Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts, Naruto, or Final Fantasy… me own little…

A/N: Well I'm keeping this up for the two people who like this. Tell me what you think about it if it's good enough to keep going. Adventure, magic, trials of friendship, love (a little), and journey of a lifetime.

The bell rang and Selphie got out of bed grumpily. Hinata was already dressed and back it was the same routine. However they all headed down to breakfast together. Rikku led the way happily it was Friday finally. They arrived in the hall and Rikku immediately spotted Irvine sitting alone the chairs around him empty. "Look there's room for all of us!" she exclaimed grabbing Hinata's hand and they headed over to surround Irvine. "MORNING!" Rikku greeted happily and he jumped slightly.

He looked up at them. He looked at Kairi, "is it a good idea to be around me?" he asked.

"Selphie told me what you did and I'd like to apologize for jumping to conclusions but Selphie is one of my best friends and the last one I have left so I don't want anyone to hurt her or something to happen to her. I'm sorry," Kairi told him and he stared up at her.

"Well isn't that nice," Rikku announced and sat down the others followed suit.

They all were eating together. "So, you've noticed what's been going on haven't you?" Kairi asked.

He looked at her seriously, "Look we are the new kids," Irvine started calmly to her. "I've been here for three months; Rikku arrived the next month, Hinata a couple of days later and now you two. Almost everyone else has become a drone I can't wait to get back to my old school. I have only until the end of this year before I go back home."

Selphie looked at Kairi nervously. "Well we've noticed that too," Rikku told him.

"This isn't the best place to talk if you four had any sense you would shut up," Irvine told them.

With that they ate in silence. They headed out together however and out to the grounds before their first class started. "So I suppose you're all now terrified hope things work out well," Irvine told them turning to leave.

"Look you've been here the longest and have noticed something so what is it come on you have to have some idea about what's going on?" Kairi demanded grabbing him by the back of his shirt.

He sighed. "Look I just want to get out of here I don't want to try and fix your problems so if you don't mind," he informed Kairi calmly turning to her.

She let go reluctantly and he started away. "It's not just our problem anymore is it," Selphie announced and he froze his back to them. "like it or not as you said yesterday they aren't going to let you go back to your old school until this problem is fixed or you become one of them, so what are you going to do become one of them or are you going to help us solve this problem?"

His shoulders drooped and he turned to them. "Fine," he sighed.

They headed toward the forest to a place where they were alone. "So what have you noticed Hinata?" Kairi asked "you started to tell us last night."

"Well…" she started shyly then hurriedly finished, "there is something wrong with the people who used to be normal are becoming more and more like everyone else. There used to be some pretty vibrant kids here," Hinata informed the group, "they would get nervous and then become like everyone else."

"That's something we've all observed," Irvine put in.

Rikku was following a butterfly with her eyes as Hinata was talking. "That still just sounds like everyone is just getting afraid and conforming though it doesn't sound like foul play," Kairi pointed out and Hinata blushed a bit.

"Yes… um…" Hinata stumbled nervously. "That's not… um well…"

They turned to her except Rikku who was watching the butterfly. Hinata turned red, "um yes well at night I have seen um something strange in the dark something that I can't describe sometimes they seem like shadows but I have no idea what it is and it has a bad feeling about it," she said in a hurry.

Selphie stared at Hinata. "And I thought I was shy," she said before she could stop herself and she bit her lip.

Hinata turned bright red bowing her head so her hair covered her eyes. "Shadows?" Kairi repeated questioningly.

"Well they are but they aren't they form into things and then they're gone and I don't know it's just wrong and I don't know anything about what it is." Hinata continued

Irvine looked curious biting his lip thoughtfully. "Selphie!" Kairi exclaimed shocked grabbing her friend's arm, "do you know what this sounds like?" she asked shaking Selphie's arm.

Selphie looked shocked and confused. "the heartless," Rikku started and the other four stared at her, "entities that attacked our home and nearly obliterated a lot of different people and destroyed the world led by a group of villains from many different worlds, they recently return with another new enemy we don't know much about."

They stared at Rikku but she didn't look up from the butterfly she'd been watching that had landed on a flower nearby. "That sounded like you just regurgitated a dictionary definition," Kairi told her shocked.

Rikku didn't look up. "That would make sense," Irvine told them with a sigh, "the heartless they have many different types perhaps one is able to take the form of humans."

"Heartless?" Selphie asked, "Isn't that what Sora went after?"

Kairi nodded. "Now what?" Selphie asked, "So there might be heartless at our school and we are at the risk of becoming a heartless what are we going to do?"

"Well let's try to see what happens as we go," Irvine told them. "We aren't even sure if it is heartless, Hinata when did you see these shadows?"

Hinata turned bright red backing up into herself it seemed. "Um… well… when…" she worked to find the words and looked to her roommates.

"Is it when you sneak out at night?" Rikku asked.

Hinata hid her head but nodded. "Ok so they don't want anyone to see it so it's at night probably late at night," Irvine told them.

"Let's defiantly not talk about this while we are up at the school," Selphie confirmed with a sigh.

"We'd better get going classes are about to start and you two are already in a heap of trouble as it is," Kairi told them indicating Selphie and Irvine.

They headed back up to the school and went through classes. They acted like nothing was wrong. Pretty much everyone was doing the same thing the day was slow and nobody seemed excited it was Friday. Selphie and Rikku were in the same mechanical class learning how to build things. Something Selphie had noticed but she didn't care before. They worked together happily on their project. Kairi found Irvine was in her survival class and Hinata was in her painting class. They were all in the same martial arts class as Hinata as well. Selphie smiled, it sure made things brighter to have friends who were working on the same mystery with them even if everything was so dark. They sat together at dinner and then Selphie and Irvine had to go to their detention.

Kairi walked out on the grounds with Rikku and Hinata. Rikku did a cartwheel in the grass. She landed on her feet smiling brightly at the other two. "I just had to do that the sun is out it's such a nice day I don't know why nobody else seems to be enjoying themselves," Rikku told them with a sigh.

"I really think Tory would have liked you if you would have gotten to know her," Kairi told her with a smile.

"Well I'll have to get to know her better," Rikku told her now doing a handstand and walking on her hands.

"Yep," Kairi said with a knowing smile.

Selphie headed back to her room. It was almost time for lights out. She sighed wearily she didn't know she'd have to write so many lines. She sighed. Her hand hurt really bad she'd even tried to use her left hand to make up for the pain but it hadn't worked. She arrived and opened the door her roommates were all there. Rikku was braiding Kairi's hair in a bunch of tiny braids, while Hinata was reading in a corner. "So how did it go?" Kairi asked.

Selphie shrugged, "it wasn't too bad," she sighed, "though I will have to continue all next week."

"I'm sorry," Kairi sympathized.

"Tomorrow is Saturday no classes and we can wear our street clothes!" Rikku announced happily.

"And I don't have to go in for detention either," Selphie sighed happily.

"We'd best hurry and get ready for bed it's almost lights out," Hinata pointed out.

Selphie looked up at her as she put her book down and got up. She hadn't stuttered or mumbled. She was getting more comfortable around them. Rikku stopped braiding Kairi's hair and Selphie noticed there were a lot of random braids. "I was considering doing my hair like that when it grows out," Rikku told Kairi who laughed slightly.

Selphie smiled and they all got ready for bed just in time to make it into bed and the lights turned out. "Good night," Rikku told them all.

"Good night," Selphie returned.

"Good night," Kairi added.

"Good night," Hinata said softly.

A/N: the true terror is yet to come… muah ha ha ha