Chapter 6 of Pokemon: Keyblade Masters

Ash was grinning nonstop as he watched the stars fly by in the cockpit of the Gummi Ship. "Awesome..." he said simply. "I can't believe this is all happening."

"I know," Sora said as he piloted the ship. "I thought the same when I first started, it never gets old though."

"Glad you're enjoyin' the view." Goofy said, clapping him on the back. The four of them turned towards the front and saw a single world on a path.

"Only one?" Sora asked in annoyance.

"That's no good!" Donald agreed angrily.

"Wait!" Good called, pointing. "I think it's a world we know!"

"Well then," Ash said. "Let's check it out!"

Upon landing, the quartet walked out of an alley and looked at a worn down castle that appeared to be under reconstruction. "It's Hollow Bastion!" Sora exclaimed. Ash looked at him then back at the castle.

"It fits..." Ash muttered.

"Gawrsh, it sure looks different now." Goofy noted. The others, excluding Ash, nodded.

"I hope Leon and the others are okay." Donald said. Goofy, however was looking at the roofs in concern.

"Uh oh, looks like we're gonna have to do some fightin'." he said, pointing out a pair of Soldier Heartless just as they disappeared. They others sighed as they began walking down the stairs. As they restocked their supplies, they met Donald's three nephews. Huey, the one in a red shirt and baseball cap, Dewey, the one in a blue shirt and baseball cap, and Louie, the one in a green shirt and baseball cap. They were very kind when they introduced themselves to Ash.

They got the supplies they needed and made their way to the exit of the small market place until they saw an old duck with a hat like Jiminy's but black with a red strap, some sort of shirt that's blue with red at the collar and cuffs, has a cane and some sort of red straps at the bottom of his feet; he is also holding an ice cream in his left hand. Donald instantly recognized him. "Uncle Scrooge?" He exclaimed in surprise, receiving odd looks from Sora and Ash.

"Er… who?" Sora asked in confusion.

"Scrooge is Donald's uncle and a business typhoon." Goofy answered. "Before the Heartless showed up, he traveled the worlds on a Gummi Ship with the King. He was helpin' to set up a traffic system."

"A transmit system!" Donald corrected in annoyance, making Sora and Ash laughed.

"What's all the racket?" the old duck demanded in a Scottish accent. He turned and spotted them. "Why, if it isn't Donald and Goofy, hello lads! Aye, you all look hale and hearty!"

"So do you, Uncle Scrooge." Donald said politely.

"Ah, if only I were..." he said wistfully. "I canna seem to recreate my favorite old-time ice cream. Id' make millions if I just got it right!" he took a lick of the ice cream in his hand and grimaced. "Terrible...!" he sighed and turned back towards the cooler.

Ash looked towards the others and shrugged. The four of them made their way down the stairs, when they got to the bottom they looked around and something flash before them, surprising them. It continued to flash around them in a random manner. "Hey, what's going on?" Donald demanded.

"That's the town's defense mechanism," a girl's voice replied from nowhere. They all looked up and saw a girl around the age of eighteen. She had short black hair and brown eyes and wore a black sash on her forehead, a black tank top and tiny brown shorts.

Sora, Donald and Goofy seemed to recognize her. "Yuffie!" Sora exclaimed.

'The ninja master?' Ash asked himself. Yuffie smiled at them before letting out a gasp.

"Look out!" Sora jumped back just in time, as a Dusk appeared out of nowhere and attacked him. Donald and Goofy whipped out their weapons.

"Surrounded..." Ash muttered as he got into a ready stance.

"Hey, Ash!" Sora's voice broke his thoughts. "Can we see what your clothes do now?" he asked excitedly.

"It's not that big a deal, Sora." Ash said, annoyed.

"Oh, just show us already!" Donald demanded impatiently.

"Fine!" Ash growled as he grasped the armor on his shoulder. His clothing began glowing gold. The four of them (Sora, Donald, Goofy and Yuffie) covered their eyes as the Dusked jumped back. As they opened their eyes Ash stood there, clad from head to toe in silver and white armor. Ash opened his eyes, locking onto the Nobodies. He summoned his weapons and charged at them. The Dusks fell easily, going down in only a few strikes. More began appearing and Ash growled. Suddenly his Keyblades began glowing. Ash suddenly found himself sitting on some sort of black and white hoverbike.

'What is this?" Ash thought frantically. He leaned to the left, dodging a Dancer Nobody. 'How do I move forward?" It seemed to respond to his thoughts, as it suddenly charged forward, slamming into a group of Nobodies, destroying them. 'It responds to my thoughts!' Ash grinned. He slammed the bike into a Dancer that was trying to flank him. He spotted a button on the bike, Ash pressed it causing the bike to fire a laser, destroying more Nobodies. 'Okay, this is just plain awesome!' Within no time the Nobodies were gone. Ash leapt off his bike, causing it to return to Keyblade form. He grasped his shoulder again and reverted to his regular clothing. He turned to see his friends standing there wide eyed. Yuffie leapt down from her perch, similarly wide eyed.

"That. Was. Awesome!" Sora screamed.

"Yeah!" Donald agreed excitedly.

"But it takes a lot out of me..." Ash said, slightly dizzy.

"Well, I see you're all in tip top shape!" Yuffie grinned. "And who's this?" she asked looking at Ash. "Strong and cute, I like!" she grinned at the blushing Ash.

"This is Ash!" Goofy told her. "We met him at Twilight Town, he's a Keyblader!"

"I noticed!" Yuffie said winking at Ash. "Two, huh?"

"I just don't understand..." Sora said quietly. They all looked at him questioningly. "Why does he get all the cool stuff?" he asked, anime tears running down his face. They all fell over.

"I see you're doin' okay." Goofy said after they picked themselves up.

"What'd you expect?" she grinned.

"How are the others?" Donald asked.

"Great!"

"Hey, Yuffie." Sora said, seeming to have gotten over his depression. "Have you seen the King and Riku?"

She shook her head. "Nope." She ran towards the entrance of the alley they were standing in and turned back to them. "But I had a feeling I'd see you guys again."

Sora grinned and put in hand in front of his face. "We may never meet again, but we'll never forget each other." he said in a deep voice.

Yuffie giggled. "Is that supposed to be Leon?" Sora scratched the back of his head as they all laughed. "Everybody's working on stuff over at Merlin's house. C'mon!"

Obtained

***Keyblade Ride***

At a house with a bunch of books stacked behind a chalkboard, three people were at the computer with one guy typing and the other two watching. The guy typing away was about 40 years old with yellow hair spiked upwards and green eyes, a white polo t-shirt with a yellow broad belt, blue pants and black boots; he also has goggles on his forehead, a dogtag and a long toothpick-like piece of wood in his mouth.

With him was a well built twenty-six year old man with brown hair and blue eyes, a white t-shirt under a black short leather jacket with red wings on the back a necklace that has a lion head on top of a cross, a black belt on black pants and black boots; he also has black gloves with red straps on his fore arm, and a scar between his brow and the bridge of his nose.

Also a woman that's the same age as the other man with brown hair in a ponytail braid a red dress that goes a few inches under her waist with a pink skirt under it, and brown medieval boots.

The two young adults watched the older man typing furiously at a computer some sort. Sora opened the door and the quintet walked in. When they did, Yuffie popped up out of nowhere. "Meet the Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee!" She exclaimed, introduced the quartet to the other three at the computer. The three turned at the sound of her voice.

"We missed you!" the Aerith exclaimed.

"Well, if you ain't in top shape." Cid commented.

Leon smirked. "I knew it." The four of them walked over.

"Knew what?" Sora asked curiously.

"A while back, everyone suddenly remembered you guys, all at the same time." Leon explained.

The trio jumped in surprise at that. "You... remembered?" Sora repeated in disbelief. "Wait! Does that mean you forgot about us!"

"Thanks!" Donald grumbled sarcastically, looking insulted.

"So where've you guys been all this time?" Yuffie asked.

"We were sleepin'." Goofy answered.

"Where? In cold storage?" Cid asked before laughing at his own joke.

"Not too far off the mark..." Ash muttered. Sora, Donald and Goofy chuckled while the others looked confused.

Aerith shook her head. "It doesn't matter." she said. "This is great, everyone's together again!" she looked at Ash. "And who is this?"

"This is Ash!" Yuffie suddenly answsered for him. "He's got this awesome armor and a hoverbike that can shoot lasers!" she exclaimed excitedly. "Oh, and he can use a Keyblade, two of 'em!"

Leon looked surprised while Aerith giggled. It seemed Yuffie was quite taken. "I know, it's so unfair!" Sora grumbled good naturedly. "So, um... we're trying to find Riku and the King. Have you seen 'em?" The three shook their heads.

"Right..." Sora sighed.

Aerith smiled sadly. "Sorry, but let us know if there's anything we can do to help. Okay?"

Sora nodded. "Okay. Thanks!" Cid suddenly jumped in their faces, making them jump back in surprise.

"Don't go thankin' us just yet!"

"Hollow Bastion's got a problem." Leon explained. "A big problem."

Sora peaked around Cid, who was still in their faces. Ash was getting creeped out. "You mean like Nobodies, and Heartless?"

Yuffie nodded. "That's right!" She jumped in Ash's face. "But with you on the job, we've got nothing to worry about!" she winked at him. Ash sweetdropped.

"Then let's cut to the chase." Leon interrupted walking up to them. "Sora, Donald, Goofy, Ash. We were hoping the four of you might give us a hand around here."

Sora pulled Ash into a headlock. "Like we're gonna say no?" he grinned.

Leon smirked and crossed his arms. "...I forgot who I'm dealing with."

"Hey..." Donald said suspiciously. "what do you mean by that?"

"Just think of it as a sort of 'Leon compliment'." Aerith smiled. Leon walked towards the door and stepped outside.

"Follow me to the bailey - there's something you need to see." he told them before walking off. Ash was about to do so, however a puff of smoke appeared before them. An old man emerged from it.

"Oh! I thought it was you." the old man said. "Right on time!"

"It's Merlin!" Donald exclaimed.

"Sora and the gang said they're gonna help out!" Yuffie told him.

"Splendid!" Merlin smiled. "We'll count on you!"

Ash and his friends nodded. "Right!" they said.

"Ah, yes. Did you give them the cards, dear?" the old wizard asked.

"Oh!" Aerith gasped. She reached into a pocket. And handed Sora, Donald and Goofy cards. "Here, presents for you. Leon thought you'd might like to have them."

Sora read his out loud. "Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee Honorary Member!"

"Membership cards!" Donald said happily.

"Kinda cool, huh?" Goofy asked. Ash remained silent, considering he didn't receive one. Aerith noticed this.

"I'm sorry, Ash." she said sadly. Ash waved it off.

"Doesn't matter." he assured her.

"Don't fret, my boy." Merlin said. "Here." He waved his hand and a card appeared before him. Ash smiled a bit and took it.

"Thanks, Merlin." Ash said.

"Yeah, thanks Leo -" he stopped. "Oh no! We're supposed to be at the bailey!"

"Just a moment now!" Merlin halted them. "What about your magic?"

"Huh?" Was Sora's intelligent reply. "Oh... uh..." The girls giggled at him.

"Maybe you forgot it while you were asleep!" Yuffie suggested.

"Now what am I to do with you?" Merlin sighed. "I suppose I'll have to lend you a few spells. But be careful with them!" he warned as he handed Sora and Ash two blue orbs. Which they absorbed into their bodies.

"Thanks, Merlin!" Sora and Ash said in unison.

Donald nodded. "To the bailey, and fast!"

Obtained

***Membership Card***

***Blizzard Magic***

As they walked into the bailey they saw Leon standing at a ledge that overlooked a blue canyon. "Look at that." he said pointing at the structure off in the distance. It was a dark castle with the Heartless emblem built on it. There were the ruins of buildings underneath it. However, what really caught their attention was the thousands of Heartless surrounding it.

"Whoa..." Sora gasped.

"We wanted to restore Hollow Bastion to what it used to be… Who knows - maybe even something better. There's still a lot to do, but I'm sure we can handle everything - Except for that..." he pointed at the blue landscape below them. "...and that."

They shifted their gaze to a space closer to them. There were two Dusks walking through the Great Maw. "They're here, that can't be good!" Ash said at the sight of the pair of Nobodies.

"Don't worry!" Sora said confidently. "We'll handle 'em!"

"That's good to hear." Leon turned his gaze to Sora. "Sora, do you know what's going on?" He asked them, which made the quintet to look at him.

"There's this guy named Pete, who's been going around plotting with the Heartless," Sora explained. "But... he's not smart enough to tie his own shoes. The ones we need tow worry about are the Nobodies."

"And those Organization XIII guyes in charge, too!" Goofy reminded him.

"You called?" a deep voice sounded. The five looked around wildly. Sora dashed off, prompting Ash, Donald and Goofy to follow him.

"You're doing well..." another voice said.

"Who's that?" Sora demanded, summoning his Keyblade. Ash did the same.

"This calls for a celebration..." the first voice said. Suddenly Dusks appeared before them. Donald and Goofy rushed off to meet them. Sora and Ash were about to follow, but several others appeared behind them. Leon drew his weapon, which Ash saw to be a gun-sword hybrid. They easily flew past him, Sora and Ash quickly followed. The gates closed before the Nobodies could enter the town. The three (Sora, Ash and Leon) stood before the gate protectively.

A Dusk tried to slash at Ash, then he slid behind it confusing the Nobody. He quickly fired Blizzard at it. He fired a couple of rounds until he felt his magic power was drained. 'I have to recharge my magic...' Ash thought to himself and proceeded to slash at the Nobodies. Sora and Leon took care of the ones that tried to sneak up on Ash. Ash saw one of them sneaking past Leon and Sora, he quickly activated his armor, taking Leon by surprise. He rushed past him and rammed a Nobody with his shoulder. He pivoted and stabbed another. Eventually the Nobodies stopped appearing and Ash reverted back to his regular clothes.

"Hey Ash!" Ash turned in time to catch a red orb Sora tossed him. It was immediately absorbed into his body. He nodded at Sora as Donald and Goofy ran over to them.

"The Keyblades..." the voice from earlier said. Ash, Sora, Donald and Goofy ran outside in an attempt to locate it. "Truly marvelous weapons... Were it only in more... capable hands..." More voices laughed at the idea.

"Show yourselves!" Sora demanded angrily. A dark portal formed on top of a structure before them, and a man wearing a black clock appeared. The man raised his arms and five other cloaked people emerged from portals.

"Organization XIII!" Goofy exclaimed.

"Good!" Sora shouted. "Now we can settle this!"

"What a shame..." the figure said dryly. The figure turned to face Ash and stared for a few moments. "And here I thought we could be friends." The other Nobodies laughed, and all six of them disappeared.

"Stop!" Donald shouted in vain before running down the path. Suddenly one of the Organization members appeared in front of Donald, blocking his path. Donald quacked in surprise. "What's the big idea?" Donald demanded, brandishing his staff.

"Oopsy-daisy!" the figure said in a surfer accent.

"Move!" Sora demanded.

"Now do you think that's polite," the man asked sarcastically. "shutting me down like that?"

"I said get outta the way!" Sora said angrily.

"As if!" the man scoffed. "You can talk all you want, but that won't change a thing."

"Then we're gonna make you move!" Donald declared.

"See, that would work - if I were just any old dude." the man said. "'Cept I'm not. I'm with the Organization. Nothing 'any old' about me."

Sora scoffed. "Tough talk for someone who stood on the sidelines while his Nobody flunkies did the fighting!"

"Oh dear." the man said waggling a finger. "I think you got the wrong impression."

Sora smirked. "You gonna cry?"

"As if! Why don't I - " he was interrupted as he found Oblivion at his throat. "Heh, didn't think you'd be with them."

"We don't have time for this!" Ash said angrily. The man just laughed at him.

"That's right!" he laughed. "They used to give me that look too!"

"I guess you think you can psych us out by saying really random stuff!" Sora said glaring. The man laughed again.

"He gave me that exact same look!"

"What are you talking about?" Ash asked him.

"Gee..." The man said backing away. "I just don't know..." They could hear the smirk in his voice. "Be good boys now!" he said as he was enveloped by a portal.

"Wait!" Donald demanded as he jumped after him, his hands grasping nothing. "Nuts! He got away!"

"That was weird." Sora commented. "Who gave him the same look?"

"Y'know, I think he was just tryin' to confuse ya." Goofy suggested.

"Yeah, you're right." Sora said shrugging. "Only one me!"

"Didn't think you'd be here..." Ash muttered. "Does he know me?"

"Hey, Ash." Sora said. "Don't worry about him." He pulled out his Membership Card and held it up smiling. "The Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee Honorary Member -" The card suddenly began glowing. "Whoa!" The card suddenly began levitating above them. Sora's Keyblade suddenly began emitting a similar light.

"What's this?" Leon asked.

"Gawrsh, ya think..." Goofy whispered. Sora held his Keyblade before him and the tip began to shine. Then the crown like flash appeared under Sora and a bright flash of light occurred. Everyone covered their eyes, and when it ended Sora held the Keyblade in the air diagonally.

"Ohh... now I get it!" Sora exclaimed. "That must've been the gate Yen Side talked about."

"Oh boy!" Donald said happily. Sora turned around.

"Sorry to run, Leon," Sora appologized. "but other worlds are calling."

Leon nodded. "Organization XIII..." he muttered crossing his arms. "They look tough. Be careful out there." They all nodded as the Gummi Ship beamed them up.

"We'll be back soon Leon! Take care!" Ash called. Leon smirked and waved slightly as they faded from view…

Obtained

***Fire Magic***