I update quick don't I? This is the most fun I've had writing a fic in a really long time.. But anyway Ed and Winry are going to meet the King. Sora and friends are finally going to get off that boring world of theirs at last. Also forgive my few mistakes in this chapter as well since I spell checked it myself, it improves editing skills. Enjoy the uber long chapter and review!

Disclaimer: I do not own either Kingdom Hearts or Fullmetal Alchemist; they are both trademarked properties of Square Enix/Disney and FUNimation/Aniplex.

Heir to Darkness

Chapter IV: Rise from the Ashes

Current World: Radiant Garden/Disney Castle

A rooster let out its morning call throughout the Radiant Garden. The sun bleached through the white curtains shining dimly on Winry's face. Groaning she lifted her head from the pillow and drop it reluctantly. Last night she didn't get any sleep at all because her new roommate. Yuffie didn't go to sleep until at least 3 in the morning. Winry couldn't even remember what they were doing last night.

Finally rolling out of bed she shifted towards the bathroom in the hallway where she found the kunoichi brushing her teeth happily. How could she be so vibrant with so few hours of sleep? "Morning roomie." she mused. She didn't have on her daily attire yet, but only a big white t-shirt causing the mechanic to assume that she slept in it.

Looking at the digital clock she had set up in the bathroom it read, 7:00 AM. She had only gotten four hours of sleep. Her eye twitched. Winry removed her clothing and stepped into the shower. As she turned on the shower head it occurred to her that she had no clean clothes to wear. "Uhm, Yuffie?"

"Oh yeah." Yuffie ran into her room and opened her closet. The entire wardrobe consisted of an endless line of tank tops and shorts. "Leon told me to get you some clothes today, but since you guys will be gone for a day or two you can wear anything out of my closet, free pass."

There were so many choices by the time Winry came out the bathroom Yuffie had picked her a green hoody, white tank, and black shorts. Looking around the apartment she found the kunoichi cooking breakfast. "Hey, did you know where Ed is?"

"I think he's rooming with Leon, or it could be Cloud? Anyways the bacon is almost ready. We usually eat at Aerith's place together, but today's pretty busy. I'm running low on munny and need to pick up a few odd jobs to get some quick cash. I have bills to pay and everyone is tired of lending me munny. Cid said that pick pocketing was illegal or something." Yuffie mutter something sarcastically comment under her breath than turned to Winry. "You and your boyfriend should be heading to the Disney Kingdom by 8."

"Oh, he is not my boyfriend." Winry objected.

Yuffie just smirked devilishly. "I've been to the Kingdom once or twice only about a two hour ride depends if you're going warp speed or not. But the King is really nice. You might be surprised what he has in store for you guys."

The young ninja finished the bacon and gave Winry her three pieces, with eggs and a biscuit. Winry sighed; the mechanic put her hand on her cheek and slowly nibbled on her eggs. For the first time she actually wished that Ed would break his automail so she could fix it to pass the time.

"Ed said that you were a mechanic right?" Yuffie asked surprising her. Winry nodded. "Well you see I recently had this party here and well my TV broke. I can't save up enough money to buy another one and Squall said if he bought me another one I wouldn't learn my lesson. Do you think you could fix it for me?"

This was out of her line of work, but she could take a look at it. By the time the hour was up for them to leave Winry had fixed Yuffie's television. "Okay time for the final test." hooking the plug into the socket on the wall a colored screen appeared with familiar cowardly dog doing courageous deeds on it.

Yuffie squealed grabbing the remote and upping the volume. "Thank you so much Winry, you won't regret it. Do you want to watch Courage with me?"

Winry looked at the stove clock and shook her head. "Its 8 so I better be heading to Merlin's. Remember to get some jobs Yuffie I don't want to come back here and the lights have been turned off."

Smirking devilishly Yuffie waved as Winry departed out to Merlin's house. She thought the 17 year old was kind, but way to high-strung. Fixing things that weren't automail around here could be pretty fun. Maybe when she returned from the Disney Castle she could find a job? This was her new home now, like it or not.

Winry found Ed and the others waiting for her inside Merlin's. "So why don't you like milk again?" Leon asked with a concerned look on his face.

Ed groaned as if someone had forced it down his throat. "How do you expect to get any taller if don't drink any milk." Tifa seconded.

"That stuff if gross!" Ed objected. "Do you know how many processes that stuff goes through? From grass to a disgusting white liquid that you then digest. Seriously that stuff is secreted from a cow!"

Everyone got a good laugh out of Ed's comment. Leon turned to Winry and Ed. "Come on, the Kings waiting for us."

Ed and Winry followed the gunblade wielder until they arrived in a garage. "Cid needs to clean up around here." Leon mumbled to himself. When clicking on the garage light Ed saw what a Gummi Ship really was. The blocked ship looked harmless, but its armor and missile ports portrayed its powerful nature. Leon was first to sit in one of the five seats, at the helm of the ship.

Winry stared in awe at the technology. From where they come from they were still in the early 1900's, but this was just too amazing. Leon stuck a key in the ignition and pressed a bright green button causing Winry to shriek when hearing the laugh rumbling noise.

Ed laughed when he saw the roof go up; looking towards his childhood friend he received a death glare. Leon smirked as the ship hovered into the air. You might want to buckle up." With that the Gummi ship blasted off into the sky at light speed.

Destiny Islands-Beach

"Yawn." Sora let out a big one as his eyes open. Turning next to him he saw Kairi sleeping soundly her arm over his torso. Sora let out a silent yelp of embarrassment as he slid from underneath her arm. Staring at her he couldn't help, but find her bed head to be cute.

He snapped back into attention when he heard Al laughing. "H...how long have we been like that?"

"Nearly all night." Al chuckled. "You do snore quite loud though."

"You're telling me." Riku said behind them with a soft chuckle. "I thought I'd find you two here."

Riku held a bag in his hand which caught Sora's attention. "Where you going Riku?"

"Where else? To search for the Amestris's remains." Riku replied curtly. "Don't ask me how I'm going to get there just come and see for yourself."

Sora followed Al right behind him. When they saw who waited on the beach the Keyblade wielder let out a shout of joy. "Donald! Goofy!"

Both of the King's Knight and Wizard turned instantly at the sound of his voice then let out in unison. "Sora!"

Both Donald and Goofy jumped on Sora causing him to lose balance falling into the sand. Happy to see his friends again he pushed them off playfully. "Gawrsh Sora, it sure had been a long time."

"What are you talking about Goofy it's only been a year." Donald objected.

"Yep Donald, a long time." Goofy nodded only to get clunked on the head. "Ouch! So Sora did yaw miss us?"

Sora nodded. "The whole time, I can't believe you got the bottle so fast."

Donald shook his head. "Nope, nope, nope the King sent us here on a special mission to gather the Keyblade wielders for an urgent meeting."

"Urgent meeting, what could possibly be going on?" Sora asked aimlessly.

Riku then clunked Sora on his head. "Maybe Alphonse appearing in this world instead of his own, go get Kairi we have to leave immediately."

"Kairi?" Donald echoed.

"I think you're forgetting Donald that Kairi has a Keyblade to." Goofy mumbled close to his comrade's ear.

Riku laughed. "Don't worry she's been getting better." directing his attention to Al, Riku whispered. "I have a feeling that we'll get to the bottom of things real soon. But maybe the answer won't be what we hoped for."

Donald looked towards Al. "He can't come."

"What do you mean he can't come?" Sora asked appearing with Kairi. "Al is cool, he's with us Donald."

Donald shook his head. "The King only wants the Keyblade wielders."

"He's coming with us!" Sora objected, crossing his arms.

"Noo!" Donald yelled about to jump on Sora.

Goofy intervened before both of his friends could fight. "C'mon fella's there's no need to be fighting one another. I'm sure there's enough room in the Gummi Ship so Sora's friend can come to. Besides Donald he doesn't look like he's from this world."

Donald let out a hefty sigh. "Fine we'll take him to see the King."

"Are you ladies finished?" Riku asked from the ship's docking bay. "If you are I'd like to go before Tidus and Selphie realize that we left them here. I haven't even told my parents yet, I would rather not have them coming to the island looking for me."

"Right, I call shotgun!" Sora yelled racing Riku to the front seat.

Kairi laughed at her friends and followed. "The King's going to have his hands full."

Disney Castle-King's Study

In the magical Disney Kingdom everyone was about and busy. The mops tending to the cleaning and cooks readied dinner. The King sat in his study looking over paperwork. He was expecting to see Leon and few new guests.

Things had been quite boring in the last eight months. Though he settled back into his normal life with his close friends and queen, the King wanted more excitement. Putting his hand on his head he muttered his idea as stupid. New visitors from another world could be bad. It could mean the stars could be blackening out again. Their world being destroyed could be the first in a new chain of events.

The King sighed rubbed his eye sockets. A creek coming from his doorway made him look up suddenly. "Who's there!?"

"It's us your Majesty, Chip and Dale." the two chipmunks jumped up and down. "Leon and his two guests have arrived."

Leon entered the room with Winry and Ed following close behind. "King Mickey," Leon bowed in respect. "It's been awhile."

"To long, my friend and you two must be Winry and Edward? Nice to meet'cha, I'm King Mickey Mouse of Disney the Disney Castle." Mickey extended his hand to both of the outsiders. They both took it politely. "Leon told me that you two come from a different world."

Winry nodded politely. "Yes, your majesty."

Mickey led them outside to the hallway heading towards the dining chamber. "I'm sorry for pulling you two all the way from the Radiant Garden out here, but I needed to ask you a few questions. Your world disappearing could mean another threat arising. We just got done defeating Organization XIII and if your world has truly disappeared then..."

Ed stared in confusion when the King didn't finish his sentence. The small mouse had much respect from Leon and everyone around him. The Alchemist couldn't help, but feel that he was somewhat intimidating. "Then what?" Winry elbowed him hardly, giving him a death stare for the disrespect. Ed just shrugged it off.

"How about you fellas say we get something to eat?" Mickey suddenly suggested, as they ushered into the dining hall. The table was full of food and Minnie and Daisy were already waiting for them.

As soon as everyone took their seats and got acquainted Ed couldn't help, but get straight to the point. "What did you want to ask us you're Majesty?"

Mickey let out a hefty sigh. "This new enemy that you and Yuffie encountered in the lower levels of Ansem's castle, Homunculus you called them, one of them could shape shift. The other must have had some kind of power."

"Gluttony, he has impeccable strength. Me and my brother Alphonse have encountered more than those just those two, Lust is another one of them along with Greed." Ed answered.

"Are they all in cooperation with each other?" Mickey asked quickly growing concerned.

Ed shook his head. "Only the first three, Greed is like a loner. But I think he has a connection with the others. They're in league with someone called the Superior."

Winry felt the table tense and turned to King Mickey sitting right beside her. He whispered that only she could hear what he was saying. "That's what I was afraid of. The Superior, Leader of Organization XIII, Xemnas has returned."

Suddenly a loud bang came from the courtyard. Chip and Dale came running into the dining hall their eye wide with fear. "There are heartless in the courtyard!"

Mickey jumped out of his seat. Summoning his Keyblade he sprinted towards the doorway. The door slammed in his face and the windows began to close. "What's going on?" demanded Leon.

"Calm yourselves." Mickey knew that voice. Revealing himself from the shadowed corners Xemnas stepped forth. "You figured it out all too quickly. If only I had chosen a different world to demolish I wouldn't have you two pests interfering in my plan. But I suppose it's too late now for regret. You now know of my return."

Mickey ran forth trying to slice Xemnas with his Keyblade only to go straight through him. "What?"

"Forgive that I couldn't join you personally, but I couldn't risk the chance of so many Keyblade wielders being in one place at the same time. Well not in this state to speak. I wish not to eliminate you yet for I still need all of the Keyblades." Xemnas sighed. "One of those wielders just keeps getting in my way."

The sealed window crashed open. Three extended razor sharp claws pinned Mickey to the wall then jumped out of the window.

"Mickey!" Minnie screamed in desperation. "Save him."

Ed looked towards where Xemnas was and he had disappeared. Turning towards window Fullmetal jumped out for the King, ready to fight anything that stood in his way.

I know I'm not focusing it around Sora and the crew, but now that their off of Destiny Islands the real story can start. So remember to review and give some suggestions on what worlds they will travel to. Oh yeah first cliffhanger! Also I got done watching the new episode of FMA: Brotherhood, I wonder if they really killed Maria Ross...did they?!