"Yaaaaaah...OH!" Rainbow said skydiving from above into a familiar lighted town. "Ow...thats gonna hurt when I get outta this…"

Who was to stand over her but the sight of a face belonging to the brown haired boy of the Keyblade.

"Well, nice to see you dropping in, Rainbow." Sora said grinning.

"Hey, Sora!" Rainbow said recovering and high fiving him. "Its been awhile since we did something like this. Sorry about dropping in on your exam but Hope really coundt stand seeing you and Riku go it alone."

"Aw, you guys." Sora said before noticing his clothes. "Hey! What's with my clothes?" he said noticing them red with black straps. "Must be more of Master Yen Sid's magic."

"Well, gotta stay new in fashon, right?" Jexi said.

"Absolutely." Sora said.

"Well, no going back now." Rainbow said. "But, this place.. Isnt this…?"

"Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. This is Traverse Town, isnt it guys?" Sora asked.

"Heh. I remember this place. This is where we first met." Rainbow said.

"Wait, where's Riku?" Sora said in panic. "RIKU!" he shouted.

"Shut it." a voice said as Sora fell off the railing when he saw a boy hanging on window ledge. The boy jumped down after the others followed after Sora. "Sora, Jexi and the Dimensional Heroes, right?"

"You know us?" Sonic said. Before checking their hands.

"Hm, you arent players, but youre here any way." he said.

"Players?" Sora asked.

"Hey! Keep up. In the Game." the boy said before showing a timer on his hand that was ticking down.

"That timer… youre from The World Ends with You, right?" Rainbow asked.

"I have no idea what you're talking about." he said. "I come from Shibuya."

"Sorry, sorry, I meant that." Rainbow said. "Anyway, I know you seemed familiar. And I know the game. Everyone who plays gets those timers on their hands, right?"

"Yeah. And this is one game I can't afford to lose. I need to find my Game Partner." he said.

"Well, you think we can help?" Luffy said.

"Luffy, get with the program. Those timers indicate the active players. We arent in the game, we cant help." Rainbow said.

"Catch on quick for a non-player." the boy said.

"Well, then let's help find your friend." Sora said.

"So what we're, friends now? Sure. Whatever." the boy said as he ran to the lightpost, an aura surrounding him as he twirled before grinding on a rail and jumping from wall to wall.

'Whoa." Jexi said before an image of Annette appeared in his mind.

"What you just saw is called Flow. A movement that only works in the dream world. With it, even someone out of shape can move like a parkour artist." Annette said.

"Lets try it, guys. Gotta do what the dreamers do." Sonic said.

"Yeah, you can do anything in a dream." Jexi said running as he jumped off a wall and jumped from wall to wall as the others followed until catching up to the boy in the second district.

"Hey, we never caught your name." Sora said before dog monsters and bat monsters appeared.

"Dream Eaters!" he said.

"That's a weird name." Sora said.

"Not me, them." the boy said.

"Oh...I knew that." Sora said as the boy summoned a strange cat that battled against the monsters.

"Don't let them surround us!" he said.

"Got it." Ichigo said.

"Oh...and its Neku." the boy said.

"Huh?" Pit asked.

"Neku Sakuraba. You asked." Neku said.

"I knew your name, just didnt wanna spoil it since youre the main- Whoa!" Rainbow said dodging a bat. "Right. Stop talking. Well, better get busy."

She summoned Earthshaker.

"WHoa! You got a Keyblade?" Sora asked.

"Rainbows bot the only one, check it!" Indigo said as flames burst out to summon the Envoy of Flame.

The three went at the monsters. The dust soon settled as the group looked at the cat.

"This thing is a Dream Eater too, isn't it?" Sora asked.

"Yeah. If I'm gonna survive the game, I'm gonna need help. Think you can control them?" Neku asked.

"Sure...I guess." Sora said.

Jexi's Dream Drive then glowed.

"Now its time for a special thing, making Dream Eater Spirits." Annette said in his mind. "I gave you some starter ingredients to start out. Mix them to make it."

"Okay. Here goes!" Jexi said raising the Dream Drive. "Dream Eater...Make!"

The ingredients then began to swirl around and around before a small dog like creature appeared.

Meow Wow Created!

"Wow. That was pretty cool." Jexi smiled.

"Lets keep going." Sora said as they followed Neku to a square.

"Guys, I dont like this…." USApyon said.

"I brought you Sora! We had a bargin!" Neku shouted.

Out of the shadows came a familiar hooded cape with the the man under it.

"No way!" Sora said.

"The Organization? Here?!" Jexi asked.

"But I thought you took all those guys down?" Ichigo asked.

"Yeah, we beat Xemnas and the rest of the Organization. There shouldn't even be any of them left." Lemon said.

The cloaked man then jumped down.

"Here he comes!" USApyon said.

"Hey! This wasnt part of the deal!" Neku said jumping up.

"No Neku! You dont know who youre dealing with!" Sora said before he started to slow with the others. "I feel so...sleepy."

"This must be...the drop thing Annette mentioned." Jexi said.

"Right when they showed up..cant...hold your connection...gotta shift to RIku.." Annette said.

"No Annete, just hold on a little...ugh…." Jexi said.

"I'm sorry. I'll come back." Annette said as her voice faded as Jexi and the others fell to deep sleep.

Riku then awoke in his version of Traverse town, gasping awake.

"Am I in...Traverse Town? And my clothes have changed." Riku said. He was wearing a yellow and white vest jacket with black pants. He then looked over his shoulder. "Come out, Hope. I can smell the scent of light on you."

Hope then jumped down from his high place and landed softly.

"I know, I know. I shoulnt be here. But you know me. I worry about you too much." Hope said as the rest of the squad came out. "They do too."

"Hmm. You know, I really shouldn't be surprised by this. This is you we're talking about." Riku said.

"Yeah, same ol me." Hope said as they grasped hands. "S'good to be back with you, man."

"Like wise." Riku said.

"Wow. Where's your portal?" a voice said as they saw a boy in a white shirt sitting above them. "It usually takes something special to jump between grounds like that."

"Who are you?!" Riku said.

"My name is Joshua." the boy said.

"What do you mean Portal?" Riku demanded.

"Are we just skipping past the part where you tell me your names?" Joshua asked.

"Riku. And these are my freinds. This guy, HIs names hope, and this is his team." Riku said. "I can see you added a few numbers to em."

"I'll introduce you later." Hope said. "As for you...youre part of The Game, Right? You got a timer?"

"Sorry...but I'm sort of different." Joshua said showing no timer. "I'm something called...a mediator. Someone who monitors the games."

"Right, I get it. So, about Rikus question on portals." Hope said.

"Portals are sort of like gateways that link up our worlds. And right now...our worlds sort of split into two copies of itself." Joshua said. "Portals are what folks like us, cross between them."

"There can be two of a world?" Riku asked.

"The world can be defined as by as many people as can be. The concept that we all live in our own world, its just in our heads. Surely you knew that." Joshua said. "I'll tell you guys what. I have a little errand for you to run."

"Sorry. I don't trust you." Riku said.

"Aw. At least here me out. I'm looking for a girl named Rhyme. She's the key to the portal." Joshua said. "And on the other side, who knows who'll we'll find? Maybe even your friend Sora and your pal Jexi?"

"You know Sora?" Riku asked before Hope put an arm out.

"Hold on. He may know em, he may not. I bet he doesnt know where he is. Maybe in this other version of the Town." Hope said.

"Youve learned alot about trust and reading others." Riku said.

"Guy named Speedwagon taught me." Hope said. "So how about it? Is what I said true?"

"Youre good, I'll give you that. In any case, youre right. If they aren't in this version, they have to be in the other." Joshua said. "So, we have a deal, or not?"

"Yeah. Though you probably knew I'd say yes." Hope said.

"Yes. I did." Joshua said. "Even about you, Hope the Victor."

"So lets get to it. You wanna find Rhyme? We'll do it." Riku said as they ventured forth. As they progressed, Nightmares attacked.

"Foul beasts of the terrestrial realm. They dont know their place." Gundham said.

"So lets teach em." Hope said stretching. "Havent gotten rusty, have ya, Riku?"

"No." Riku said summoning his keyblade as he cut into them as they progressed. "Hmm. I noticed they don't go after you."

"They being Dream Eaters? They won't go after you unless you're a dreamer. Which is ironic cause I've got plenty of dreams." Joshua said.

"If thats the case, you ever feel like expressing it?" Hope asked.

"You know, I had a friend once who said he never dreamed of anything, but as it turned out, his were the most powerful dreams of all." Joshua said.

"You know...I think we could use some help getting your dreams out, riku." Hope said showing his Dream Drive.

"You wanna create a spirit for me, huh?" Riku asked.

"Yes! Let's go! Dream Eater...Make!" Hope said.

The ingredients began soaring and mixing before creating a small bat.

Komory Bat Created!

"A...bat?" RIku asked.

"It suits you." Hope said.

"So uh...now what?" Korra asked.

"Now, we have company." Joshua siad seeing someone run up. He was a guy sort of dressed as a rapper.

"Gotchu now, Joshua! Once I take you down, yo, me and Rhyme is goin back to where we belong!" he said.

"Beat. How many times do we have to go over this? You've been tricked...by that rogue in the black coat." Joshua said.

"Black Coat?" Riku asked.

"Organization." Hope said.

"I knew it. They couldnt have stayed dead for long." Erica said.

"I'm telling you. You've made a friend of our enemy." Joshua said.

"Just can it, aight? Your inverse psychiatry ain't gonna work! Let's go, Dream Eaters!" Beat said as bear like dream eaters appeared.

"What?" Riku said as it charged to the Komory bat.

"Man, not cool." Beat said.

"You get what you get." Hope said. "But bears… oh god, I'm having Monokuma flashbacks!"

"Ugh, I;ve had enough with that stupid robo bear. Lets do this quickly and forget about that whole thing." Fuyuhiko said stabbing it with a knife as it jumped back.

"Time to go!" Zephyr said firing bullets at it before it vanished.

"You know what? Forget it. This is stale, yo." Beat said.

"Trying to be the tough guy?" Hope said.

"You know it man." Beat said. "I just...wanna protect the one person who matters."

"I know the feeling." Riku said before he and Hope's team started to feel drowsy and shaky. "Why am I suddenly...so sleepy?"

"Damn… not now…" Hope said.

"Sorry, drops run out. I have to go back to Sora." Annette said.

"Just...make sure we have a scheduled wake up call." Hope smiled as they fell asleep.

Back on soras end, He woke up to see everyone awake.

"You certainly took your sweet time, Annette. We almost had that Organization bastard." Ranma siad.

"I'm a little out of the loop here, whats the Organization?" Ichigo asked.

"Organization XIII, an evil group of creatures called Nobodies that wanted to created something called Kingdom Hearts." Jexi said. "But we fought them in their two bases and won. Their leader, Xemnas fell at our hand."

"And if theyre gone, why was one back?" Robin asked.

"I dunno. But...Hey, Neku and that other guy are gone!" Luffy said.

"They mustve left while we were dozing." Natsu said.

"The way they acted toward one another...could they be in league?" Indigo asked.

"No, they had a deal. It wasnt permanent." Sunset said. "I guess whatever it was expired."

"Anyway, I think we should look around." Jexi said before his dream drive shook. "What the?"

Two ingredients then shot out as they began spinning and mixing before a bear dream eater appeared.

Kooma Panda Created!

"Aw look, it likes us." Chopper said as it hugged the group.

"Hey, can you point us to where we need to go next?" Luffy said as Kooma Panda walked, ushering them to come with as they followed it to a little girl with some sort of creature floating in front.

"Hey, any chance you're Neku's partner?" Sora asked.

"Huh? Um...I'm not really sure. All I know is that my name is Rhyme." she said.

"So you've lost your memories. Thats really depressing." Sunset said.

"Its no big deal. You know what they say, sometimes memories need a little help getting out." Rhyme said.

"Huh. Never heard that one before." Rainbow said.

"But its true." Sora said. "A little help...I know! Maybe Neku can jog you memory! Cmon, lets go find him!"

"Right." Rhyme said.

Soon enough, they found him on a rooftop.

"Yo, figured you'd be around." Jexi said.

"What? You still trust me? I betrayed you to that guy. He said he could send me home...if I handed over Sora and you guys." Neku said.

"No big deal." SOra said.

"It isnt?" Jexi asked.

"When It really mattered, he stood up for us. That what friends do, right?" Sora asked.

"You never change, sora." Jexi said.

"By the way, this is Rhyme. Is she your game partner?" Sora asked.

"Sorry, I'm teamed with somebody else." Neku said as Rhyme vanished.

"What the?" Applejack said before seeing the cloaked figure standing behind them.

"You!" Neku said charging as he was shoved aside by a shield of sorts.

"Youre gonna answer us, bastard!" Kanji said before the figure disappeared and a large dream eater with the chest of a container appeared, having feline features.

"Of course…." jexi said.

"Yeah, whats a new enemy type without a few big ones?" Sonic said.

Jexi looked at his Dream Drive. "Apparently, its a simian dream eater called Hockomonkey." Jexi said.

"You dont have much drop time left. You need to finish this before you fall asleep, or youre sitting ducks." Annette said.

"You heard her." Natsu said.

"Annette, time us. Go!" Jexi said as they charged in.

"You have about 5 minutes before you drop back into sleep." Annette said.

"Guys, make every hit count!" Jexi said as they walked on the Hockomonkey before the Kooma Panda approached him. "Can I help-" he began before it grabbed Jexi by his feet and began spinning round and round before hurling him at the Dream Eater, punching a huge hole through Hockomonkey as it collapsed to the ground.

"What was that?" Ichigo said.

"You should know, Dream Eaters can do link attacks with other people in order to make a powerful attack." Annette explained.

"Well, that takes care of our boss problem." Jexi smiled.

Back with Riku and the Hope Squad…

Riku began to awake with the others. "Huh? What...happened? Did I just fall asleep?" he asked himself as he got up. "Where did Joshua and Beat go?"

"Probably went off while we were sleeping." Hope said.

"Hey, get your selves away from me." shouted a voice as they saw a girl running from a few Dream Eaters. Riku was quick to react.

Riku stood between the Dream Eaters and the girl. "Stay back." he said as she ran and hid.

"Dang, I gotta…" Hope said before Dream Eaters surrounded the group. His Dream Drive then reacted.

Two ingredients shot out and spun and mixed before creating a cal like creature.

Necho Cat Created!

"Well, better late than never, wanna help?" Hope asked.

Necho Cat then entered Hope's body as it glowed black before he got black aura claws on his hands and his feet.

"Take that as a yes." Hope said as he slashed through the Dream Eaters with ease as the power dissipated. He then turned to the girl who saw Riku walk away. "Yo, Riku. You help a girl out and you just walk away?"

"He's right, y'know. Least hes got the right Idea." The girl said.

"Sorry. I'm bad at this. I'm Riku." Riku said.

"Shiki. So Riku is the name of my shining knight." she said.

"Knight? Sorry, but you got the wrong idea." Riku said.

"OMG, I was so just kidding." Shiki said. "You remind me so much of this guy I know."

It was after this meeting that Shiki lead the group to the 5th district.

"Over there!" she said running into a dark corner. But as soon as they followed, she screamed as she was gone with her cat doll on the ground and a figure in a black coat standing over it.

"Shiki…" Riku said before the guy stomped on the doll before kicking it.

"How did you get here? By choice or by chance? You cannot control what you are not aware of." the figure said slowly approaching. "This wakeless sleep will be your prisons….to wander forever."

"That's what you think." Hope said running at him only to suddenly find himself at the end of the alley way behind the man. "What?"

"What do you mean by that?" Riku asked.

"Riku, donchu listen to that punk!" shouted a voice as the group saw Shiki behind Beat.

"Beat!" Hope said.

"Shiki's gonna be fine! She told me whassup. Hoodie here set this whole thing up, yo. He promised to send Shiki back to our world, and you guys were the cost of travel. Thats seriously one half baked excuse of a mission, betchu ain't even a reaper." Beat said as the figure finally remove his hood revealing long silver hair.

"You… he looks just like…." Gemini began.

"Xehanort?" Zephyr said.

"You only have part of the puzzle." he said before raising his hands making a Hockomonkey with no lower half and floating hands appear as it went into the garden before he vanished.

"We got that freak, keep Shiki safe, beat!" Hope said.

"Yo, you got it!" Beat said as they went inside.

"Annette, how long have we got?" Hope said.

"Plenty of time. You beat this and the Sleeping Keyhole will reveal itself, and on Sora's end too." Annette said. "But this Dream Eater won't be an easy challenge."

"I didn't think it would." Hope said as they entered the garden as the Dream Eater floated before them. "Were through Monkeying around. Ready, buddy?"

"You know hope, something about being with you makes me feel like I belong with you." Riku said.

"That so, huh?" Hope said as they battled the floating Hockomonkey. As it took enough damage, Riku and Hope went back to back.

"Riku!" Hope said

"Times Up." Riku said.

The two of them charged at Hockomonkey, slashing and punching away at it several times as well as conquering several blades at once before they both pointed the blades at it.

"This is it!" Hope said.

"You're gonna lose it all!" Riku shouted.

The blades hit the Hokomonkey as it was beaten, vanishing into light as they both landed.

"Thats what I meant. I only ever pull off Session with Sora. Even so, you remind me of him so much." Riku said. "So, let keep this up for as long as we can!"

"Definitely." Hope said as they fist bumped.

Soon a bright light flashed as the group was suddenly beside a see through vision of Jexi's team.

"What the heck?" Riku said. "Sora!"

"Wait, I don't see Shiki or Beat." Kazuichi said.

"Things have been put in order." a voice said as Joshua stepped out.

"Joshua. What do you mean?" Hope asked.

"Neku, Shiki, Beat, Rhyme. In their world, something happened that brought their existense to an end. So to keep them from fading all together, I gathered up the very last fragments of their dreams and looked for a place to give them refuge. It was then that this world appeared and answered my call and Rhyme's dreams allowed us to reach it. Here, I thought they might have a chance that the pieces of their dreams could make them whole again. Imagine my surprise when I realized that dreams take bodily form in this world." Joshua said. "Then it struck me, by linking their dream pieces back together, I could make them exist again. Maybe I could give them another chance."

"It was a good plan." Hope said.

"You think it was?" Josua said.

"I think even in the other part where sora is, youd be telling him this and he;d be thinking the same thing. Right, Riku? Even sora wouldnt think youre doing wrong." Hope said.

"It can't be that simple." Riku said.

"Couldn't it? By ourselves, we're just people. But when other people look at us and see someone, thats the moment we each start to exist." Joshua said. "All they needed was for someone to see them, connect with them. And all of you were a big part in making that happen."

"Joshua, just who are you?" Riku and Sora said.

"Let's just say….a friend." Joshua said as he sprouted two large white wings and flew off into the sky.

"Sweet." Hope said as a Keyhole appeared in the wall close to them. "and that just makes it more so. The honors all yours."

Riku nodded. "One down…" he said as he and Sora fired beams of light to the keyhole, making it shatter apart. "Six more to find."

Meanwhile in the Radiant Garden castle in the real world…

Walking down the halls of the castle was a familiar red haired man in black and an ex Ouma bunny girl.

"Just a little further Sheath. The lab isn't too far.' Lea said.

"Why we here in creepy old castle, again desu?" Sheath asked.

'Well, it was a thought that hit me awhile back. If I came back into existence, what if other members came back here too?" Lea said.

"Sheath understand. Sheath thinking, Xion and Roxas come back, yes?" Sheath asked.

"While that would be nice. I was thinking of someone else." Lea said as they entered the room. They walked into the lab to see four figures on the ground. "Lets see. Dilan, Aeleus, Ienzo and Even too. All ex members." Lea said as Aeleus and Ienzo awoke and walked past them.

"Yeah. buddy friends back!" Sheath said.

"Something doesn't make sense. I was slain here too. So was Braig and….Isa." Lea said. "Just what the hell...is going on?!" Lea shouted as he hit the glass.