Card 1: Castle Oblivion


Kioku, Spongebob and Patrick slept around a camp fire, underneath the starry night sky. Kioku rested on the ground, staring at Taiyo's lucky charm. Kioku sat up and sighed, staring at the dancing flames. His thoughts were keeping him up this late. He thought long and hard about the journey he had just embarked on. And all the friends he made while on it. His heart felt pretty heavy.

"What's the mattah? Can't sleep, Kioku?" A small blue mouse squeaked. Kioku nodded, he looked down at him.

"If you don't rest, you'll be sick y'know.." Winslow said.

Kioku yawned. "I could say the same to you."

"Nah, I'm all right. I've just been complin' da records of our travels." Winslow said, holding up the journal. "Y'know, the journal."

Kioku picked up a magnifying glass and took a look into Winslow's journal. Winslow had written down everything Kioku, Spongebob and Patrick had done in every world they had been to. "Holy cow! You've written a ton of stuff!" Kioku exclaimed.

"That's da easy part." Winslow sighed. "Once I get back to the castle, I'm gonna halfta tell Princess Pearl everythings that's happened. That's my job as a chronicler."

Kioku hugged his knees, thinking about the events before he got his Keyblade. "Back in the town, the three of us were making a boat. We were gonna leave the town and go see other worlds. Me.."

"...Yoru.."

"...Taiyo.."

Kioku looked up into the starry sky. "Never thought it was gonna be like this. Being thrown in another world, separated from my friends. Fighting the Heartless with the Keyblade."

"We traveled to many worlds, and made a lot of new friends.

"Spongebob..."

"...Patrick.."

"And Winslow.."

"Kinda...it kinda makes we wonder what this would've been like if those two were with us too." Kioku laid back in the grass. "I wonder what they're doing right now.."

Kioku knew Taiyo went back to Tranquil County and was safe there. But he didn't know how long it would take for him to get back to his town and see her. On top of that, how long the search for Yoru and the King would be. "Say Winslow..you think I'll be able to get back to my world?" Kioku asked.

"Of course, nimrod!" Winslow nodded, insulting the boy playfully. Kioku huffed and gave Winslow a serious look.

"Hey, what's with the look?" Winslow put his hands on his hips. "You made a promise with your girlfriend, right?"

Kioku blushed madly and sprung up, exclaiming. "Taiyo's not my-", He then remembered him and Taiyo..kissing. He did have strong feeling for her, but he didn't know she felt the same. It was so embarrassing, kissing in front of everyone like that. Along with Spongebob and Patrick teasing him about it on the way to the Gummi Ship. His heart nearly skipped a beat as the memory replayed in his mind.

Just as Kioku turned around, Taiyo quickly grabbed his hand. "Wait. One more thing."

Kioku rolled his eyes and turned around. "What is it Tai-"

Taiyo stepped closer to Kioku and she pushed her light pink lips up against his. Kioku's eyes grew big and his face turned red. Taiyo opened her mouth and kissed him again, wrapping her arms around his neck. Kioku slowly slipped his arms around her hips and held her. They held the kiss until they couldn't breathe. Taiyo opened her mouth and smooched his lips once last time, right before pulling away.

Taiyo carressed Kioku's cheek, "That was also for luck, too. Silly goose."

Kioku looked down at Taiyo's charm. The Thalassa shell charm. Used for luck when sailors would sail out to open sea. I guess this would be a fitting scenario, Kioku, Spongebob and Patrick going on a dangerous quest to find two important people. Who knows if they'll make it back alive? Kioku took a wild guess and decided that that's where Luck comes into play.

"You'd better bring that Lucky Charm back to me! I worked pretty darn hard on it!" Taiyo bantered, making Kioku flinch again.

"Spongebob and Patrick over there, think the same thing too." Winslow pointed a thumb at the two sleeping next to each other. "They'll find the king and head back to their world someday."

Winslow hopped up to Kioku's shoulder. "Kioku, you'll go back to your world, too."

Kioku nodded. "Someday.."

He remembered Yoru's words to him. Those five words that Kioku kept playing over and over again.

"Kioku..take care of her."

Kioku layed back down, staring up at the bright moon, feeling himself getting more tired by the minute. "We're gonna go home with Yoru, too."

"Taiyo.." Kioku stared at the Lucky Charm for a while longer, until he felt himself drift into slumber.


Later in the night, A voice boomed inside of Kioku's head, waking him up.

"Hero of the Keyblade!"

Kioku flipped up to his feet and summoned his Keyblade, the Guardian Locker. He looked around in caution. "Who's there?"

He looked around some more, he heard Spongebob and Patrick mumbling in their sleep. "Mmm..save me some Krabby Patties, will ya?" Spongebob mumbled.

Kioku felt a strong presence far in front of him, he looked foward and saw a rather skinny figure, wearing a black coat. His face shrouded by a hood.

Kioku got into a stance with his Keyblade. The figure started to talk.

"Ahead lies something you need.."

Kioku dashed towards and figure, intending to attack. "But to claim it.."

"You must lose something that is dear to you."

Kioku took a swing at the cloaked figure, but fell flat on his face as the figure disappeared. The figure appeared behind him. "Over here.." The cloaked man taunted as he appeared far behind Kioku. Kioku spun around only to find that the man in black had disappeared. Spongebob and Patrick slept soundly, along with Winslow.

"Damn." Kioku cursed under his breath, dismissing his Keyblade. He sat down tried to think about who that was just then, but only found himself getting frustrated. He layed back down and shut his eyes. Falling asleep again.


-Later that day...-

Kioku, Spongebob and Patrick had arrived in front of a huge castle. The castle's architecture was very remarkable, with its tower's tops resembling an interesting isosceles triangle, and a noticable monster with horns on the center of the castle. Two smaller parts of the castle, lieing on floating islands are joined to the main structure by chains. "Wow! What a huge castle!" Spongebob gawked.

"I think we might find something in here!" Patrick smiled brightly.

Kioku was lost in thought. "'Something I need', huh?"

"Will it be here?"

'Maybe it'll be a clue to finding Yoru..but..' Kioku thought. He looked up at the castle with determination, as he knew deep down in his heart, that he'd find something. "Maybe, we'll find the King!" Spongebob cheered. Next thing Kioku knew, Spongebob and Patrick walked up to the tall doors.

"Is this the entrance?" Spongebob wondered.

"I dunno, let's take a peek in.." Patrick said. Kioku reached out to them, "Guys, wait!"

Kioku jogged over to them. Patrick got ready to shove the door open, until Spongebob stopped him.

"We have to knock first, Patrick." Spongebob said cautiously.

Patrick nodded quickly. "Uh huh, yeah, I know that!"

Kioku tried to talk to them, but it was like they weren't even listening. "Guys! What if it's a trap?! HEY!"

Patrick banged on the door, and it creaked open. The double doors opened up all the way. "Welp, let'sa go!" Patrick said, happily trotting into the castle.

Kioku and Spongebob looked at each other and sighed right before following the starfish.


-Castle Oblivion: First Floor-

The whole castle was white. No other colors. Kioku, Spongebob and Patrick looked around the all-white room. Everything was so bright, that it nearly hurt their eyes looking around. But, it seemed that no one was around in this room anyways. "Yo! Anyone home?" Kioku shouted.

"Hm, seems like no one is home." Spongebob rubbed his three slowly strolled further.

Spongebob raised a question. "You guy's think it's safe to just barge in like this?"

Kioku suddenly stopped, and turned around to look at the ground behind him. "Hmm?"

"What's wrong, Kioku?" Patrick asked.

"Felt like I just dropped something." Kioku said, looking around. What the heck?

"Stop spacing out!" Spongebob nagged. "Did you lose something?"

"No.." Kioku shook his head. Suddenly a smooth, eerie voice boomed behind them.

"WELCOME TO OUR CASTLE."

Kioku, Spongebob and Patrick spun around, only to see a man in a black coat, holding a crystal ball staff. The hooded man started to speak again. "Young man, what you dropped just now.." The hooded man spoke. "Was your 'Memory'!"

Kioku glared and summoned his Keyblade. "Hey! You're that black coat I met last night!"

"KIOKU!" Spongebob yelled. "How could you get us into a trap like this?!"

The two started to bicker. "I just knew something was fishy!" Spongebob bantered.

"I was the one who said-" Kioku started until Spongebob interrupted. "I never would've come near his place!"

"Hey! I said that is might've been a trap in the beginning!" Kioku yelled.

"AWWW, WHO CARES?!" Spongebob yelled, pulling out his Spatula staff. "This thing is probably just a Heartless anyways. I'm gonna take it out." Spongebob then spun around and pointed his staff at the man in black. "FIR-Uh.." Spongebob stuttered. "FI-"

"BLIZ-", Spongebob stuttered.

"BLI-ZA!"

"THU-"

Spongebob looked at his staff, puzzled. "What's going on here?!" It seemed like every time Spongebob would yell out a spell, his mind would go blank and he could never focus. It was like he had forgotten all of his magic skills. "I am not a Heartless F.Y.I," The man in black said calmly. "And I think it should be pretty obvious.."

"Once you stepped foot in this castle, you forget every single move and ability you once knew.." Kioku had began to speculate. "So, is Dodge roll a somersault?"

"How would I know?" The man in black scoffed. Patrick had began to recite the alphabet. " G..."

"In this place, to find is to lose and to lose is to find," The cloaked man said.

Kioku and Spongebob were too fixated on Patrick's alphabet " O.. P.. Q.. R.. S.. T.. U.. V.."

"W.. X.. Y... and..Z!" Patrick smiled. "Hey, I still know the alphabet!"

"PAY ATTENTION!" The man in black shouted, slamming the end of his staff on the ground to get their attention.

The cloaked man cleared his throat and repeated himself. "Like I said before, in this place, to find is to lose and to lose is to find..."

"Hey Spongebob, Kioku.." Patrick snickered. "He repeated himself."

"Musta liked that phrase, huh?" Spongebob snickered. The cloaked man sighed with annoyance. "I thought you weren't listening..."

"That is the way of..."

"CASTLE OBLIVION!"

The cloaked figure continued. "Here, you will find people you know. And also, people that you miss.."

"What?" Kioku said. "People we know?" Spongebob and Patrick said in unison, looking at each other. Kioku then remembered Yoru, as Spongebob and Patrick remember their King. "You mean, Yoru's here?!" Kioku shouted.

"King Krabs is here?!" Spongebob shouted. The man in black shrugged. "Can't you feel their presence?"

"If you want to meet them-", The man in black quickly moved through Kioku, and the boy felt like something was being taken from him.


"Y'know, I wonder if we'll actually find another world, at the end of the sea." Kioku gently touched the boat. "Wonder what it'll be like."

"Everything will be answered when we get there." Yoru answered. "We'll know what kind of world Kairi came from, and why we're here."

"Holy...crap!"

"I'm in another world!" Kioku screamed.

"Wait, Kioku. Be careful, this place may be cheerful and carefree. But the Heartless do come around every once in a while. So stay on your toes." Jimmy warned.

"I'm Spongebob Squarepants," Spongebob introduced himself, putting his hand out.

"My name is Patrick," Patrick stated, putting his hand on top of Spongebob's.

"And I'm Kioku," Kioku smiled, placing his hand on top on Patrick's.

"Hey, where'd my hand go?" Patrick said worrifully.

"All for one, and one for all!" Spongebob said.

"Those Heartless have tremendous fear over the Keyblade." Link turned his back, "Which is why they'll keep coming after you, no matter what."

Yoru laughed. "Hahaha! That's rich! What good is your puny, weak heart gonna do while your getting your butt kicked?"

King Krabs turned in their direction. "Don't worry, lad. There will always be a door to the light."

"Take care of her."

You hold the mightiest weapon of all.

"Take this with you."

"I knew it was you, after you turned into a Heartless." Taiyo said. "Wherever you go, I'm always with you. Don't you ever forget that."


Kioku gasped. "What did you do?"

"I merely sampled your memories." The man in black said, throwing a card at Kioku. Kioku swiftly caught the card and looked at it. "What's this?" Kioku asked.

"I made that card from your memories." The man in black said. "It's a promise of reunion." The man then pointed to a large white door behind him. "Hold the card before you and the door will open,"

"And beyond it, will be a new world."

The man in black disappeared through a blackish-purple portal with black thorns spiraling around it. "Use that card and press on...Hero of the Keyblade.."

Kioku stared at the card. Winslow then hopped up on the card. "Just hold on a second, Kioku."

"Something about what that guy said is kinda funny.." Winslow said. "If you really keep goin'.."

"He said the moment we stepped foot in here, we began to forget. What the heck does he mean by 'began' anyways? And second of all, to find is to lose and to lose is to find?" Kioku picked Winslow up and put him in his hood. "One look at this castle, and I'd knew we'd find something."

"Me too!" Spongebob smiled.

"Me three!" Patrick chimed in.

"For real?" Kioku asked.

"Aw jeez, to tell ya's the truth. I knew too...but.." Winslow started. "If we don't keep goin', we ain't nevah gonna find anything!"

"Well then, let's go.." Kioku said, walking up the steps and shoving open the door, with Spongebob and Patrick following. "Let's go find Yoru and the King!" Kioku smirked confidently.

As the three left, the man in black appeared behind them.

"The further you go, the more you'll understand..."

"...The meaning of "To find is to lose and to lose is to find.."

"And I said it again...", The man in black sighed and hung his head. "I really gotta stop repeating myself.."