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Ch.3 Resonating Memories

"And how do you know my name? Who are you?" Leon asked.

The moment Leon said that Sora's jaw dropped, along with that of Donald and Goofy's. They weren't quite touching the floor, but then they did when Leon added "I've never met the likes of you before." Sora managed to pick his jaw back up, saying "Quit playing, Leon! We all fought the Heartless together! You know that!" Leon frowned. "Look, I don't what you're talking about. I don't even know your names," he said. "You don't?" Goofy asked. Leon crossed his arms and turned around, thinking about it. "...Sorry," he said. "I can't believe it. How can you have forgotten about us?" Sora said sadly, hanging his head. Leon looked back. "I feel for you, but you've got the wrong guy. It happens all the time. Don't take it so personally, Sora," he said. At that Donald gasped and looked at Goofy, who simply raised an eyebrow.

"You DO know his name!" Donald called. Leon stiffened, surprised, and spun around. "Now, hold on! Why do I know your name?" he asked, just as shocked as them. Goofy looked at Donald. "You think Leon's just kidding around?" he asked. "If he is, it's not funny. Sora's really upset," Donald replied. Leon looked past Sora at the town of them. "Who's kidding around, Goofy. You and Donald are the ones who-" he began, before stopping "Hey!" Donald called. Leon placed the tips of his fingers against his forehead, eyes closed. "I don't get it... Something's wrong with my memory. What's going on?" he thought aloud. Just then a young female voice behind him spoke, saying "I don't know, Leon. Maybe Aerith was onto something after all." All of them looked to see another person from their past standing their. "Yuffie!" Sora called.

Said ninja smiled and walked over to Leon. "She said she sensed some uncanny kind of powers, and asked us to look into it. Well, this is about as uncanny as it gets. Maybe you should take Sora to see Aerith," she said. Sora gasped. "Yuffie, you know my name!" he exclaimed. "Yup! Looks like you know mine too! Not that I'm surprised that you know about the single white rose of Wutai!" she said proudly, striking a pose. Leon stared. "You know him?" he asked. Not moving from her pose, she said "Nope! Total stranger! But I definitely know his names. Strange, yes, but convenient! We can skip the introductions." Leon held his head. "How s it that you can accept this situation so easily? I don't get you..." he announced. "Well, I'm gonna run ahead and fill Aerith in. Leon, you give them the grand tour. See ya later!" Yuffie said, turning and walking off with Pluto.

Everyone watched them go, and once they were gone Leon shrugged. "...I guess it's no use pondering over it. Come on, follow me. But there are Heartless wandering around town. Be careful," he said. Sora, Donald and Goofy nodded, and they went through the same door as Yuffie. On the other side Donald and Goofy vanished, as did Leon, and in his hand was a golden card with a picture of a heart. Sora jumped. "What the-?" he began, before remembering. From here on out, Sora walked alone. He sighed and started forward, when suddenly a Shadow rose from the ground and swung at him. Sora dodged and stabbed the Heartless with his Keyblade, and they were both enveloped int light before Sora found himself on the usual battlefield. In front of him stood three Shadows and two Soldiers, all of them dazed from Sora hitting the Shadow.

Without waiting for them to recover he ran forward, swinging. Sora cut one Shadow in half before stabbing at another, not killing it but damaging it. The other Heartless woke up and the Soldiers ran at Sora, while the Shadows laid against the ground and moved in every direction. One of the soldiers attempted to use a spinning kick but Sora actually caught that foot, throwing it into the other Soldier. With that done he turned to the Shadow he had stabbed and held his Keyblade with both hands. He swung downwards and cleaved the being completely in two vertically. The two halves dissolved into Shadows, but then Sora felt himself be slashed across the back by a set of claws. He clenched his teeth and grunted in pain, turning to see that it was one of the Soldiers. He frowned and blocked the Heartless to do so again, countering with a trio of slashes that all landed on its chest.

Sadly the Soldier was made of tougher stuff that the Shadows, and so the combo didn't kill it. Instead it went for a jump kick and missed, going past Sora and hitting the barrier around the edge of the battlefield. Sora was about to pursue it when the other Solider did the same thing, this hit connecting. Sora fell backwards from the kick to the chest, falling on his back. The last Shadow appeared and grabbed his hand, trying to hold him down. But instead Sora reached into his pocket and pulled out a card of Goofy, holding it up. "Goofy!" he called, and the card vanished. Goofy appeared next to him and smiled, spinning on one foot and using his shield as a weapon. He hit the Shadow and he second Soldier, knocking them both away while killing the Shadow. The Soldier was injured, and Sora stood and deliver a punishing blow across the chest.

Now all that was left was the first Soldier, which was recovering from its crash into the barricade. Sora ran up to it and cut it across the back like it had done to him, before giving it another cut to make an X. The Solider whipped around but Sora stopped it, stabbing his Kingdom Key into its face within its helmet. The Soldier flailed around for a second before going limp, fading away into darkness. The battlefield itself also went dark, before revealing Sora to be in the same place as before the Heartless appeared. He sighed and started forward. There would only be a matter of time before the next batch of Heartless appeared- he wanted this done as soon as possible. Soon enough he found a door that required the use of that golden card, and Sora used it. The light coming from the door was even brighter than usual, and once he stepped through Sora found himself in Leon, Aerith and Yuffie's hideout.

Donald and Goofy were back at his side, and Leon and Yuffie were in front of him with the addition of Aerith. "Aerith, have you forgotten me too?" Sora asked. The brown-haired girl blinked, unsure. " I don't know whether to say 'nice to meet you' or 'good to see you again'. I don't feel like I know you, but I still feel like you belong here," she said. "Yeah, exactly! Like we've never met before, but it still doesn't feel weird knowing your names," Yuffie added. Sora shook his head, saying "But I'm telling you, we have met before. We took on the Heartless together! We were a team!" "It feels like you're right... but I don't remember," Leon told him. Sora crossed his arms. "Then I guess you won't remember what you told me. In hollow Bastion, when I sealed the Keyhole: 'We may never meet again...'," he said.

"...But we'll never forget each other," Leon finished, blinking when he did. "See, you do remember!" Sora called. "He's right, Leon! I remember you saying that too!" Yuffie said. Leon crossed his arms. "I guess I can't write off as a coincidence then," he said. Aerith looked at Sora. "I don't have any memories, but I still remember. I think your heart is doing the remembering for us," she theorized. Sora blinked. "My heart?" he repeated. "We don't know you, Sora, but your heart is full of memories of us together. Those memories must resonate in our hearts, too. Maybe they tell us things we couldn't otherwise know," Aerith told him. Leon frowned, asking "So you think Sora's memories are affecting ours?" "His memories do seem to have a certain power," she replied.

"Maybe it's just like that guy said. This town is an illusion. Something my memories created," Sora pointed out. Aerith looked back at him. "And... there's someone important to you in this town?" she asked. Sora looked at her, surprised. "How did you...?" he asked, before catching on. "Ah, I get it. My memories are resonating with yours, telling you what happened. Yeah, there supposed to be a friend of mine in this time- I mean, Castle Oblivion," Sora said. "Castle Oblivion? What's that? There aren't any castles here," Yuffie said. "That's not quite what I meant," Sora told her. Aerith smiled gently. "You're still not sure what's going on yourself, right?" she asked. He nodded. "Yeah. We just got here, after all. I want to take a better look around," he said. "Then go have a walk around town. There are heartless, but that should be no problem for you," Leon said.

Sora smirked, putting his hands behind his head. "So you know I can fight?" he asked. Leon cracked a small smile. "I can't say I know, but I feel like believing you. Let's leave it at that, alright?" he asked. Sora nodded, and the three of them left the room. They kept searching and searching, but no matter what area of town they looked they didn't find a single trace of Riku, the King, or Dexal. Eventually they made their way to the Second District, and found Cid standing in the plaza in front of the Gizmo Shop. He turned around, saying "Well, what do you know? It's Sora!" But the Cid frowned and scratched his head. "Wait, what am I saying? I don't know you. But you look like a Sora, what with the spiky hair and baggy pants..." he said. Sora shook his head. "it's okay, Cid. That's my name," he said.

Cid smiled. "So, you've heard of me? Heh, can't say I'm surprised," he said proudly. Sora decided to ignore that, saying "Well, maybe you can help me out. I'm looking for a friend of mine who's supposed in this castle- er, town. Got any ideas?" Cid scratched the back of his head. "You're friend, huh? Lately, all this town sees is Heartless. Can't even take two steps without getting attacked. I fact, this plaza's the worst," he said, turning around. He pointed at the top of the gizmo shop, where there was a bell. "Se that bell up there? Word is, a jumbo-sized Heartless show's up here whenever that bell rings. If you value your hide, you'll get out of here while the getting's good," he said, before doing just that. "Gawrsh, maybe we should get out of here," Goofy said. Sora turned to them. "Don't you want to see the Heartless?" he asked.

Donald frowned. "NO, we DON'T!" he said. Just then they heard the very sound they were fearing- that of a ringing bell. "The bell!" Donald called. "Be careful!" Goofy said. The three of them gathered close and summoned their weapons, when in front of the shop five pieces of a Heartless fell to the ground. They assembled together to form a Guard Armor. With a flash of light Donald and Goofy vanished, and it was just Sora and the massive Heartless on the field.


Sora has met with his gang on the others, but now he's alone against the Guard Armor. How will the battle fair? What will occur afterwards?

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