Okay, well I got this far into the story and figured this was a good place to end the story for now, without leaving too many loose ends, but hopefully enough to keep you interested in coming back when I finish the next chapter. Also for anyone wondering why Kairi's heart has been drained some of it is because I felt that after everything she went through in the two games there is no way she could still be at the same level as she was in the beginning, but another part is that I really needed a space for a new Princess of Heart, so sorry I don't have a better explanation, but this story is not about her. Anyway, i hope you enjoy this the first official chapter and please remember to review.

I DO NOT OWN THE KINGDOM HEARTS GAMES OR THE CHARACTERS FROM THE GAMES, but I wish I did.

Kingdom Hearts: The Darkside of Friendship

Chapter 1- What is That?

Somewhere on a far off beach sat a lonely teenager, he starred off over the ocean as the tide slowly lapped at his feet. His medium length brown hair blowing in the wind and into his face, his eyes revealing that a battle was being waged within himself, and as he was lost in though someone came from behind and gave him a slight smack on the back of the head waking him from his own world. "Hey what the hell is wrong with you!" the teenage boy snapped at the person standing behind him.

"Lots of things, but right now I just felt like hitting you," came the reply, as thought it had been said many times before.

"Yeah well its nice to see you too Rachel," the brown haired boy spat out as he began to stand.

"Oh calm down Corey, what are you doing out here anyway?" Rachel responded looking at closely at the boy for the first time today, he was about average height for a boy his age and he wore a pair of dark blue jeans that appeared as though they had been through some rough times and he also wore a black shirt that said Come to the Dark Side we have cookies, that made Rachel laugh a little.

"I was just thinking," Corey replied. The brown hair covering his face being blown about finally allowed him to look at Rachel, she stood there in a pair of blue jeans with a tare in them, a pink shirt with something written on it that Corey couldn't read and a pair of black flats that she normally wore.

"Okay well what were you thinking about?" Rachel inquired looking into his eyes and seeing the swirling clouds of a deep conflict brewing within him.

"Rachel, do you ever wonder what we're doing here?" the brown haired boy asked appearing to not hear the question at all.

"Well what do you mean?" Rachel asked confused.

"Well sometimes when I sit here and think to myself and I just keep thinking about things, I eventually arrive at that question, why are we here? What are we doing? Are we meant for something more..... Rachel look at that!!!!!" Corey replied.

"Huh??? Wha...What is that???" Rachel stuttered.

"I've never seen storm clouds like those and look the water, it's turning purple!" The shocked brown haired boy yelled out in awe. "Rachel we've got to get out of here!!!!" he continued only to turn around and see that his friend was already running down the beach. Corey took a step forward to join her, but found that he was stuck in the spot he was standing, as he looked down at his ankle and saw this strange creature holding on to him. The creature was pure black with yellow eyes, and as it held him it slowly rose from the ground revealing itself to be nearly the teen boys height with two large antenna looking things sticking out of it's head that were angled backwards.

Within moments the creature was at it's full height and little black puddles began forming on the ground as more of these monsters started appearing. Off in the distance Corey thought he heard a loud sonic boom, but he feared that whatever it was, it was probably on the monsters side. As the creatures surrounded him, Corey closed his eyes and prepared for the end, as he was too much of a coward to face death head on, and just as he felt the cold of death creeping upon him the darkness was gone. He could hear sounds of fighting and opened his eyes to see a beautiful girl with semi-long reddish hair in a pink dress with zippers on the top and bottom standing before him.

"Hey are you all right?" she asked, reaching out a hand to help him up.

"Yeah, I think so, but who are you?" Corey responded to the girl.

"She's Kairi," a tall teenage boy with long white hair answered before the girl could, "and I'm Riku, oh and that guy over there who just saved you is Sora," Riku continued pointing down the beach a little to an about average height boy, with really spiky brown hair that seemed to laugh at the concept of gravity.

As Sora finished off the last of the monsters he ran back toward the group of people, "Hey are you okay?" he asked Corey.

"Your too late Sora, we've already been through that and we've done the introductions," the red headed girl corrected him.

"Oh okay, well then you know that I'm," the spiky haired brunette started.

"Your Sora, he's Riku, and she's Kairi, Yeah I know, but what on earth were those things you killed?" Corey interrupted.

"Oh, you mean the Heartless?" Sora asked with a weird look on his face.

"Is that what you call them?" Corey replied.

"Yeah, that's what they are called, their the darkness in the hearts of living beings given shape and form," Riku said cutting off the conversation between the two brunettes, "and there will be more of them soon so we need to get set up for the night"

"Well thanks for saving me guys, uh...... I know your busy, but would you be willing to come with me to see my friends? Cause I know when I tell them this story they are never gonna believe me," Corey asked the trio.

"Sure we can!" Sora blurted out as he jumped nearly six feet in the air out of excitement.

"Sora, we have a job to do, we're not here to hangout with a group of kids," Riku cut in.

"I know that, but he's got a point no one would believe that story," Sora defended, "plus maybe he and his friends could help us with our job, they do know they area better than us."

"He does have a point Riku," Kairi chimed in on Sora's behalf.

"Fine you two want to go, then go, I'm gonna be spending the night in the Gummi ship, hope you guys have fun," Riku muttered as he stormed off.

"Wait Riku...." Kairi started.

"Kai, let him go, you know when he gets like this it's best to just let him cool off," the spiky haired brunette told her, and then turned back to Corey who had been quietly watching, "So where are your friends?"

"Oh follow me," Corey replied waking from his daze, and began walking down the beach with Sora and Kairi in tow, as Riku set himself up for the night in the cockpit of the Gummi ship.

Well thanks for reading and I hope you liked it, please please please review, tell me what you like, don't like or anything at all. Once again thank you.