I'm on a roll! Chapter 2 is finally up! enjoy!

Chapter 2 Traverse Town Trouble

(Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN SQUARE ENIX, KINGDOM HEARTS, OR DISNEY NOR DO I CLAIM 2! it's called fanfiction for a reason, people!)

I felt like I was floating in space. It was vast and empty and cold. I felt so tired. Maybe I was dead. Was this heaven or hell?

'Well, I don't see a mountain of cheeseburgers or fiery flames with demons trying to steal my soul, so it seems like I'm not in either... Maybe I'm in limbo, my soul made to wander the earth for eternity or-' *SLURP* Suddenly, my face felt very wet and slimy.

'Blech! Well where ever I am, I don't recall limbo being so wet...' I groaned, finally stirring in my unconsciousness. My vision began to blur as I tried to open my eyes, seeing a blob of what looked like a big yellow dog in front of me that seemed very familiar. 'But it couldn't be…'

"Oh god, not another crazy dream..." I mumbled, trying to fall asleep again which caused the dog to paw my chest to shake me awake. I stirred but I didn't try to wake up. The dog then gave my face another big slurp, leaving me with a slobbery cowlick and a wide-eyed look. 'Nope! That was too real to be a dream.' Wiping the dog drool off of my face, I stared in wonder at the giant slobberhound. I rubbed my eyes a bit and then looked back at the dog. "Pluto?"

The dog barked excitedly in conformation before he around twice and was seized by my gigantic hug. Pluto whimpered as he struggled to get out of my bear hug. What can I say? I'm a hugger.

"OH MY GOD, IT IS YOU!" I squealed. Pluto was one of my favorite Mickey Mouse characters growing up. He was one of the reasons I always wanted a dog. 'But what is Pluto doing here?'

"Oops, sorry boy! Didn't mean to crush you." I said apologetically. He barked as if to say 'It's all good.' I try and stand up, almost teetering over before Pluto leans over and acts as my cane. "Thanks boy..." I said with a smile before I looked at my surroundings. It was a bricked alley with a bunch of crates. The place looked oddly familiar.

"Where am I-?" I thought outloud before I looked down and noticed I wasn't wearing my usual get-up. "-And more importantly, what the hell happened to my clothes? !"

I wore a zipper red t-shirt jacket with a white undershirt and a red accordian skirt with a white lining being held up with an over-sized white belt. My legs had long, white knee-socks and giant yellow shoes with black buckles. Not that these new clothes weren't cute, but I would like to know what was wrong with my old ones.

In a panic, I felt over my new clothes before my hands landed in my shirt pockets (yes apparently my tshirt jacket has pockets), feeling that I still had my iPod and my black choker necklace my sister gave me with a silver charm attached to it. 'Whew! I can't live without either of these!' I thought with relief as I pulled out my necklace and tied it around my neck. 'But back to important things!'

"Do you know where I am, boy?" I asked Pluto, leaning down with my hands on my knees. Pluto then took off, leaving me in the dust. "Hey, wait up!" I said, bounding after the sprinting hound before I completely lost him. 'Aww man, where did he go?'

I sighed, noticing that he led me out of the alley labyrinth and into an opening courtyard. The place was filled with cobblestone streets and wooden buildings with archaic signs hanging off of the store windows and bent lampposts. 'I might as well take a look around and ask for directions' I thought with a shrug, walking towards a nearby store that said 'Accessories'.

"Hey there, how can I-... aw it's only a kid," said a man with a blonde Mohawk and a toothpick in his teeth.

"Hey, I resent that remark. Do I look like a child to you?" I said, gesturing to my womanly-ness. "And the name's Alli, not kid!"

"Okay, okay simmer down. So why the long face, kid-uh Alli? You lost or somethin'?" said the man.

'Hmm, let's see. Kurami and I get attacked by Heartless in my backyard, only to find myself slobbered to death by a dog and wake up in this place, with no recollection of how I got here or where Kurami is, so yeah, I'd say lost is a pretty safe bet.'

"Noooo. I just wander into strange places I don't know on a regular basis. It's a hobby of mine," I said sarcastically, rolling my eyes. I'm normally a very nice person but I can be an absolute bear when I'm tired! And I was still groggy from that previous coma.

"Don't get smart with me, you young-ung. I could very easily beat the tar out of ya'." the man fired back.

'Yeah, but that would border on child abuse.' I thought off-handedly.

"Sorry gramps-" I sighed, ruffling my hand through my hair.

"Gramps? ! Call me gramps again and I'll beat you silly! It's Cid!"

"-Cid." I corrected myself. Looks like either of us can't get the other's name right. "Sorry. I'm usually a much nicer person when I get my 9 hours of sleep. So, do you know what this place is?"

"I take it you're not from around here. Let me guess. The Heartless got your world too, huh?" That got my attention.

"How do YOU know about the Heartless?" I paused, surprised etched all over my face.

"Who doesn't know about the Heartless? Monstrous little creatures who take other peoples' hearts and their worlds. The place you ended up in is called Traverse Town, a world remnant for those who lost their homes." I gaped at him as if he said pigs could fly. Was he serious?

"Traverse Town? You mean THE Traverse Town? !" I said, trying to piece my words and thoughts together.

"Well, if not, then I've been calling this place the wrong name for 10 years."

Then it finally hit me like a speeding bullet train. Pluto, the Heartless, an outfit obsession with zippers! I was in the world of Kingdom Hearts! ...I guess I should learn to get a taste for socks... but still, OMIGOD! XD

I let out a very fan girl squeal, shrill enough that Cid had to put his hands on his ears. "Sheesh! What's with all the yelling? ! Do you have a screw loose or something?"

"Ah-... no, sorry. It's just, I've always wanted to go to Traverse town, but I never thought I could and now, I'm actually here!" I danced excitedly, energy radiating off me like an electric storm. "But the question is, how did I get here?"

"Usually, those who have their home worlds destroyed by the Heartless end up here, which is why I'm surprised you're excited that you're here. Most people get pretty depressed about losing their home," said Cid.

All of my happy feelings... yeah, just went down the drain *flush*.

'My world is...gone? It can't be... The U.S. Military could handle a few measly Heartless, can't they...? What about Mom... and Kurami?' My eyes widen in terror. 'Oh god! Kurami! She was at the attack scene! Maybe she made it out!'

"I'm sorry to question and run Cid, but I gotta go look for my little sister, Kurami. She was with me when the Heartless attacked, so maybe she's here too!"

"It's a possibility." Cid pondered before grabbing my arm. "Whoa whoa whoa! Slow down. It's dangerous outside if you don't have protection. Here-" He began ransacking through some of his crates before he pulled out two items and put them in my hands. "-Take these."

What I held was what appeared to be a Potion and a weird, metal crank box that looked like an old camera from the 1920s. The metal box felt cool in my hands, but gave off an odd, vibrating aura of power. As if he read my mind, he explained what the metal box was.

"That is the Cid Cannon Mach 5. Just crank the handle three times, press this red button here, and aim. Guaranteed to destroy any Heartless that comes across your path."

"Thanks, but… why are you giving this to me? I don't know you very well, and I don't exactly have any munny…"

"I need someone to take the Cid Cannon out for a test run. It's a bit of a prototype I'm working on, so I need someone to try it out and give me any feedback on how it performs."

"…You're sure I don't owe you anything?"

"Hey, no worries! I was going to throw out that old potion anyways. Just make sure you give me feedback on how the CCM5 worked; consider that payment enough. That…-" he sniffed before swiping his thumb across his nose. "-and your business here at my shop. If you need any help, you can come back here any time you'd like. Us refugees gotta stick together."

"But-"

"Don't look a gift horse in the mouth, kid." Cid interrupted with his hands on his orange waistband. "Just take it and say "thanks."

Alli Akira received a Potion and a Cid Cannon Mach 5.

"Thanks, Cid…" I whispered with a tearful smile, running out the door before I began bawling my head off over something as trivial as a gift. I had been through a lot in the past twenty four hours, but now wasn't the time for crying.

I waved as I ran out onto the streets. "I'll come back when I can!"

'Hmm...that girl kinda reminds me of Sora the first time he came here...' Cid thought with a chuckle, clearing away some of the extra storage boxes and rubble he had gotten out. 'Whoops… forgot to tell her the Cid Cannon has a charge up time of 10 seconds after five shots… Oh well. She'll figure it out soon enough.'

…

I had wandered into District 2 before I began to wonder where my sister was.

'Hmm...if I was lost in a big city, where would I go?' I thought as I looked at my surroundings. I sighed.

"I guess I'm not the best person to ask since I actually AM lost…plus-" I thought outloud, glancing down at the items in my hands. "-where exactly am I supposed to put these? The game never specifically explained WHERE the inventory is stored…"

Out of ideas, I gave up and shoved both of them into my weird shirt pockets, only for them to vanish into the shirt jacket.

"Huh…" I looked at the pockets wide-eyed. "that's one mystery solved. Now, to find Kurami and figure out how exactly I got here-"

Suddenly, a man ran across my path and fell over in front of me. "Oh my gosh! Sir, are you alright?" I asked out of concern as the man keeled over and dropped dead, a vacant look of fear plastered onto his face before a small flash showed a heart flying out of his chest and into a dark portal. There, in the body's place, was left a Heartless wearing knight-like armor. 'Uh oh.' I thought as nine more Heartless soon had me surrounded.

'M'kay… there's ten of them, and one of me… I really don't like those odds... How do I fight these guys?'

Remembering the item Cid gave me, I quickly shuffled around in my shirt pockets before I felt the cold, metal box around my fingertips, pulling it out and started cranking like mad. One of the heartless leapt in front of me before a large, blue beam radiated out of the cannon like artificial sunlight, vaporizing the Heartless entirely and throwing me back a little from the sheer force of the blast's power.

"Wow… this thing really packs a punch…" I blinked in surprise, the Heartless looking a bit disgruntled as well before two more closed in. Before one of them had scratched me, another lazer fired out of the cannon, wiping them out and three more heartless in the process, my aim a little more controlled. It looked like the cannon would only kill creatures of the dark, considering the buildings around me were intact. Noticing their numbers were dwindling, more heartless began showing up, shadows and soldiers.

"Oh, yeah? You want a piece of this? Bring it on!" I shouted as I fired three more shots at the heartless, eliminating the majority of them. I cranked it again for the finishing blow, causing the heartless to flinch, expecting the oncoming blow… that never came.

"Huh? What the heck? What happened? Why isn't it working?" I questioned as I smacked the side of the box like it was computer that was frozen or taking a long time to load. Without warning, one of the braver Heartless smacked the device out of my hands, clanking on the ground further away from me behind some Shadow heartless. In a panic, I began running away in terror towards the 3rd District. 'Why wasn't it working? ! Cid did say it was a prototype, but I didn't expect it to fail so quickly!' As more heartless began to appear from the walls, I dashed around a corner, only to run into a dead end. I was trapped.

'There will be times where you have to fight…'

Swarms of heartless so vast made the end of alleyway look entirely pitch black.

'My journey has just started. I don't wanna die…' I thought in fear as I backed up into a pile of crates.

'But don't be afraid…'

Thoughts of the smiles of my mom, Kurami, and my beautiful world flashed before my eyes.

'Keep your light burning strong...'

Gradually, I felt a bit of warmth fill me up from the pit of my fear.

"I can't die now! I need to find my family!" I said defiantly, the warmth continuing to spread as the heartless edged in closer.

'and don't forget…'

Suddenly, a bright weapon flashed in my right hand: a keyblade. It had a familiar, pink, diamond-shaped handle with rose bud vines encircling the green neck of the key, bringing two larger rose leaves together in the shape of a heart. This was no ordinary keyblade; this was my keyblade, the one I had designed in my notebook! Roseblade...

'You hold the mightiest weapon of all...'

The Heartless stumbled backward in shock before I smiled sinisterly. "Oh, this is going to be fun…" I smirked as I slashed and cut at the creatures, making them disappear in a black fog. The rush of fighting with a keyblade had left me with an ecstasy high, feeling an almost liberating freedom to it, a new fufilling strength to fight. The more I fought with my keyblade against the rising numbers, the more natural and familiar the movements became; I was doing mid-air flips that I couldn't do before as the numbers increased. It was like I had experienced this feeling before. Like a missing part of my heart had just come home. The feeling of flight, the feeling of fighting; the feeling of dance. The movements became almost as lucid as water before I pirouetted a 360 and cut away at the remaining Heartless, landing in a pose with my left hand steadying me on the ground and my left leg bent with my right leg and arm with my Keyblade threateningly out to the side, beginning to catch my breath as I stood up.

"Whoa…" I breathed in wonder, staring at my Roseblade with a smile. I wondered back over towards the spot where I dropped the CCM5, keyblade in hand, and shoved it back in my inventory. It may had stopped working during the battle, but it wasn't totally useless.

"They'll come at you from out of nowhere…" said a masculine voice. I turned to see a man with brown hair and a slanted scar in between his deep, blue eyes, wearing a black half t-shirt jacket over a white undershirt with black jeans, criss-crossing brown belts, and black combat boots.

"You mean kinda like you did just now?" I said wittingly with a half-smile.

"And they'll keep coming at you, as long as you continue to wield that Keyblade." the man continued, ignoring my comment and pointing at my Roseblade. "But why? Why would it choose a kid like you? You're a girl."

"Hey! What's that supposed to mean? Just because I'm a girl, automatically means I suck at fighting? Did you even see me back there? I was kickin' some serious ass with this thing!" I grinned cockily.

"Abuse power, and you'll never find what you're looking for..." the man said enigmatically. "But never mind your petty battle against the sexes. I need to see that keyblade of yours."

"Why? It doesn't belong to you." I said with my hands on my hips. 'Not like it would pick him anyways. The keyblade is only ment for the chosen, but it's not like I'm going to give it to him... Wait a second, why am I-?'

"Just hand it over. I don't want to make this more complicated than it needs to be." the man sighed, edging closer to my keyblade before I swiftly pull it away from his outstretched hand.

"Nuh uh. No way, you sexist pig. You think you can just insult me and take my Roseblade? Forget it!" I said, positioning myself to fight with my newfound strength. "You're just begging for a fight!"

"Are you for real? There's no way I'm fighting an amateur, much less a girl…"

"I'll make you eat those words by kicking your ass! Or are you too scared?" I mocked. 'I don't know why, but this guy looks totally familiar! Where have I seen him before?'

"Fine, have it your way." said the man chuckled as he pulled out a deadly gunblade, a silver chain lion-head necklace slipping out of his shirt.

'Oh crud! Now I remember who this guy is. It's Squall Leonhart, from Final Fantasy VIII! …I think should've just kept my mouth shut,' I thought as he rushed towards me, just barely managing to block what would've been a fatal blow from what I would call running on pure luck. Leon was a lot faster than he looked, and it did not help that I was weak from the previous battle. I tried taking up a defensive guard as he came at me with swift and relentless attacks, one after another, barely dodging the blows before one finally hit and knicked my arm. Now granted, it was a thin cut but most swordsmen (or swordswomen in my case) know that usually a cut on an arm was usually a handcap in battle.

'Well, then I'll just have to give him a handcap,' I thought as my 'street fighter' gamer instincts kicked in, bunting the handle of my Roseblade into his gut. It seemed to faze him for a couple seconds before he came in striking an attack and tried knocking me over. 'Crap! I thought that would work!'

I jumped back to gain some distance as we circled around each other. Without warning, a ball of fire formed at the tip of his sword before it was hurled in my direction.

'Oh shit! He has fire! HEHASFIRE!' I thought in terror as I ran away from his fireball attacks, pinning behind some crates for cover, only getting away with a burn on my right knee. 'Stop shooting at me!' I thought frustratedly as the sound of footsteps echoed on the cobblestone streets.

"Had enough yet?" he yelled at the alleyway, resting his sword on his left shoulder, knowing exactly where I was hiding- uh... covering behind.

'Damn, this guy is strong. No wonder my gut attack didn't work. This guy probably as a 6 pack!' I thought as I struggled to come up with a strategy. 'I have to end this quick before I give out.'

I summoned all my strength, dodge rolled from behind the crates, and swiped at Leon's legs, knocking him over with my surprise attack as I let out my strongest combos when he attempted to get up. When in doubt, go with guerilla warfare! They hit him squarely in the chest as he rolled a couple yards. That attack I just learned must have done a number on him because he was actually struggling to stand up. Both of us were panting hard as one stared at the other, hoping the other would fall over. I cringed a bit at my knee injury before Leon gave in and fell on to his knee, barely holding his gunblade.

"There's...no way...I could lose..to such... an amateur," Leon panted.

"What was... that about... girls not... being able... to fight?" I panted heavily, smiling weakly before falling over, passed out.

...

Carefully, Leon edged himself off of the ground and leaned up against the wall, reaching for a mega potion in his inventory. He leaned his head back a bit while taking slow sips of the drink before he looked over at the fallen female warrior who had put up a good fight against him.

Before long, his strength returned to him, he lifted the girl's head onto his knee and gently poured the liquid into the girl's mouth, healing all of her previous injuries.

'She looks almost like... no... it couldn't be her. She's... gone...' he thought sadly before a loud voice interrupted his thoughts.

"Aw, you're slipping Leon. First Sora, now her? O for 2, man..." said a girl with black hair and eyes, wearing a ninja suit of some sort, giving Leon a smirk with both hands on her hips.

"I went easy on her," Leon huffed, setting the girl upright before he lifted her up into his arms, his ego trying to save what dignity he had left. "Looks like things are worse than we thought. A lot worse." Both of them stared solemnly at the strange keyblade dangling in girl's hand.

"I know. The great Squall getting beat up by a girl? The world is ending!" the ninja girl joked in fake horror.

"Shut up! I let her win." he mumbled angrily.

"Suuurrrrreeeeee ya did." the ninja girl winked as Leon flushed red with anger.

"And stop calling me Squall! It's Leon." he shouted at the laughing ninja girl.

...

Nearby, in the next street over, Riku began to walk down a dark alley. Most of the shops had been closed down because of all the rampant Heartless, and anyone who did live there had their doors bolted and their lights off. It was so deathly quiet, it was almost eerie how calm it was. Plus, the night sky didn't help as the shadows of the area seemed to grow.

'Whatever, I'm not scared.' he thought, unaware that a figure was looming in close behind him.

"Umm excuse me..." said a small voice as something poked him on the shoulder. He flinched in surprise before he turned to see a pair of warm green eyes. "Oh I'm so sorry I frightened you!" said the girl. She had long brown hair tied into a braid and a red ribbon with large bang ringettes near her shoulders and was wearing a pink dress with brown gardener boots.

"No no, it's fine. I shouldn't have let my guard down. Did you want something?" he asked, trying to mask his shakiness.

"Yes. Did the King send you?"

Murky shadows clouded my vision as shapes began to form.

"...Come on, you lazy bum! Wake up..." said a voice.

"Five more minutes, Mom..." I moaned. I really hate it when someone tries to wake me up. I may be dreaming, but I can be your worst nightmare!

"Don't make me go get the hose!" it said. That got me up! I looked around to find myself lying on a tan bed in a room with green furniture, not recognizing anything familiar.

'How did I end up here? Oh right, I fainted after that big battle with Leon...'

"You okay?" said a girl with black hair and purple highlights stood looking at my face upclose.

"Kurami?" I blinked in astonishment.

"Kurami? Who are you talking about? I am the great ninja Yuffie!" said Kurami.

"Huh?" I said, rubbing my eyes. Kurami then transformed into a girl with short black hair and eyes wearing a green buckle tube top, tan mini shorts with a blue belt, and orange loafers with white thigh socks. She seemed to be wearing a headband similar to the ones seen on Naruto, only it had two green tassels, and orange mesh fingerless gloves that disappeared mid sleeve.

"First I'm your mother? Then, I'm this Kurami person? I think you might've overdone it, Squall. I think you gave this poor girl a concussion." The-Great-Ninja-Yuffie said, turning towards Leon with her hands on her hips.

"It's Leon," Squall groaned, though no one was really paying attention to him.

"I'm not disaggreeing with ya on that one..." I said, holding my head in my hand. I looked over to see my Roseblade lying against the nightstand. "Hey my Keyblade!"

"Yeah, we had to get it away from you to shake off the Heartless," said Yuffie.

It was the only way to conceal your heart from them but it won't work for long." said Leon, pausing for a bit. "Still, hard to believe that you of all people, are the chosen one," he sighed as he grabbed my keyblade, only for it to flash into my hands.

"Oh really? Let's not forget who kicked who's ass." I smirked sarcastically, putting my hands on my hips and pointing my keyblade at him.

"Yeah. I specifically remember you passed out and I had to drag your fat butt back here." Leon said, making an anger symbol appear on my head as my eyes narrowed. "But I guess beggars can't be choosers."

Hmph... jerk. But speaking of which...

"Hey... what happened to my wounds?" I said, noticing the injuries on my arms and legs were gone, including the knee burn.

"Oh that? Leon gave you some of his mega potion after you passed out and carried you here." Yuffie said as I stared with a slight open mouth. 'He... healed me? I guess he's not SO terrible...'

"You didn't DO anything, did you? Because I'm sorry, I don't like you in that way..." I said incredulously, causing Yuffie to burst out laughing.

"Yes, Alli, he drank some of that potion and gave it to you, mouth-to-mouth, while you were passed out!" Yuffie grinned as Leon stared at us with a bizarre expression.

"EWWWW! YOU PERVERT!" I screeched, smacking him over the head before I hugged my knees, getting as far away from him as possible. "I CAN'T BELIEVE I THOUGHT YOU WERE A NICE GUY! YOU JUST LIKE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF UNCONSCIOUS GIRLS AND STEAL AWAY HER MAIDEN WOMANHOOD!"

"Why do you make it act like I took your virginity away? !" Leon shouted with a blush on his face as Yuffie huddled closer to protect me. "Don't give me that look, Yuffie! I know you're just trying to freak her out!"

"Relax, Leon. I was just kidding..." Yuffie said as she stuck her tongue out. "Can't you take a joke?"

"So... you didn't rape me in my sleep?"

"NO!" Leon shouted before he cleared his throat and huffed, turning away from the crowd. "Jeez, Yuffie. You blow everything out of the water. I just thought I wouldn't waste a perfectly good mega potion, that's all..."

"Hey! How did you know my name?" I asked Yuffie.

"It was written on the back of your necklace charm." Yuffie said as I instinctively put my hand on my charm.

"So... is anyone going to explain why you need me in the first place?" I said, putting all morbid thoughts aside for now.

...

"Okay, so you know there are other worlds out there besides your castle and this town, right?" the girl said.

"Yeah. What about them?" Riku asked, crossing his arms.

"Well, it goes a bit futher than that. You see, in actuality, there are only 2 worlds: Fantasy and Reality. The world we live in right now is the Fantasy world, built on fantasies and ideas of the creative mind, while the other, Reality, is based on fact and logic. But that does not mean either of us don't exist. We live and breathe as just the same as they do. In fact, both worlds survive because of the other. If one was in trouble, the other would provide a solution to keep the other in check. You with me so far?"

"Uh...I guess so." said Riku, trying to understand the confusing paradox."

"But everything changed when the Heartless came. They upset this balance when they suddenly broke through the Barrier of Reality, the border between the two realms and gained the ability to travel throughout the other worlds without unlocked paths. Eventually, everything calmed down after Sora came and sealed the Realm of Darkness, but now the Heartless are returning. At first, they started showing up in small groups but for some unknown reason, their numbers have drastically increased and the other worlds are being invaded once more. Even the world of reality is starting to disappear in bits and pieces."

"Both worlds remain unaware of the other, so they still live independently on their own, which is how our worlds remain disconnected. However, there are beings that have the ability to travel in-between worlds and connect them. While some have a Gummi ship or a keyblade, others have the inate ability to travel in-between worlds. They are known as the Fallen, warriors from an astral plane with the ability to travel inbetween light and darkness. Only a few have ever been seen, but some say that they have unworldly knowledge about the past and, sometimes, the future. Ansem the Wise did a study on them, but only bits and pieces have come up in his research."

...

"Ansem the Wise? Who's he?" I asked. I knew about the Ansem, but I didn't know anyone by the name of Ansem the Wise.

"He studied the Heartless. He recorded all of his findings on a very detailed report. Somewhere in his notes contains the secrets to restoring the two worlds." said Leon.

"So why don't you just read the report fix everything?"

"We can't. Its pages are scattered everywhere." Yuffie said, holding her arms out widely.

"Well that's stupid! Why hide all those reports?" I huffed.

...

"To protect the secrets of his notes. Ansem hid all of his reports on many separate worlds because, it is said, that research on other worldly knowledge lies within it. The very secrets to Kingdom Hearts itself." the girl said.

"Hmm...that might be what the King was looking for." Riku said in realization.

"Yes. Those were my thoughts exactly. There might be a strong possiblility that if you go to other worlds, you might find the King there and the scattered Ansem Reports."

"Yes, but first I need to find this "other key" he mentioned. He said I had to meet a guy called Leon."

...

"In Ansem's reports, it is said that there exists another keyblade, one not of this world, that contains an emmense power that might even rival the original Keyblade." Leon states. 'My doodle might be stronger than the ACTUAL keyblade? !' I thought in wonder. "It's power is supposed to be of that which is of the Fallen. That is why the Heartless fear the Keyblade and will continue to come after you, no matter what." Leon continues. "I guess you're somehow linked into all of this."

"Well that's comforting!" I said sarcastically. "So, what is this great power?"

"I don't know. All I do know is that, for whatever reason, this other worldly keyblade chose you as its master."

"You know, for a guy who seems to know everything, you sure don't know a lot." I said in disappointment. "So what am I supposed to do now? I have to look for my mom and baby sister. They were with me when my world was... swallowed..."

"Well YOU are going to stay here while Yuffie and I go out to meet up with Aerith. She was supposed to bring in a visitor today." said Leon pointedly at me. Somehow, I got the feeling that this guy didn't like me.

"Leon!" Yuffie shouted, pointing at the knight Heartless I saw beforehand.

"Crap, they got a whiff of the Key! Yuffie, go!" Leon shouted as he whipped out his gunblade, Yuffie running out the door. "It must have been spying on us. Alli, let's go!" Leon said as the Heartless crashed out of the window.

"Right!" I shouted as we ran after the Heartless.

"So you were sent to take me to see Leon?" Riku asked.

"Of course. I received specific orders from the King himself to go find you and help you meet up with him."

"You met the King? !" Riku asked in astonishment.

"Yes. He came here a bit while back to stock up on supplies, so I couldn't be able to tell you where he went. Sorry."

"It's okay. I expected as much." he said, clearly disappointed.

"Ah! Here we are." the girl said as we climbed the staircase of the home.

"Oh by the way, I never asked you your name." Riku said, trudging up the stairs.

"Oh, it's Aerith." she said, only to be cut off with a loud crash.

"Crap, they got a whiff of the Key! Yuffie, go!" shouted a voice as a small girl dashed down the stairs, nearly knocking us over.

"Yuffie! Yuffie, what happened?" said Aerith, putting her hands on the girl's shoulders in concern.

"Oh Aerith, it was awful. All of us were talking about the Ansem Reports when a Heartless popped out! And now, I think Leon went after it." said the girl named Yuffie. Riku tensed up as he dashed up the staircase to investigate, his soul eater flashing into his hand. He looked around the room. There was plenty of broken glass and a gaping hole in the window, but no sign of any Heartless.

"We better hurry!" he stated, the other two girls nodding as they all ran out to the streets. Riku spotted a group of Heartless near the corner of the street and began to cut away at the group. "You two stay back!" he shouted as he cut a path for them to run.

"Out of my way!" he shouted as they evaporated with each stab into dark dust.

Leon and I ran past a couple apartments before we caught up to the Heartless, which apparently called for a brigade of Heartless. "Ignore the small fry, go for the big ones!" Leon shouted as he side-swiped a Heartless near his left.

"Hey wait up!" I shouted as he took off ahead of me to pursue the fleeing Heartless. 'That jerk! He left me to do all of the dirty work!' I thought as I sliced through the group of Heartless. I managed to get through them all and continue after Leon before I met a colliding force from the right, knocking me onto my back.

"OWW! God! What did I hit, a bus? !" I moaned, putting my hand on my head, the thing returning the moan. Whoever I hit, the person was sprawled out on top of my stomach as I tried to get my head together. It looked like a boy of about 16 with messy silver hair. "Hey, dude. Do you mind? I kinda need to get up."

"Sorry. Didn't see where I was going..." the boy mumbled, quickly getting up onto his feet before he extended his hand out towards me. "Need a hand?"

As I grabbed his hand, I noticed the white band around his wrist. He had shoulder length spiky silver hair with blue baggy jeans and a white and yellow vest with a black zipper tank top underneath. When I got a better look at him, an image of a boy with eyes as blue as the sea-foam ocean wave behind him came to mind. It was then that I realized, with wide eyes, that the boy I had bumped into was none other than Riku.

"Hey! Why are you crying?" Riku said with a startled expression as uncontrolled tears of relief began to stream down my face. "I didn't hurt you, did I?"

'He made it. He's alright.' I had thought that Riku was trapped forever in the Realm of Darkness, but somehow, he had managed to escape. The first Kingdom Hearts game suddenly didn't seem so terrible anymore.

"No... I'm fine." I sniffed with a bright smile, rubbing away my tears on my arm. "I've just had a really emotional day."

Suddenly, the ground began to shake, making us both unsteady as a collosal wall rose up around us, trapping us in the street as a giant being clattered down from the sky. It looked like a giant purple knight with its limbs and head floating around its torso like a magnet. The center of it had a Heartless insignia on it.

"Stay back." Riku said as he ran at the giant Heartless and slashed it with his soul eater. Its center moved upward so the blade passed harmlessly through as Riku went down with one of its limbs.

'It's a guard armor Heartless! Like the boss in the game! You have to dismember it, one piece at a time, not all at once.' I thought. Remembering the hands were the most annoying, I summoned my keyblade and charged in, swiping at its left arm. I had gotten a few good licks at the arm before the Guard Armor slung his arm and threw me back. Staggering, I charged in again, this time finishing off the left arm. It shuddered as I jumped back.

"You... you wield the keyblade?" Riku said in shock.

"Why? Does it come as a surprise that there are others who can wield the keyblade?" I grinned before dodge-rolling one of the hands. "Kill the other hand, then dismember the other separate limbs!" I shouted.

Hesitantly, Riku nodded and began to attack the right arm when I went for the left leg. The G.A. tried to stomp me like a rat while Riku disarmed the other arm (no pun intended) and I cut off the leg. The G.A. shuddered again, beginning to stomp like a girl doing the line-dance as we tried to run away. Riku created enough speed to where he could run on the wall and kick the GA's side over. The pieces were strewn out, trying to reconnect, when Riku round-house kicked the leg, leaving only the chest. It began to simply hover and then tried to come down on us with its weight. It had gotten faster since its limbs were gone, so it was a chore to kill. We had to get close enough for it to attack us but have enough time to dodge and swipe it without it starting to spin and fling us off. After a lot of dodge rolls, I finally jumped high enough and struck the Roseblade in its chest. It shuddered and clanked before it's head rolled off and a flash of a heart was released from the torso, the walls and the remains disappearing.

"So you were looking for me?" I asked, pointing at myself. Riku nodded.

"He, too, has been seeking another wielder of the keyblade." said Leon, showing up out of nowhere. I marched over to him, getting ready to give him a piece of my mind.

"By the way, WHERE THE HELL WERE YOU? I had to fight those Heartless all by myself, and you just took off!" I shouted angrily, Leon looking slightly terrified.

"I had to catch the spy!" he rebuttled.

"Well, did you at least find it?" I said, putting my hands on my hips.

"No. Unfortunately, it got away. But hopefully it won't be back anytime soon." he said.

I huffed before Aerith walked up and spoke to me.

"Please, Alli. Focus on the matter at hand." said Aerith calmy.

"Okay, okay." I said backing down, giving Leon a murderous death glare that could freeze ice.

'There's officially no WAY that's her...' Leon thought before Riku spoke up.

"I would appreciate it if you would travel with me. I can take you to other worlds to find your sister." said Riku.

"REALLY! AWESOME!" I said excitedly, everyone giving me strange looks at my sudden mood swing. 'I can go look for my family. Plus, I can't wait to meet the disney characters in person XD!'

"Thanks Yuffie, Aerith... Leon... For everything. And tell Cid I said hi!"

"We will." waved Aerith.

"Come back anytime now, ya here!" shouted Yuffie.

"Akira, I expect a rematch the next time I see you," said Leon.

"Will do. See ya!" I waved as Riku and I walked away.

"By the way, I never got your name." asked Riku.

"Whaaaaaaat? You ask a person to travel with you and you don't even know their name? For shame, Riku!" I joked in fake scolding, wagging my finger. "I'm kidding. I'm Alli, Alli Akira. But you can call me Alli." I said, pointing at myself.

"How did you know my name?" he asked, stopping.

"Word gets around futher than you know." I smiled turning away mysteriously. I think Riku might freak out if I told him I already knew him, so I'll keep that part a secret~

"Well, Alli Akira, it's nice to meet you." he said extending his hand.

"It's nice to meet you too, Riku."

'Wow! I'm really going to explore other worlds, and with Riku none the less! Fangirls, eat your hearts out. But dont because then you'd turn into a heartless and i would have to destroy you...no actually, go ahead! eat your hearts out! LOL XD This is gonna be an adventure I hope never to forget!' I thought as we shook hands.

Six of the Great Disney Villian Council stood gathered around a dimensional rune circle, showing Riku and Alli shaking hands. They had been watching the battle beforehand and began to decide which was the greatest plan of action.

"That chick took down that Heartless! Who'd have thought it?" said Hades, god of the underworld, in disbelief.

"Such is the power of the keyblade. The girl's strength is not her own," replied the royal adviser, Jafar, knowingly.

"Why don't we turn her into a Heartless? Ha-HA-ha! That'll settle things quick enough. Or better yet, I'll turn her into one of the creatures in my garden. I haven't had a new edition in awhile." chuckled Ursula, the sea witch.

"By Davy Jones' locker, it's that no good traitor, Riku! He helped the girl out. Filthy bilge rats!" said Captain Hook of Neverland.

"Well, you're no prize yourself!" laughed Ogie-Boogie.

"Shut up!" shouted Captain Hook as he slapped Ogie-Boogie upside the head with his hook.

"That little traitor! When I get my hands on him, he'll wish the Heartless gave him an easy death!" hissed Ursula.

"You're not the only one who has a bone to pick with him, sea witch. I, too, have a score to settle with the little squirt." spat Hades, his blue flames turning dangerous red and yellow.

"I'll say. I'll keel-haul that brat for destroying my ship!" said Captain Hook angrily.

"Calm yourselves, everyone. Do not forget, the boy was Maleficent's first apprentice. We shouldn't be so rash in decisions. Revenge can wait for later. It is the present matter at hand we need to worry about." said Jafar stomping his snake staff down, trying to calm down the group.

"Fine. Fine. I'm cool, I'm cool." said Hades, his flames turning back to their normal blue.

"Whatever, Bossman. I just wanna get this over with." said Ogie-Boogie impatiently.

"Anyways, how can that wench wield the Keyblade anyway? Wasn't Sora the original keyblade wielder?" questioned Captain Hook.

"Apparently, Sora's responsiblility has latched on to her for the time being since she is the only one who can wield the other worldly keyblade." spoke Jafar.

"Yes, but why does she have Sora's ability?"

"I do not know why. Ask the crazy author who devised this fanfiction. I can only give you the facts, not a hunch!" Jafar said angrily as a dark purple shadow arose, a pair of yellow slits gleaming.

"Maleficent! How long have you been there?" asked Ursula.

"Long enough to see you imbeciles fight over petty matters." she replied in a cool, irritated tone of voice.

"Hey! He started it!" said Ogie Boogie, pointing at Captain Hook.

"WHAT! I certainly did NOT, you-" began Captain Hook.

"ENOUGH!" said Maleficent, silencing the entire room. "The keyblade has chosen her, no one can change that. However, she has no idea what will be in store for her. Our Heartless spy has informed me of some new information to help with our plan." she said, stroking her crow perched on her staff.

"Oh, do you mean your new apprentice? How is that going, exactly?" asked Hades.

"Better than usual, but we still can't access the child's past memories to speed up the process." replied Maleficent. Jafar had tried using hypnosis on the child to provoke the hidden memories, but it had drained a lot of his power.

"No matter, the Mage of Darkness will be with us soon enough. But first, what's the progress of the girl?" she continued.

"Apparently, she is going to be traveling with the traitor. Should we send in the Heartless?" asked Hades.

Maleficent paused a bit before a sinister smile grew upon her face.

"No, not yet. I want to test this girl and see if she is truely the key to our success, but will it be she who conquers the darkness? Or will the darkness swallow her? Either way, she could be quite useful to us."