I got Jak and Daxter:TLF and beat it in one day! I am sadly dissapointed by the plot and the fact that Jak can't turn Dark/Light but Daxter can! I mean seriously, I hope High Impact doesn't take over the series. Please, oh please Naughty Dog make a REAL Jak and Daxter game!!!!

Again, can someone at least review, pretty please!!! I'll let you have Roxas for the day!?

Roxas: Are you selling me as a slave!? If you sell me, I'll bring Jak here!

*sighs* Fine fine.

Disclaimer: I do not own Jak and Daxter or Kingdom Hearts. Credit for Jak and Daxter is Naughty Dog. Kingdom Hearts is to SquareEnix and Disney

Chapter 2: Heartless

"I guess there's no way we'll forget the most important memories." -Sora(Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories, Castle Oblivion)

Jak got off the Sand Shark, studying closelythe spikey, brown-haired kid along with his unconcious friend, slumped across his shoulder to carry. The two looked a bit...strange. In Jak's perspective, he'd mostly seen people's ears long and pointy, which was common. Instead, the two kids had ears which were round and small.

The threesome walked together in silence. Sora looked uneasily at the sandy floor, shifting his feet. Why am I so nervous? He knew he should be greatful to the stranger who saved their lives, but his staring was really making him quite fidgety.

Daxter, the two-foot Otssel who is often talkative, broke the uneasy quietude.

"Hey kid," asked Dax. "What's your name?"

"I'm Sora," he piped up, glad to be able to talk. "And the name's not 'kid!' I'm the keyblade master!"

As if on cue, a giant key appeared clutched in Sora's hand. It looked like some sort of weapon with a key fused together.

"What the heck was that!" Daxter yelped, clearly startled. "I don't know where you come from, but we don't have giant freakin' house keys appearing out of thin air!"

Sora protested. "It's not just a key! It's a…"

"Shouldn't we be focused on your friend here?" Jak interrupted.

Sora face fell."S-sorry. I just hope Roxas is alright."

Jak could certainly tell that Roxas was still breathing. He had some bruises and cuts, but luckily he's still alive. Jak frowned. Sora explained how Roxas fell into a dark purplish substance, which Jak could only guess was dark eco. But what really bothered him was the fact was the kid is still alive, almost all on one piece. Dark eco was as far as he could tell, the most dangerous substance in the planet. Even small doses can poison you. But someone being contacted with large amounts of dark eco would definatly kill you.

How can he still be fine without turning to an Ottsel? Or worst, dead? Jak poundered. Unless... No. It can't be. The kid didn't have dark eco pumped into his body. He didn't go through two years of hideous torture. He only fell into a pool of dark eco. It's probably nothing.

"Where are you from?" Jak asked. He was certainly curious about his ears and the magical key appearance. For a second, he thought he saw Sora frown, but then he broke into a happy grin.

"Destiny Island," Sora replied cheerfully. "It's got sandy beaches, coconut trees, and a big salty ocean filled with little fishies!"

Jak raised an eyebrow. He's definably not from this world. No one in the right mind is that optimistic, especially after a life and death situation unless this fifteen year old had a mental capacity of a toddler.

"It's true! Riku, Kairi, Namine, with Tidus, Stephein, and Wakka live there too!"

"Okkaayy…kid. I'm going to pretend that's true," Daxter said sarcastically. "I think you've been out in the sun a little too long."

"It IS true! And the name's not kid!"

Daxter waved his paw dismissively."Whatever!"

Jak chuckled.

Sora noticed it was the first time Jak ever laughed, or even smiled. He always seemed so serious and angry, Sora thought. Perhaps I was wrong…

"Sora, here we are," said Jak, interrupting his thoughts. Sora watch a large gate automatically open revealing a triangular lift composed of wood, rope and cloth. Despite that, it looked nicely constructed enough to hold three people plus the talking Otssel.

"Where are we going?" He asked.

"Somewhere to wake up mister deadbeat," Daxter said, gesturing to Roxas.

When they stepped inside the lift, it went up.

When Sora looked at the room, he couldn't help stare in awe by the thought of water. Actual water in the middle of the desert. The throne room was lined up with boulders and water flowed from the rocks and a giant wooden waterwheel. Please tell me I'm not dreaming, Sora thought. Because I don't want to wake up! The place looked more like a room, because it had a long red flowing carpet and at the front and you could clearly see a single empty chair, making it stand out. Sora did something any fifteen year old would do. He jumped down to the splashing water.

"Sora, shouldn't you be concerned about your friend here?" Jak asked.

"Just set Roxas down in the water. That should wake him up," Sora replied, relaxing on the cool spring. Jak put Roxas to rest in the watery stream and Sora began nudging him on the shoulder."Roxas, wake up!"

Just slighlty, Roxas stirred. "Uughh..."Sora immediately shook the Nobody, water spalshing in all directions. Daxter, who was unfortunatly close to them, was soaking wet.

"Hey, watch it! Children these days!" Daxter snapped. Sora ignored the orange rat. Instead, he focused his attention to Roxas, his blue crystal eyes slowly lifting.

"Earth to Roxas! Are you okay?" Sora yelped.

"Huh? Sora?" Roxas muttered, his eyes half-opened.

"Roxas! You're alright! I was so worried about you!"

"Yeah, sure you were," Daxter said dripping with sarcasm. "I had to walk half a mile because you were so tired and Jak had to carry him!"

"Only because he weighed around a hundred pounds!" Sora retorted

"Guys stop," said Jak. "Okay kid, what happen to you?"

Roxas gave him a defiant look."The name's Roxas! Not kid!"

"Okay Roxas," Jak smirked. "How come you're infected with dark eco?"

Roxas frowned. "What's dark eco?"

Well, what do you know, Jak thought. They really are from another world.

Roxas didn't know what to make of this place. Heck, he didn't even know what this Jak guy was talking about, only bits and pieces. All he knew was that eco was important in this world and somehow he was infected with dark eco, which according to Jak, wasn't a good thing. From the look of Sora's bewildered face, he was even more confused than Roxas.

"So Roxas, how did you have dark eco inside you?"

"Was this 'dark eco' happen to be purplish, gooey, and really stinky?" Sora asked.

"Hey!" Daxter yelled. "Jak wasn't talking to you!"

"Just trying to be helpful," Sora murmured.

Roxas shook his head, clearly confused. "I don't know. All I remember was that I was in the desert with Sora and that's all."

"You got sunstroke and fell down in a pool of purple, stinky liquid," Sora stated matter-of-factly. Then Roxas remembered everything, about the sunstroke, the hallucinations, along with the insanity. He blushed.

"How embarrassing!" Roxas groaned, shaking his head. "I hope Namine doesn't know about this." Namine was a special type of Nobody, a 'witch' who has powers over Sora's memories. Since Roxas is connected to Sora, he'd bet a thousand munny Namine was watching him, since they've been out for...a few hours? "Wait, how long was I like this?"

"About an hour..." Suddenly, he heard the sound of flapping wings. Roxas turned around and saw a bird…or was it a monkey? The thing had a reddish yellowish fur with feathers along with a long monkey-ish tail and face. Is it a Monkow? He read a book about them once as some sort of half bird, half monkey creature in the library for a school project.

"There you are, Jak! I've been looking all over for you!" Interrupted a squawking voice. "Come quick!"

Daxter scowled when his eyes set on the bird...err...monkey. "Pecker! Aren't you suppose to be with tall, big, and muscular?" Daxter snapped, clearly annoyed by his appearence.

"Not now, rat boy!" Pecker retorted. "Spargus is in big trouble!"

"What kind of trouble? Marauders at it again?" Jak smirked.

Marauders, Roxas thought. What's that?

"No! These new enemies are bad news! Damas says they come in groups and are hard to kill! I took a look at one of them shadowy things and let me tell you, they look relatively harmless, but can kill a person in one swoop!"

Shadowy things? Roxas thought. Could they be heartless? Roxas took glanced at Sora and could tell he was thinking the exact same thing.

"C'mon Dax," Jak smirked as Daxter climbed to his shoulder. "Let's rock and roll!"

"Wait!" Sora and Roxas said at the same time.

"Sora and I think we know who those shadowy thing are," said Roxas. Pecker started to notice them for the first time.

"And who are you?"

"Some children we picked up at the Wastelands," Jak replied nonchalantly. "Said their from another world."

"We're not children! We're fifteen!" Sora and Roxas protested. Jak ignored them, as always.

"Oh really?" Pecker said in sudden interest. "You guys said you knew about these 'shadowy things.'"

Roxas nodded. "We believe they are Heartless," he explained. "They are beings that steal people's hearts and come from the darkness."

"That's…informative," Daxter sneered. "How do you stop them?"

Roxas smiled. "We defeat them with this." A weapon, similar to Sora's, appeared in his hand.

Daxter jumped. "Will you stop doing the thing with the appearing act! It's freaky!"

Not as freaky when Jak goes "dark," but freaky nevertheless. Daxter thought.

"How…" Jak snorted. "…will that weapon help?"

"And what is that thing anyway?" Daxter piped up, clearly more annoyed than impressed. "Looks like some giant metal key!"

"The keyblade," Sora announced proudly. "Heartless can only be destroyed by it."

"Oh really!" Pecker said, piqued by sudden interest."Maybe it can help..."

"Oh c'mon, birdbrain!" Daxter moaned. "Don't tell me you believe them!"

"As a matter of fact, rat boy," Pecker snapped. "Nothing seems to kill these 'Heartless.' These two seem to know pretty well about the new enemy."

"We've fought them before," Sora explained. "We could take them. Besides, Roxas here can duel wield real well. Right Roxas?"

Roxas hesitated, then nodded. Why do I feel like I'm forgetting something? Roxas thought. Ever since I've woken up, I can't help but notice that I'm forgetting something really important.

"Okay wise guys," Jak smirked. "Since you two seem to know so much about these 'Heartless,' I'll let you boys tag along with me."

"Try not to slow us down," Daxter replied stiffly.

"Don't worry," Roxas promised. "We won't."

Everyone inside the room headed to the lift to face the troubles that lie ahead.

Kairi paced back and forth in the Secret Cave. Riku was sitting down on a boulder, thinking real hard. Based on Namine's serious gaze looming over them, she wasn't kidding about what she said.

"If what your telling us is true…" Kairi said.

"Then Roxas will become nothing.." Riku muttered, clearly concerned for Roxas' well being for once.

Namine stood up with a worried face. Namine was not like this ever since the mishap in Castle Oblivion.

"Yes," said Namine. "Roxas could lose his memories and disappear."

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