return." Queen Minnie said. "Please, help the King!"

Donald saluted and started walk the library.

"Good luck Donald!" Goofy said, waving good bye.

Donald marched over, grabbed Goofy by the arm, and dragged him along. "Your coming too!"

/…/

I think this is a little better than before…. Hoped you all liked it.