Traverse Town and Meeting Sora

Sorry it took so long to put up this chapter, I've been out of the country for a few weeks and haven't had internet access! Thanks to all those who have read and for the couple that have favorited and reviewed!!! Please R&R!

Background-One day a mysterious stranger named Squall Leonheart appears on the world of Radiant Garden with no memory. Soon Radiant Garden is taken over by the evil heartless, Squall and a few others manage to escape to the world of Traverse Town. While there Squall's memories of his past life begin to come back When someone from his past shows up he realizes he has to go home and face his mysterious past.

Disclaimer: I do not own any character from Square Enix or Disney, if I did own Disney they would not have made all those craptacious sequels

About 3 weeks after the episode at the Radiant Garden library, the world had been taken over by heartless. Leon had been powerless to truly help save the world because his left arm was out of commission due to the wound in his chest. In the end Cid had saved him, Cid had been readying for the day the heartless came for some time apparently. He had built a ship made of gummies so they could escape from the planet in a short amount of time. Nobody knew of what had happened to Ansem the Wise, he had been around when the major fighting had started, but by the end he had disappeared. Cid had flown Leon, Yuffie, Aerith, and a few others to a world known as Traverse Town. He explained that this world was for refugees, but it was still a rather nice world. He had been right, most everyone there had been from a world that had been taken over by the heartless, but everybody there was courteous, even though the heartless managed to infiltrate the first district nearly every day. When they arrived in Traverse Town, Leon ordered a leather jacket, similar to the one he had had when he arrived at Radiant Garden, except there was no fur and it was short sleeved. On the back of it he painted two red wings. He wore his lion necklace and ring every single day. For quite some time Leon stayed behind a computer screen, trying to make sense of what happened to him, how he had arrived at Radiant Garden and the sudden appearance of the scar. He researched the heartless, researched other worlds, and he discovered a few "holes" to other universes. He kept his findings a secret from Cid and the others, and he grew reclusive. When Leon had regained full use of his left arm he made an announcement to everyone.

"I'm going out to permanently clear out the heartless from the first district, and hopefully the others as well." He had explained to Cid, Aerith, and Yuffie calmly.

"Squall," Yuffie was cut off by a glare from Leon. After their break-up Yuffie had gotten into the habit of calling Leon: Squall, his true name. Leon, though, refused to be known as Squall until he was able to find a way back to his own world, "I mean Leon, don't you think this is a stupid idea?"

He shot her another glare, "No. I think sitting around doing nothing is a stupid idea. That's what everyone did at Radiant Garden and look where that got us."

"Well shouldn't someone at least go with you?" Yuffie asked, almost begging.

"Relying on others makes you weak," Leon said coldly.

With that Leon left the shop Cid had opened and started fighting heartless.

For 2 years Leon stayed away from the others, destroying numerous heartless. He noticed how easy it was for him to fight, like he had been doing it his whole life, even though he hadn't fought at all in Radiant Garden. Sometimes the work would be hard, but he could always manage. Leon had grown into an expert heartless killer and had managed to clear out the first district of Traverse Town and cut back on the number in the second and third districts. While out fighting heartless he heard about the missing Dalmatian puppies and promised to help as much as he could. When he finally returned to the regular society of Traverse Town he set up a small security system, alleys were boarded up and the gate between the first and third districts was locked. He wanted to keep the first district as safe as possible, even if it meant making it harder for stragglers in the third district. They should've known what they were getting into, he reasoned.

Leon, Cid, Aerith, and Yuffie set up patrols throughout the town to keep a watch on the heartless at all times. Traverse Town was considered quite safe now and the 4 were placed as the governors of the world.

Leon kept researching everything, such as the mysterious keybearer and became extremely knowledgeable. Over time he started picking up on things similar to how Aerith could.

One day a small mouse came to see him; he introduced himself as Mickey, the king of another world. Mickey said soon two of his loyal subjects would be coming to look for the legendary keybearer. They were to find Leon for help. Even though the mouse was considerably shorter than him and had a high, almost laughable, voice Leon greatly respected him. He just had that sort of aura around him. Leon had simply nodded as Mickey told him about the situation going on throughout all the worlds and how only the one with the keyblade could stop it.

"How will I know who the keybearer is?" Leon asked before the king departed.

"You just will," With those words Mickey teleported off a glowing green piece of ground.

Leon waited and 7 years after he had first appeared on Radiant Garden, the boy arrived. Leon was now 26 years old. His hair was now past his shoulders, but still spiky. The scar on his face showed he had a troubled life and made him seem intimidating. Cid alerted Leon when the boy had arrived and was exploring the other districts. Leon figured Mickey's loyal subjects would be here soon as well. Leon saw the boy in the first district running from heartless, right into Cid's shop. Leon quickly destroyed all the heartless that had foolishly followed the boy and waited

The boy exited the shop, hands behind his head. He was young, 14 at the oldest, with messily spiked dirty blond hair. He had humongous yellow shoes and a red outfit. He also had some white gloves on his hands. Leon shocked him and after a short exchange the boy wanted to fight. Leon knew he had to get the keyblade away from the boy so the heartless wouldn't attack the first district. As they fought he realized the boy was an okay fighter, but he would need to get considerably better if he wanted to go save the worlds. The boy was persistent, not wanting to give up. Finally Leon was able to knock him out cold. Yuffie showed up and teased Leon a little, but helped him carry the boy to the hotel in the second district without being attacked by heartless. Yuffie informed Leon that the king's subjects had arrived and that Aerith was currently talking to them.

The boy finally awoke and confused Yuffie with a friend of his named Kairi, which kind've scared Leon. If the boy can't even keep people straight how are supposed to believe that he will save us? The boy introduced himself as Sora and Leon began to fill him in on the situation with the planets. As they were about to leave a heartless flew in through the window, now was Sora's chance to prove himself to Leon.

Leon watched the boy, a duck, and a dog-type creature fight a giant suit of armor. They could work together as a team and maybe succeed, just maybe. After defeating the heartless Leon had to convince Sora to leave. He knew that Sora would be able to find his friend Kairi if he went on this journey, because Kairi was inside Sora's heart. Eventually Sora, the duck (Donald), and the dog (Goofy) departed on their journey, leaving Leon to fight all the angry heartless in Traverse Town alone, just the way he liked it.