:: Disclaimer:: I do not own Kingdom Hearts or any of the original characters.

This story was co-written by Grayangelhikari, Belladonadarkraven, NeoJecht and icefire5689. For images of the characters visit the Deviantart gallery of Grayangelhikari, Belladonadarkraven and icefire5689. Character design for Silph, Yuki and Amu go to Belladonadarkraven and icefire5689. Do not copy!

Sora smiled, walking into Hollow Bastion's square. It was exactly as he had remembered it.

"Heey!" Yuffie shouted, rushing down the stairs. Riuki looked horrified as the teenage ninja literally knocked Sora over.

"Sora!" Yuffie said excitedly. She turned to everyone else. "And friends," She added.
Kairi smiled. "Hello."
As the portal began to close shut, two figures were spat out of it, landing next to the group. One had long violet hair, with a gold shirt and a jean Capri's covered with zippers. The next girl wore a white hat over her orange hair, which was pulled back into small pigtails. She had a scarf wrapped around her shoulders and flung over her jacket. The first girl looked up at him and giggled, then whispered something to the other.
"Um, are you okay?" he asked.
The two girls jumped up, nodding frantically.
"Did you just come from there?" Roxas asked them, pointing to where his portal had vanished.
The girl with the violet hair seemed to ignore him and ran straight up to Sora. "Hi! Sorry if I spooked you! We just heard that you needed help, and thought we were a couple of perfect candidates!" Sora and the others just looked at her surprised and a bit curious. Were the two of them even around when they were talking with Hayner? "My name's Amu. And this is Yuki."

Yuki grinned. "Hello! Well, we happened to be walking by when I overheard the him talking to the bunch of you and thought that we could join in. I don't know what it is, but it's gotta be a heck of a lot better then whatever we are doing back there."
Yuki looked over at Riku then back at Amu. They whispered back and forth to each other and Yuki giggled. Riku turned to Sora with a concerned expression on his face.
"Fan girls," Yuffie said under her breath.
"Hey listen," she said cheerfully. "If you want to see the others, you know where to find us! See you!"
Yuffie ran off toward Merlin's house.
"Uh- Yuffie wait!" Sora said, looking over Amu, but Yuffie disappeared around the corner. Sora turned back to them in disappointment.
"So what are your names?" Yuki asked openly. Sora briefly introduced everyone to the two girls.
"So.. are you two sisters?" Kairi asked.

Yuki laughed. "No! We're just really good friends. Practically grew up together, but anyway.. Where are you all from? I could tell you weren't from around there because of that black spirally thing that swallowed you and that wasn't normal. But I'm saying that you're not normal or anything, it's just I haven't seen anything like that-" (Riku and Roxas looked Sora, giving him the 'I-don't-think-I-could-last-if-they-came-along' and 'she's-a-chatter-box' look.) "-so I just figured. So is it okay if we came along? Please? Or just for a little while? We really have nothing to do, it is summer after all. Although I suppose we could entertain each other with movies or something but I'd rather not. But I really don't want to impose either... But I suppose it's decided."
Sora opened his mouth to answer but was interrupted by a female voice, laughing. He looked around and glanced up at the top of a wall. Sitting there was a girl with long blond pigtails, with ribbons tied spiraling around them. She waved and chuckled softly to herself.
"So you're the 'adversary' my boss was talking about? Please, you're just a bunch of kids." She said, waving her hand. "But I suppose I can still have fun with you. After all, starting now, you're my new play toys."
Sora raised an eyebrow and stepped in front of Kairi, defensively. The girl jumped down, landing a few feet from Sora.
"Oh, I'm sorry, where are my manners?" She said. "I'm Jest, and I'm here to play."

Roxas and Sora both looked at each other, raising an eyebrow then back to Jest. She stood up on her tiptoes to see over Sora's shoulder.
"Ah, and you got a new recruit to your group?" she said, looking at Riuki.
"Hey dummy, we're here to-" Yuki began, being cut short by Amu.
"Shh!" she whispered to her. "Don't antagonize her!"
Jest glanced over in their direction. "Well aren't you the outspoken one? Maybe I should just skip the introduction and begin?" Jest circled over to the side of the group.
Sora and Riku kept an eye on her, not letting her leave their sight. Roxas stepped in front of Naminé. Jest paused and turned to face them with a slight smile on her face.
Jest ran straight for the group. Sora summoned his keyblade, swinging it at her. Jest jumped up over Sora, avoiding his attack. She jumping off the top of his head and landed behind him.
"Hey!" he shouted. Jest giggled. Sora rubbed the top of his head and turned around.

Sora and Roxas both charged at Jest. She waited mockingly, looking at her nails then back at them. At the last second, she jumped out of the way giggling. Roxas and Sora collided and groaned. Sora scanned around, angrily, looking for Jest.
"She's making us look like idiots," Roxas said irritably.
"That's right!" Jest tapped Roxas on the shoulder.
He wheeled around and slashed her with both keyblades. She grabbed both blades mid swing and twisted. Roxas heard a small crack and yelled. Both of his keys flew out of his hands and hit the ground. Then disappeared in a ball of light.
"Roxas!" Naminé rushed to his side.
"I'm fine," Roxas muttered, rubbing his left hand. He glared at Jest, both keys reappearing. She grinned and disappeared in a dark, faded mist. Jest materialized in front of the group with her hands on her hips. Riku took a step forward, anticipating her next move.

Jest raised an eyebrow. "Are any of you even trying? This is hardly the show I expected you to put on- from the ones that brought down the Organization at least..."
She ran up to Riku and jumped. Midair she turned kicked, aimed for his chest. He quickly brought up his key to block it. She smiled at his success and followed into a secondary attack. Riku continually counted and hit back with each blow she threw at him. Jest reappeared behind him, charging. As he turned around she delivered a blow to his stomach. Riku stepped back, raising his keyblade.

Angst watched the fight continue from above the accessory shop. "Is she even trying?" he muttered. He stood up, jumping down into the square. "Remember not to break 'em."

Jest looked up at Angst and frowned. "Who invited you? Stay out of this, this is my fight!"

As she said that, Sora hit her from behind. She wheeled around and clenched her teeth. "You little brat!" she yelled as she began to charge him. Roxas pointed Oblivion at Jest, a burst of light blasted her back into the wall. She slid down, catching her breath.
"Look what you made me do!" Jest shrieked at Angst. She stood up, dusting off her skirt. She raised an eyebrow at the group. "Looks like you guys are capable of at least something after all. But it doesn't leave me with much to report when I return. You are hardly the trouble."

"Report to who?" Sora asked angrily.
Jest smiled, "Well, wouldn't you like to know?" She vanished in a black mist.

Roxas dismissed his keyblades. He slumped down to catch his breath then looked up.
"So that's what we're up against.." He said taking a deep breath.
Sora shoved his key into the ground and leaned on it. "She was toying with us, did you notice? She didn't seem to be trying."
"Guess that means we need to keep our guard up," Riku suggested. "It's possible we'll run into her or others later."
"If she works with anyone," Yuki chimed in.
Kairi folded her arms and looked down. "She said she was going to 'report'. I guess that means she is working for someone."
The group went quiet, thinking it through.
"You're lucky she didn't pay much attention to you," Riku said to Riuki. He nodded slightly.
"I think it's time to go find Leon or Cloud," Sora said as his keyblade vanished. "We might need their help."
"Good idea."
The group headed off toward Merlin's house, Amu and Yuki tagging along in the back.

Silph had seen the end of Jest's fight. She and Critter were crouched low on the roof of a building. She couldn't help but smile when Jest slammed into the wall. Served her right for being such a high and mighty prick. She was just as bad as Sarcasm. She had been surprised to see Angst there. He was such a soloist character and didn't get out much.
When the two disappeared leaving the group of kids looking around confused she crept closer to see if she could hear anything. She was careful not to be seen and made sure Critter stayed beside her. He could get himself into trouble sometimes. She glanced at him for a moment before settling down to listen to what was being said bellow. Critter smiled up at her and pointed bellow.
"Yes," she said. "We're supposed to watch them. Be careful, okay?" Critter grinned wide and nodded.

Silph jumped from roof to roof in order to keep up with the group. Her progress was silent and just to make sure he stayed out of trouble she held Critter in her arms. He was getting bored of the situation and seemed ready to wander off. The sudden change in location seemed to keep his interest though. He smiled happily and waved his arms around with each jump. It took some effort to keep from laughing at him on her part.
As they moved Silph's lips formed a grim line. She had learned very little from that discussion. No names, besides Cloud and Leon. Apparently there were more allies out there for these kids, whoever they were. She'd just have to keep her ears open.

So concludes the fourth chapter! Please review!