A/N: So I'm currently writing in between school and work so I was lucky enough to finish one more chapter before I start my semester projects. If you don't like it sorry. Please review and tell me so. I also want to thank flightfoot for their review on my story. Ok I own nothing but the storyline and the bad guys. Enjoy.
Noi stared up at the tower before her. It defiantly was strange she thought as she followed Kairi and Naminѐ inside. They made their way to the top floor to Master Yen Sid's study. Master Yen Sid was waiting for them there and they all introduced themselves. Noi barely paid attention as her friends introduced her and then moved on to ask about the Nobodies and heartless. Noi didn't want to sound rude but she really only wanted to figure out these memories of hers.
She unfortunately wasn't paying attention when Master Yen Sid finally addressed her. "Noi?" Naminѐ asked. "Huh?" Noi looked up. "Master Yen Sid asked if you remembered anything so far." Kairi stated. Noi shook her head sighing. "Nope not a thing." She looked up to meet the eyes of Master Yen Sid. "The memories will come with some time my dear. I'm afraid that will have to wait for now. We have more emergent matters to discuss." Noi stared at him in shock. She thought this whole trip was to figure out who she was, nothing else.
"The dark beings that are controlling the heartless and the Nobodies are in conflict with each other. I fear that these beings are more of a threat than Maleficent and it troubles me." Kairi, Naminѐ, and Noi watched him as he spoke and Noi could feel fear creeping up out of nowhere. "Do we know who they are?" Kairi asked. Yen Sid nodded. "Indeed I do. The leaders of the heartless haven't worked hard to cover their tracks. It is strange but it seems their leader is a young child born of darkness. She and her older brother figure are exceptionally dangerous." Kairi nodded and Noi noticed that her face had paled. Noi guessed that it was probably thoughts of Sora coming in to rescue her that bothered her so much. "What about the Nobodies?" Naminѐ asked interrupting Noi's thoughts. "Yes the leader of the Nobody is a little more difficult. Not much information has been found about him but I fear that he must be very powerful if he is able to control the Nobodies single handedly." Noi shuddered at the thought. Her past self had known how dangerous nobodies were and the thought scared her.
She focused back on Master Yen Sid and thought deeply before asking the next question. "If they continue fighting there's going to be chaos. How are we supposed to stop them?" Kairi and Naminѐ looked at her and then to Yen Sid for his reply. He shook his head before answering. "I was expecting Sora to come so that I could entrust this quest to him. I don't know if it would be wise to send you three out there alone. It's much too dangerous." He obviously wasn't expecting the outburst that came with those words.
"We can handle ourselves! I know how to fight with my keyblade and Noi has hers! Naminѐ has the information to lead us and we can do this without Sora!"Master Yen Sid, Naminѐ, and Noi stared at Kairi shocked. Noi was the first to recover. "Yeah Kairi's right we can do it." She said not actually sure of herself but she wanted to back up her new friend. Naminѐ smiled and nodded as well. Yen Sid nodded in defeat. "Very well then but if Sora arrives here I will give him the same information as well as your whereabouts." Kairi nodded in understanding and turned to leave. Naminѐ grabbed Noi's arm and pulled her along after Kairi.
Once they were outside again Kairi turned to say something when she stopped and rubbed the back of her head sheepishly. "Uh… I don't suppose either of you two knows where we should start do you?" Naminѐ smiled at her. "Let's just head to the next world over." Naminѐ suggested. Kairi put her hands up panicked. "But that's Hallow Bastion. We can't go there Leon and the gang would rat us out immediately." Naminѐ paused and thought for a moment. "Alright we'll bypass Hallow Bastion. Next world then." Kairi smiled in relief. Noi looked back and forward between the two of them waiting for a breaking in the conversation to put in her own word. "Um… Wait…I…" Kairi looked to her finally giving her attention. "What is it Noi?" She asked kindly. "You said I had a Keyblade… how am I suppose to get it?" Kairi and Naminѐ glanced at each other in understanding. "That needs to be our first priority." Naminѐ stated.
Running into Leon had been the first thing on Sora's to do list. Unfortunately that didn't happen. So now here he was being dragged by Riku and Axel through the streets of Hallow Bastion just trying to stay on their feet and find shelter. They hadn't been expecting the heartless and Nobodies roaming the streets and as much as Sora wished he could fight them all, he just couldn't handle that many alone. Riku was surprised at the swarming armies of dark creatures and found it even more alarming that they were after each other rather than Sora, Axel, and himself. Axel wasn't too happy about it either. He obviously realized something was wrong just as Riku had. Riku led the group to Merlin's house towing Sora the whole way. Sora was only released from Riku's death grip once they were inside.
The occupants of the room looked up startled to see the three panting boys. Axel put up a finger motioning for them to give them a minute as they cooled themselves down from the run and heart attack, though in Axel's case it should just be called a scare. Riku straightened up and sighed looking over the faces in the room. "Hey everybody!" Sora piped up beside him. Leon stood behind Cid at the computer giving them a strange look but before Leon could speak up another high pitched voice interrupted him. "Hey Sora long time no see!" Yuffie shouted in all her ninja peppiness. Sora smiled at her before interrupting Leon again by asking the obvious. "So do you guys know about all those heartless and Nobodies creeping around here? It's totally crazy!" Riku rolled his eyes at the brunette's lame question and noticed Axel did the same. Leon opened his mouth again to speak when Sora did the same. Riku covered Sora's mouth to give Leon a chance to speak. He gave Leon a slight smile that said "go ahead."
Leon nodded. "The situation has gotten a little out of control." Leon stated turning to face the computer program Cid was working on. Sora's muffled words were heard from behind Riku's hand. "A little?" Leon turned back around. "The heartless aren't attacking anyone deliberately. They're after each other, a war between heartless and Nobodies. Things would be fine if they just killed each other off, but unfortunately this fight of theirs has grown to a much bigger scale. Whole worlds are being affected now and I don't think they're acting without leadership." Leon gave each of the boys a hard glare. "We were expecting you to show up eventually and thankfully you have." Leon stopped when he saw Sora shake his head. Riku removed his hand so Sora could speak properly. "We came because we were looking for Naminѐ and Kairi. We didn't even know about this." Sora looked down in defeat most likely thinking of Kairi in danger wherever she was. "The king mentioned it but not with very many details." Riku explained and silently cursed himself for not pursuing the matter further back at Disney castle.
Someone cleared their throat and everyone turned to notice Axel for the first time. "We'll just have to do your whole hero thing and go rescue the damsels in distress." He said trying to act serious and failing miserably. Sora looked up at him hopefully and Riku smiled a little at how stupid the statement sounded. "Alright then! Another journey then back to the island with Kairi and Naminѐ!" Sora raced out the door leaving Axel and Riku behind. "Wait Sora!" Riku rolled his eyes in annoyance and followed his friend to stop him before he could get himself killed.
Noi was positive that Naminѐ's memory powers were not friendly, as she ran after her friends in the middle of a desert. You would think that the desert would be deserted but it seemed that the Nobodies and Heartless didn't understand that. The city had been just as crowded by the little, creepy creatures as well. Noi watched Kairi take down three heartless at once with her keyblade and shuddered remembering the earlier incident.
"Alright Noi I'm just going to try to reopen you memories so that you can remember them easier." She brought her hands up to rest on either side of Noi's head. "What exactly does that mean?" Noi asked nervously. "It means that your memories are closed right now. That's why you can't remember any of your memories so far. If I can reopen the pathways to those memories you can probably remember how to summon your keyblade." And so she did what she said she would.
Noi shuddered again remembering the shock that went through her head at the time. Thankfully it didn't last long and she did remember her keyblade. She felt relief wash over her when all the repressed memories were released. She still only got flashes of the memories but she was able to recognized faces and the memories stuck with her instead of fading instantly. Noi left her thoughts for a moment to strike down a few lesser Nobodies with her 'two become one' keyblade. She was relieved that her experience from the organization had come back to her as well. She continued to take down heartless and Nobodies making sure to cover Naminѐ while she attacked with magic. After a few more moments they had disposed of most of the Nobodies and heartless. There were only shadows and a few dusks left but they quickly disappeared like cowards.
Kairi jogged over to Noi and Naminѐ a little out of breath but still smiling. "That was fun. You think we got them all?" She asked wiping the sweat from her forehead. Naminѐ smiled and nodded before turning to Noi. "Wow Noi you certainly knew what you were doing out there. You were amazing." Naminѐ complimented. Noi blushed and looked down a little embarrassed. "Alright so are we done here or are we ready for the next world?" Kairi interrupted excited to get back to the fighting. Noi was amused that Kairi's attitude was so fired up and wondered how long this adrenaline rush of hers was going to last. Naminѐ smiled and continued on across the desert toward the city. Kairi followed after her still in her hyperactive mood. Noi followed right behind her but stopped when a memory came back to her. She held her head for a moment waiting for the strange feeling to pass.
"Whew… we made it" Roxas stood next to her panting."Just barely." He said straightening up."So I take it that was the guy?" She asked looking at Roxas. "The one me and Axel saw? Yeah. Pete I think he said?" She nodded. "Yeah. He kept going on about some magic lamp." Roxas folded his arms. "Wonder what he meant."
Noi jumped when someone screamed in her ear. "Noi Wake up!" Noi focused on the figures in front of her. Kairi stood in front of Noi with a worried expression and Naminѐ stood behind her looking equally worried for her friend. "What? What happened?" Noi took a step back while speaking surprised at their worried faces so close up to hers. "You spaced out. We thought we lost you there." Kairi smiled in relief. Noi shook her head and smiled reassuringly. "I'm fine I was just thinking." She said wanting to stop her friends from worrying. Naminѐ guessed what had happened though. "You remembered something?" Kairi looked to Naminѐ and then back to Noi. Noi rubbed the back of her head and smiled a little. "Yeah but hey let's just keep going. I've been here before so if this happens again just wake me up. Ok?" Noi smiled when Kairi gave her thumbs up and Naminѐ finally smiled again. They then continued on through the desert.
When they finally entered the city they were met by another swarm of heartless. Kairi and Noi took care of them in no time and Naminѐ cured them afterwards. "Thanks." Kairi said gratefully. Noi also thanked her before turning around to lead the way and nearly running straight into a black haired boy.
"Sorry." He said helping her back to her feet. "No problem." Noi said a little embarrassed while turning to look for her friends. They appeared beside her and smiled at the boy before them. "Hi there. I'm Aladdin. Sorry about running into you." He said apologizing again. Noi shook her head. "Don't worry about it. We've got to go." She turned and grabbed Naminѐ and Kairi's arm to pull them away but they were stopped by Aladdin. "Was that a keyblade I saw you two with?" Kairi turned around and nodded, curious as to why he knew about it. "So does that mean you three know Sora?" The three girls panicked hearing the name. "What? No, no we don't sorry but Noi's right we need to go." Kairi said and turned to run off with Naminѐ and Noi right behind her. Aladdin stood there for a moment not sure of what had just happened. "O...K?"
"Sora next time you feel like running into a swarm of fighting Nobodies and heartless just don't." Axel said wiping some dirt off of his coat. They hadn't wasted anytime resting in Hallow Bastion and Riku and Axel had been forced to stay out and fight in order to keep Sora out of trouble. Now that they had caused enough damage in the number of creatures on the streets, they decided that they should head out to some other worlds. When Sora asked where they should go next Axel took it upon himself to suggest his second favorite world. "Agrabah it is." Sora declared and set the course.
When they arrived they didn't find what they had expected. "Where are all the heartless and the Nobodies?" Sora asked a little disappointed. "I guess your friend Leon was wrong about the other worlds being in danger." Axel stated looking around the area of the city they were in. "I guess." Riku stated shaking his head. Sora turned around suddenly. "Let's at least look around! I bet we'll run into something." Sora ran off in the direction of the palace gates only to run into someone just like he'd wanted.
"Ow…" Sora complained from his seat on the ground. Riku tried not to laugh at his friend but Axel didn't hold back. He busted up in a fit of laughter and Sora threw him a very unconvincing glare. The person Sora had run into sat up. "Wow. I've got to stop doing that." Sora turned to see Aladdin sitting beside him. "Hey Aladdin! Sorry about running into you and all but we were expecting to find some heartless around here." Sora explained. Riku gave Sora a hand so that he could stand up and Sora did the same for Aladdin. "No problem. But there aren't any more heartless around. Those other keyblade wielders already took care of it." Aladdin smiled. Sora's face went blank in confusion.
"What other keyblade wielders?" Riku and Axel stared at Aladdin not trusting him. "These girls were here a few minutes ago and they defeated all the heartless and those other white creatures." Aladdin answered looking at the three of them confused. Aladdin continued. "I asked them if they knew you and they panicked and ran out of here after saying no." Sora thought about it for a minute before the pieces clicked together for him. "That must have been Kairi and Naminѐ!" Sora turned to Riku and Axel with a spark of hope in his eye.
"It could have been." Axel shrugged. Riku was more help. "These girls, what did they look like?" He asked. Aladdin thought about it. "One of them had red hair and a pink outfit another had…" Sora screamed in excitement cutting Aladdin off. "That's Kairi!" Riku placed a hand on Sora's arm to calm him before looking at Aladdin again. "Was she with a blond girl in a white dress?" Aladdin nodded. "Yeah with a black coat over it like his." Aladdin said pointing to Axel. Riku sighed in relief. "It is them. We need to catch up to them." He looked to Sora and received a nod in reply. Sora turned to say goodbye while Axel and Riku headed off to the gummi ship.
"Thank Al. We've been looking all over for them." He turned to head after the others when Aladdin stopped him. "No problem Sora but there was another girl with them." Sora looked at him confused. "Really? Who?" He asked wondering who would be traveling with Kairi that he didn't know. "I think they said her name was Noi. She had black hair and blue eyes and she was the other girl with the keyblade." Aladdin explained. Sora nodded before thanking him and running off to tell the others.
"That was too close." Kairi panted after running so far to get away from Aladdin. They stood in front of a huge hole in the wall in the middle of a market place. Noi straightened up and tried to breath. Naminѐ wiped her forehead and sighed. "Do you think he would rat us out if he saw Sora?" Naminѐ asked once she had caught her breath. Noi laughed with what little breath she had left. "I doubt it. We didn't exactly make a subtle exit." She said and breathed in deeply. Naminѐ and Kairi laughed. "Alright then we better get going. He could catch up to us at any time." Naminѐ stated turning to open a portal for them. She stopped and turned back to her friends. "Where to next?" Noi and Kairi thought about it for a moment. "Beast castle works." Noi suggested. Kairi nodded in agreement. Naminѐ smiled as her reply. "Beast Castle it is." She opened the portal for them but before anyone of them could walk through, a figure came out of nowhere and ran past them into the portal. "What was that?" Kairi asked in surprise. "I don't know but hurry after him." Noi ordered and they each ran through after the mysterious figure.
Sora caught up to Riku and Axel outside the gummi ship. He stopped a few paces away and put his hand under his chin giving in to his thoughts. Riku gave him a look wondering what could have stopped Sora from his rush to rescue Kairi from whatever peril she'd gotten herself into. Axel gave in to his impatients first. "What's the holdup? Don't we have some princesses to save?" Axel asked motioning for Sora to hurry up. "He's right Sora. Let's get going." Riku said surprised that he was agreeing with Axel again, it annoyed him how much he'd been doing that lately. Sora looked up at the two boys. "What? Oh…right. Um… do either of you know… uh…" Sora looked up trying to think. "Do we know what? Seriously kid, your stuttering isn't helping us out here." Axel complained while folding his arms and leaning up against the gummi ship.
Sora smiled sheepishly and took a breath before speaking again. "Aladdin told me back there that Kairi and Naminѐ are traveling with some other girl." He said and gave Riku and Axel a look that asked if they knew anything about this. Riku shrugged and Axel rolled his eyes. "So." Axel stated, bored. "So… she can control a keyblade. Doesn't that seem interesting?" Axel thought about it for a moment and figured that that could be counted as interesting information. Riku found it more intriguing than Axel had. "Who do you think she is?" Riku asked looking to Sora. "Um… Aladdin said he thought her name was Noi. That ring any bells to you two?" Axel shook his head and Riku did as well.
"Darn I was hoping we would be able to figure out more about her other than she has black hair and blue eyes." Axel nearly fell when he heard Sora. "What did you say her name was again?" Axel asked wondering if he'd heard correctly. "Noi. She's a keyblade wielder with black hair and blue eyes." Sora repeated. Riku turned to Axel. "You don't think…" Riku trailed off. "Only one way to find out." Axel replied shaking his head and sighing. Sora looked between the two and smiled wide. "Alright, where to next?" The three thought about it for a moment. "Halloween town it is." Sora said answering his own question without giving Axel or Riku a chance. The two older boys agreed before they all boarded the ship and set their course.
A/N: Go ahead and review. You know you want to. Next chapter the bad guys come in. Yay! Rai out! =J
