Prequel to When Somebody Loves a Nobody: Naturally frustrated and angry, Kumei is enraged at the thought of having to save the worlds. But when she meets a certain Leonhart, maybe she'll change her mind..?

fire spirit: Haha, yeah, almost. Sorry about the confusion! I'll try not to make it so confuzzling anymore.

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AAAGHH I've been so obsessed with tennis lately. Tennis is beautiful. Like SoraxRiku fanfics and fanart.

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"Ugh, get off me, brat," I pushed him as he hugged me tight. I could barely breathe!

"Sis! I'm so glad you're okay!" He smiled. "I was so worried."

"You didn't need to be worried," I rolled my eyes inwardly. "I can take care of myself."

"Aw, don't be so mean, Kumei! He was only really worried!" Yuffie laughed, patting my arm. I shot her a look. "And I said he didn't need to be worried."

"Someone forgot to take their stresstabs today," Cid muttered. "And enough with the stresstabs crack!" I yelled, then stomped out of Cid's shop, pushing the brat's friends out of the way. "Hey!" The duck frowned, but I ignored him. I'm going to the second district and kicking some Heartless ass!

"Twilight!" They hissed again. "Your heart!" I hate it when they talk! "Shut up, you little weirdos!" I stabbed at them, and as they disappeared, hearts floated into the air. I smirked triumphantly, my Keyblade disappearing. "Besides, none of you are ever going to get my heart!"

"Who're you talking to?"

Ack! I turned around and saw that guy. That guy.. "Leon," he said, looking at me oddly. "I knew that," I shrugged, then looked at him. "What're you doing here, anyway?"

"I asked you a question first."

"Fine, be that way," I rolled my eyes, then sighed. "How can I talk to anybody when there's nobody worth talking to?"

He just stared.

"What?" I cocked my head to the side.

"I was expecting you to say 'Present company excluded', but I guess I can't expect anything of you."

I frowned. "What's that supposed to mean?"

Leon sighed. "If you want to have someone worth talking to, then you should be worth it as well. How can I ever find someone like that when you can't even understand what I'm talking about?"

"Ugh!" I scoffed. He smirked at me, I glared at him.

"Hahahahahaha!" We burst into laughter. "That was so random!" I clutched my stomach.

"That's the first time I heard you laugh," Leon smiled. "You should do it more often." I looked down. "Y'think so?" "Yeah. It doesn't always hurt to smile a bit." "Like now?" I raised an eyebrow, looking at the smile he was giving me. It turned into a frown. "No," he huffed.

"Suure," I laughed again, and walked to the way to the 1st district. "Where're you going?" Leon called. "Changing the subject, but okay. I don't know where I'm going. I'm looking for someone. Maleficent promised to help. I tried to exploit her resources, but she ended up exploiting me."

"You were working with Maleficent?!" Leon's eyes widened.

"For a while," I looked away. "She said she'd help, and I believed her. I never thought... She was only using my Keyblade." I looked to Leon for his reaction, but he wouldn't look at me.

"So... You lied to me."

"What?"

"When you told me that black portals were popping up out of nowhere... It was Maleficent supplying you with those portals, weren't you?"

"I..."

"You were the one destroying the worlds, weren't you? My god, Kumei!"

"Look, I didn't mean to!"

"No!" Leon frowned. "The first time you did it, you didn't mean to. But how many worlds have you gone to since then? How many worlds have you destroyed?!"

"I don't know!"

"See? You don't even know what you're doing! And all for this stupid dad of yours! Damn it, Kumei! If he wanted to stay with you, he would've stayed with you! He left for a reason! Stop looking for-"

I slapped him. "How dare you," I stopped myself from punching him in the stomach. "You have no right to talk to me that way! You have no right to even speak of my father! I thought it was all right to trust you enough to tell you who I was looking for. If I'd known you'd talk shit about him I wouldn't have done it!"

"I'm sorry," Leon held his cheek. "Kumei, I just.."

"Just what? Hated my guts?"

"No. I was just... thinking about what might have happened to you, and when I found out that you worked for Maleficent... I overreacted. Forgive me."

I stared at Leon for a long time. Not that I was enjoying it, you know. "Fine," I muttered. "I accept your apology. Just don't speak of my father again."

I turned around and returned to the first district, where I was ambushed. "Sis!" I heard the brat. Oh, no. Suddenly, the three 'bilge rats' came running up to me. "Sis, I thought you disappeared again. Please don't leave! You have to travel with us!"

"What?" The duck frowned. "No way!"

"It's fine," I stepped away from Sora, who kept shaking my arm. "I know when I'm not wanted."

"But I do want you to stay with us, please!" Sora hugged my arm. "Don't leave again, sis!" He turned to the duck. "Come on, Donald, please? Please?"

Donald huffed, but the dog whispered something in his ear. Donald's frown deepened and he sighed. "Fine, fine, she can come!"

I raised an eyebrow at the brat. "Who says I want to come?"

"Oh, come on, sis... We're looking for Kairi and Riku!"

"I don't care. I'm looking for father."

"We'll look for him, too! Just-"

"Don't speak of father as if he's just a secondary objective! He's my primary objective, and if he isn't yours, then... Then.."

"Okay, okay!" Sora shook his head. "I'm sorry. Will you come with us, sis? Please.."

Ugh. I hate to say this, but now that Fissy is useless to me, I have no way of going around the worlds anymore. Except... them.

"Fine," I rubbed my temples. "I'll go with you." Until I find a less annoying band of travellers to run off with.

"Yes!" The brat cheered, and Donald grumbled. "Fine," he quacked. "But she has to remember something, too!"

"And what is that?" I frowned.

"This boat runs on happy faces!" Sora exclaimed, and he and Donald and the dog thing started making weird faces. I resisted the urge to look at them as if they were weirdos.

"Well, don't look a us if we were weirdos!" Donald frowned. Oops. I guess their faces were that bad. "Hee," I tried to laugh, but all I could produce was a fake smile.

"I guess that's good enough.. For now!" Donald said, walking off. "Yeah, you'll learn to smile better soon!" The dog nodded.

"Anyway, sis, this is Donald and Goofy," Sora introduced us. I smiled at them, then looked around. "Where's our mode of transportation?"

"Oh, it's outside," the brat told me. "Where're we going next, guys?"

"We're not going anywhere until we teach her how to drive the gummi ship!" Donald answered. Ugh, the toy box?

"Aww, oh well." Sora shrugged, then turned to me. "You're about to get a crash course in driving, sis!"

"When Sora said crash course, he didn't actually mean that you had to crash!" Donald yelled at me. "Hey, shut up, quacker!" I glared at him. "It's not my fault you're such a horrible teacher!" Donald gasped, "Why you-!"

"Guys!" Goofy pushed me and that quacker apart. "We're here already, shouldn't we check it out?"

I glared at Donald before dusting myself. "You're the only one keeping me here, Goofy," I muttered and stepped out of the gummi ship. "You don't have to be here if you want to!" Donald yelled from the door. "Maybe not, but you'll lose your precious Keyblade Master!"

"Grr... You're a horrible person!" Donald shrieked. I lifted an eyebrow. "If that's how you feel..." I walked towards what looked like one of those old greek buidings. There were statues of what seemed to be gladiators at each side, and banners and torches, too. "Sis! Come back!" I ignored him and entered the building. Unfortunately, Donald and the brat followed. Goofy didn't exactly have a choice.

I ignored the three as they stood around. There was this little goat man fixing a sign in the small room. Damn, it was cramped here. "Um..." The brat started, but the goat man didn't let him finish. Without turning around, he motioned to a pedestal to the right of the room. "Good timing. Give me a hand, will ya? Move that pedestal over there for me. I gotta spruce this place up for the games."

I stifled my laughter and kept my visage apathetic as the brat, the quacker, and Goofy tried to push the pedestal with no luck. "It's way too heavy!" The brat complained. The little goat man turned around with an annoyed look on his face. "What? Too heavy? Since when have you been such a little-" He stopped as he saw us. "Oh. Wrong guys.. and girl. What're you doing here? This here's the world-famous Coliseum- heroes only!" Well it certainly isn't worlds-famous. The goat man frowned. "And I got my hands full preparing for the games. So run along, pip-squeaks. Look, it's like this. Heroes are coming from all over to fight ferocious monsters right here in the Coliseum." Pipsqueaks?

"You got heroes standing right in front of you." Donald said. That goat man is lucky that the quacker said something before I got my hands on him.

"Yup. These're real heroes chosen by the Keyblade! Er, Keyblades!" Goofy nodded, pointing to me and the brat. "And we're heroes, too," Donald motioned to himself and Goofy. "Hero?" The goat man looked to Sora. "That runt?" He then turned to me. "And that girl?" He laughed. "What's so funny?" The brat frowned. "I've fought a bunch of monsters!"

"Hey, if you can't even move this..." He pushed the pedestal. "You can't call yourself..." Well, he tried. Didn't work. "A hero!"

"Tsk, tsk, tsk," I shook my head. "They really lowered the bar for heroes these days, huh?"

The goat man glared at me and huffed, "Okay, so it takes more than brawn. Well, well, let's see what you can do. This trial is tough. You got what it takes? You guys ready?"

"I'm ready!" Sora nodded.

"Okay," the goat man nodded. "One at a time. You go first," He told Sora, and the brat got into the battle arena. "Let's see what you got."

I preferred not to watch the brat make a fool of himself as it was a waste of time. Also, I practiced willing the Twilight Keyblade to appear and to disappear. I had the hang of it now. The brat, the quacker, and Goofy returned from the battle arena with the goat man. The goat man turned to me, "Your turn."

"Finally, I'm old enough to be compared to you!" I snorted, and the goat man almost charged at me if not for Goofy. I entered the battle arena and was surprised to find a bunch of barrels standing in different places. "What the hell is this?" I turned to the goat man with an eyebrow raised.

"You gotta smash all the barrels before time runs out. Got it?"

"Ugh, that's training? That's the trial? Pathetic!" I complained.

"GO!"

"Fine," I muttered. I went forward and jumped at the barrels while smashing at them. At the last one, though, I had to risk jumping a long way to destroy it as it was on top of a floating block. The goat man made me do two stupid barrel smashing trials, and when I was done, we went back to the lobby. "Waste of time," I muttered.

"I hate to say it," the goat man said, glaring at me. "But you guys and girl are pretty good."

"Looks like we're headed for the games!" The brat grinned. What was so important about these stupid games, anyway? Oh, yes. Nothing.

"Afraid not," The goat man shook his head.

"Why not?" Sora pouted. Ugh.

"Two words: You guys ain't heroes." He replied, and Goofy started trying to count the words. I rolled my eyes at him. "First of all, those were four words. And-"

"Come on!" Sora frowned. "We did all your trials!" Stupid little brat who interrupted me..!

"Wanna become a real hero? Start by mastering this spell." He held his hand out in front of all of us, and I felt as if an electric current just ran through me. "What was that?" I asked.

"It's a thunder spell. Now run along, pipsqueaks, I gotta prepare for the games." Sora, Donald, and Goofy sighed, leaving the Lobby. Pipsqueak? Me?

PIPSQUEAK?!

I walked toward the goat man and lifted him by the goatee. "Listen up, goat-imp thing. I wasn't going to push through the whole 'getting into the games and proving I'm a hero' thing, but since you keep insisting that I do with your negatively provocative words, I will do so. Let me in, or I'll squash you right here, right now! And you know what this Keyblade can do."

"I don't think so, girlie," He frowned at me, then even tried to kick me, but I blocked with my Keyblade. With one swing, the goat man was on the floor. "Let me in and I'll show you just what a girlie I am, goat-imp thing."

"Grr," the goat man got up. "Fine! But first of all, it's Philoctetes. Phil. Whatever. Here," he got this card out of nowhere. "It's an Entry Pass to get you into the games. They start later, so you and your friends-"

"They're not my friends. I'm not with them. I fight alone."

"Fine, Miss I-stand-alone," Phil rolled his eyes. "You can stay in one of the rooms behind the battle arena. It's through the door at the right side of the arena if you just entered it through the lobby. The games start in a few hours! I'll call you when it's your turn."

I took the Entry Pass and gave Phil an I've-won-and-you-better-accept-it look. "Thank you, Phil. Remember, those're three words. Not four, not five. Three. Later!"

I laughed and ran into the battle arena, then ran halfway across it to get to the rooms Phil was talking about. Wow. I was expecting a slum, but this place looked like a hotel. "Awesome," I said out loud, and looked around for a room to stay in. After I chose one, I followed the sign which said 'lounge'. Nobody there. It still looked awesome, though. Like those old Greek buildings. I don't even know what 'Greek' means!

I took a seat on one of the sofas and took a deep breath. "Gotta practice that magic spell Phil taught me." I closed my eyes and concentrated on the little sure of energy I felt earlier. Come on.. Come on.. "Thunder." I opened my eyes and saw a little spark appear in my hand. Not bad, but I was expecting something better. And why is it called 'thunder' when it's lightning, supposedly?

I tried again. "Thunder," I muttered again, concentrating on the energy harder. Just the same spark. Maybe I should approach this differently? I willed for the energy to grow. In a few seconds, a huge sphere of lightning erupted within me. "Thunder!" I shouted, and I stood in surprise as the spell spread all throughout the lounge.

"AAAGHH!"

"Whoo!" I cheered, "Got it!" I stopped as I realized that someone screamed. "Who's there?" I warily walked further into the lobby and stopped as a man, about Leon's age, fell from what seemed to be his hiding place behind the wall. He had spiky blonde hair and really weird clothes. From the left side of his back was a black wing. He had the whole red cape thing going on, and it looked like he had some sort of belt fetish. What? They were all over his outfit. He was wearing a glove on his left hand which had these metal claws.. Or something.. Not to mention his weird sword, which had crap wrapped all around it.

The man twitched on the floor. I could still see sparks on his hair. "I am so sorry," I knelt down and helped him up. "I didn't know you were there. What are you, a stalker or something?"

"No," He muttered, and as I helped him up he twitched and I could feel the static run through his body. Poor guy. I handed him his sword and held my hand out. "Hakumei. You can call me Kumei." Whoever this man was, I felt as if I knew him. At least, I felt that we had a mutual acquaintance. "Cloud," he muttered again. It's like he didn't know how to talk normally. "Nice to meet you."

"Likewise," I smiled. I felt compelled to be nice to this man. Even if he was creepy and probably a stalking killer kind of person. I then noticed him scrutinizing me. "What?" I raised an eyebrow.

"Have we met?" He mumbled. I wanted to slap him and tell him to speak properly, but I couldn't. "Uh, no," I tried to remember if I'd ever seen anybody like him. "I don't think so."

"Oh." He nodded. "Bye, then."

Well, that was rude of him. "Bye," I shrugged anyway, and turned to leave. I summoned my Keyblade just for kicks, and it got me wondering. My Keyblade against his huge sword. Which one would win? "Waahh!" I nearly quacked as the Keyblade dragged me over to a chest. I tapped the chest (well, the Keyblade tapped itself onto the chest) and it suddenly opened. Wow. I didn't know I could do that. A universal Keyblade! Very useful.. If you can't tell, I have a very evil grin on my face right now.

I felt someone tap my shoulder. I turned around. It was Cloud. "Uh, yeah?"

"Do you want to get a snack outside the Coliseum?" I blinked. Did he just ask me out to eat?

"Yeah, sure.." I willed for the Keyblade to disappear and looked back to Cloud. "Where do you want to go?"

"Follow me." He grabbed my wrist and pulled me to the exit. The way he held onto me reminded me of how Zack, an old friend of mine, used to hold me. He was sort of like an older brother to me, but sometimes...

"Huh," I looked up to Cloud and realized we were already outside the lobby of the Coliseum. He passed through a different exit..? His head was turned to the left. I looked at what he was staring at. It was the brat, the quack, Goofy, and Phil. Phil watched Cloud warily and said something to Sora, who nodded. The four noticed me (well, Goofy noticed me first, then the three) and their eyes widened. They started waving at me, and I turned my head away. "Do you know them?" Cloud asked me as we exited the Coliseum gates. Funny, I never thought there was anything beyond this place.

"Er..." I laughed nervously. "Sort of."

There were a lot of people outside, but Cloud pushed through the crowd and we entered a restaurant. Not much prestige, he told me, but he liked the food. "Okay.." I looked around. Weirdos everywhere. "I'll have whatever you're having." He nodded and ordered something that had to do with fish. Zack liked fish, too. I think. My mom always made fish dishes for him, though. Maybe she liked fish. Never mind.

"So," I cleared my throat. "Are you here for the games, too?"

"Are you?" He looked to me.

"Not really," I shrugged. "But since that annoying Phil guy kept degrading me, I decided to prove him wrong."

"Ah," I barely noticed Cloud's (very) slight nod as our orders came. "Well, do whatever you want." Zack used to understand, too. He was the only one who did..

"Hey, sweetheart," I cringed as the stench of a swamp reached my nose. I turned to my right and saw a big-nosed blue centaur (how do I know what a centaur is?) standing before our table. Waitaminute. Did he just call me sweetheart?

"Who are you and what do you want?" Cloud beat me to answering. "Not you," the centaur snorted. "Nessus," he said, turning to me.

Cloud stood from his seat and blocked Nessus' way to me. "She doesn't wanna hear it." I could imagine him glaring at Nessus.

"Step aside, two legs," Nessus stared him down. Tried. Didn't work. Nessus growled. He raised his arm to punch Cloud, but Cloud instantly drew his sword and blocked it. The surrounding people started screaming, and Cloud and Nessus started fighting. Cloud.. was fighting to protect me?

"You get the hell away from her, Guado," Zack growled and stepped inbetween me and Seymour. Seymour snorted. "You can't choose who she sees."

"Wait, I never saw you!" I frowned, although I was still hiding behind Zack. Seymour ignored me. "You're just jealous," he said to Zack. "You've always been jealous." He clenched his fist. "Maybe it's time to settle things."

"Hahah," Lulu laughed nervously and held Seymour's arm back. "Maybe you shouldn't."

"Lulu's right, man," Wakka told Zack. "You could get into trouble with this, ya?"

"Shut up," Seymour pushed Lulu to the ground. "Lulu!" I ran over to her and helped her up. "Are you okay?" Lulu rubbed her arm. "Yeah.."

"You bastard!" Wakka yelled, and wihout a thought (though I suppose that needn't be said, as that goes for all his actions), punched Seymour.

Seymour smirked. "Wrong move," he punched Wakka hard, making him fly across the hallway. Lulu gasped. "Wakka!" I let go of her as she ran to her beloved, who was developing a very black eye now. I helped her help Wakka up, but then turned to Zack and Seymour.

"You had to do that?" Zack raised an eyebrow, then sighed. "I wasn't going to do this, you know, but you just don't know how to listen." He grabbed Seymour's head and punched him in the face. Seymour returned this with an uppercut. I pulled Zack up and stopped him by the hand. "Let me do this," I told him. "I can kick him."

"No," Zack smiled at me, blood slowly creeping from his lips. He held my wrist protectively. "Your mom asked me to take care of you, and I want to take care of you. I will do that, no matter what it takes."

"Watch out!" I shouted as Seymour was about to bash Zack in the head. He missed as Zack pushed us both out of the way. He readied his fist and-

"Kumei?"

I shook my head and looked up. Cloud. "Cloud?"

"Let's get out of here," He took me by the wrist again and dragged me out, but not before I saw the centaur's body cut in half. "What happened?" I asked.

"You didn't see?" Cloud raised an eyebrow. "Long story short, the centaur was a little nuisance."

"Little?" I asked. Cloud smirked, "It's a state of mine, Kumei."

"Right.." I looked ahead. "We're going back to the Coliseum, right?"

Cloud just nodded. We returned to the Coliseum, but before we parted ways, I stopped him by the hand. "Wait." He turned around. "What is it?"

"Can I call you.. Big brother?"

It was Cloud's turn to blink this time. "Yeah.." He nodded, and I think he actually smiled. It was gone when I myself blinked, though. "Yeah. You can call me that."

He left after that, and I ran into the Coliseum Lobby. "You're late!" Phil yelled at me. "I was about to announce your forfeiture!"

"Sorry, Phil," I grinned, patting him on the head. "Now, watch me!" I ran into the arena. Whoa. There were tons of people in the stands! I summoned my Keyblade and blew kisses at the people just for fun. "GO SIS!" I felt my eye twitch as I turned to the left. Sora, Donald, and Goofy were in the stands, too. Their clothes were a bit ripped, I just noticed now. Were they in the games, too?

Okay, focus on the opponent. I turned to my supposed opponent, only to find a bunch of Heartless. They were my opponents? That's stupid! I went into a fighting stance, gripping my Keyblade. Why weren't they attacking the people?

"Get ready, you little Heartless freaks!" I ran at them, but after a few seconds I realized that it was a bad move. The Heartless had surrounded me. "Twilight!"

"Let uss take her heart now!" I saw a Blue Rhapsody telling a Soldier Heartless. "Like I'll let-" The Soldier suddenly dashed at me and went through me. "Aaggh!" I screamed. I felt as if something gripped my chest and started stretching it around like rubber. I fell to the ground and felt blood fall from my lips. The people started cheering, and I frowned. Nobody cheers against me. "Get up!" I heard Donald yell.

What do you think I'm trying to do?! I groaned and held my chest, which still hurt. I glared at the Heartless around me. "You can't take my heart! I won't let you!" I hacked at one of them, but it just moved out of the way. "We cannot!" A Soldier Heartless shook its head. It's the one that went through me! "She hass no heart!"

I frowned, "That's not funny." I thrust my Keyblade at it, and this time I didn't miss. "One of usss?" A Blue Rhapsody Heartless turned to another. "The Twilight?"

"It cannot be!" A Soldier Heartless ran towards me and tried to swipe at me. I was more alert now. I cleaved my Keyblade down at it. "She iss from the light!" A Blue Rhapsody cried as I destroyed it. Four more Heartless to go. "Ssstill!" A Soldier turned to a Blue Rhapsody. I slashed. "Oops," I grinned at the Soldier. "Were you talking to him?" The Soldier jumped me, but after a bit of struggle I threw him off. I wiped the Heartless germs off my face.

I held my Keyblade in front of them. "This ain't what you want!"

"Princcce Higure will be pleasssed if we bring her back! Even if she hass no heart!" The last two Heartless spoke to each other. "All talk and no play makes for a very pisssed of Kumei," I swung my Keyblade at them, and in a few seconds the crowd cheered. I grinned as I watched Hearts float into the air, free from the Heartless. That's odd. "Well, whatever." I shrugged to myself. "So you tell your Prince Higure, whoever that bastard is, to please himself!"

...Okay, so that wasn't such a good comeback. Shut up.

"Who are you talking to?" Phil raised an eyebrow at me as he grabbed my arm and dragged me back to where the rooms or the lounge was. "You're one weird kid... But not bad! You're actually pretty good." Phil sighed. "Wish he were here to see this."

"Who?" I asked, making Phil let go of me.

"Hercules. He's off looking for a way to rejoin his father, and probably saving damsels in distress on the way."

I raised the eyebrow now. "To rejoin his father?"

"It's a long story," Phil sighed. Hmm... Who was this Hercules? And rejoin his father...? I wonder if we would get along. After all, I'm looking to rejoin my father as well. "Anyway," Phil looked to the direction we came from. "You're up in a few more minutes. I like the way you get the crowd get all riled up, but don't overdo it, okay?" He actually looked concerned.

"Yeah, yeah," I pushed him, not wanting to see the concerned look on his face. It was those kinds of faces from these kinds of people that distracted me from my true goal. I had a few more fights, and all of them were fights with the Heartless. How did they get to enter? I thought only people with entry passes could enter? Maybe Maleficent...? Hmm, I should go to my room first.

Round 8 is in a few minutes.. I wonder who my opponent will be? I got up from the bed in the room I picked and walked towards the lounge. "Geez! Stiffer than the stiffs back home. Still, suckers like him are hard to come by.." I heard a familiar voice from the lounge. I entered it and shuddered.

I regained my composure and faked a grin. "Baldy!" I clapped my hands together merrily. He turned his head to me, and his eyes widened. "There you are!"

"Hey Baldy," I greeted again. "Who're you talking to?"

"Does it really matter to you, kid?" Hades rolled his eyes. "Maleficent's been lookin' for you, you know."

"I already quit," I frowned. "She can go get herself another sucker to be Riku's partner. Hmph! The prettyboy, another sucker. Who did you trick for yourself, Baldy?"

"Maleficent doesn't want a new sucker, you were too useful," Hades shook his head.

I took a step back. "And? You're here to bring me back?"

"Hmm.." Hades grinned. "How about a deal?"

"I know how your kind works," I glared up at him.

"You should," Hades laughed. "You're one of us."

"No, I'm not," I huffed. "Now what is this deal of yours, Baldy?"

"Stop calling me that. Do you really think we don't know about your relationship with the other Keyblade wielder? Hah! Anyway, I've sent one of my own suckers to compete. If he beats your beloved little brother, you'll fight him. If he wins, you work for me. If you win, you're free. But if by any chance that your brother can actually defeat my player, you'll have to go against your brother. And beat him."

I snorted. "Looks like a lose-lose situation for me, since I end up seeming to work for you anyway, baldy... And how would my brother even fight?"

Hades smirked. "I heard a handsome, not-bald Lord of the Underworld gave him an entry pass... And oops, forgot to tell ya. He's fighting my sucker now."

My eyes widened. I ran out to the stands (just enough that the people in front of me wouldn't notice), and I think my eyeballs fell out of their sockets. I watched as Sora and his friends fought a losing battle. "Big brother..?"

"That's right," Hades laughed. "Now.. Is that a deal?" He held his hand out to me. I took it angrily. Big brother betrayed me?

Obviously, the brat, the quacker, and Goofy were single-handedly beaten by Cloud. I ran down the stands as Phil announced my name. I stepped onto the arena and faced Cloud. "I can't believe I actually wanted you to be part of the family I wished could exist," I said to him agnrily, "How could you betray me like that?"

I ran towards him and tried to attack him, but even as he carried that huge sword, he dodged me quickly. "What are you talking about?" His eyebrows creased.

"Don't play dumb with me," I growled. "I know you only made friends with me so that Hades can get what he wants, whatever that is!"

"What?" Cloud threw me back as he defended himself from my attack. "No!"

"I told you to stop pretending!" I yelled. I successfully stepped on him and hit him on the head.

"No," Cloud rushed at me. I tried to dodge, but he grabbed me and pushed me against one of the pillars of the arena. "You stop. Listen to me. I didn't make friends with you so that Hades could get what he wanted. I did it of my own volition."

"Liar!" I pushed him off and raised my arms in the air. I wanted to scream and hit something. The anger within me wanted to burst. "THUNDAGA!" Bolts and bolts of lightning fell from the sky, all entering Cloud.

"AAAAGGGHH!"

Cloud shrieked, and he fell to the ground, limp. I took his sword. It was really heavy, but I managed to drag it to his neck. "Nobody makes a fool of me and gets away with it!" Before I could thrust it into him, a roar came from the other end of the arena and the people in the stands started screaming. I stopped and looked up to see a three-headed black dog roaring and biting at them.

Holy freakin' crapeole.

"Like surprises, kid?" Hades' voice snapped me out of my own confusion. He smirked and looked down to Cloud, whose eyes were empty. "Heh!" He turned to me. "And just so you know... He was telling the truth. I guess there was another rule that goat forgot to embed in your head: accidents happen!" With that, he disappeared.

I gasped and knelt before Cloud's motionless body. "You were telling the truth?" I shook big brother and made him look at me. "You really did want to be friends with me?"

His eyes turned to look at me, but nothing else moved. His body twitched, but that was it.

"SIS! COME ON!" Someone grabbed me by the shirt, and two more grabbed me by the arms. "Come on! We gotta get out of here!"

"Big brother!" I screamed, trying to get away from whoever was dragging me. I looked behind me. Those three!

A guy, about 21 years old or so, suddenly jumped onto the scene. He was muscular, dressed in weird gladiator-like clothing, and he was a curly carrot top. "Phil, get them out of here!" He yelled. Phil suddenly appeared out of nowhere and carried my feet, running with the brat, the quacker, and Goofy. "Let me go!" I struggled, trying to wiggle myself out of their grasp.

"What're you doing, sis?" Sora shouted from the screams of the people running, too.

"Do you wanna die?!" Donald shrieked.

"Shut up!" I reached out, but just to the air. "Big brother...!"

"Damn you!" I growled at Sora, Donald, Goofy, and Phil at the Lobby. All the other people made such a mess in their stampede to get out. We were the only ones left. And big brother was... "Let me go!" I stopped struggling, realizing that I couldn't get out of this bind. Literally. They had tied me to a post. I sighed.

"Are you crazy?" Phil yelled at me. "This isn't just an arena match! This is the real thing!"

"I don't care about that!" I barked back at him. "Big brother is still in there! I can't just let him die!"

"Who're you talkin' about?!" Phil groaned. I lowered my head. "I'm talking about Cloud.."

"Wh-why..." I looked up to see the brat's head lowered as well. "Why do you call him big brother?"

"Because that's what he is to me, you brat," I hissed. "Now let me out so I can save him!"

The brat looked away, then turned to Goofy and Donald. "Let her go."

"But Sora-"

"Just do it."

Goofy untied me, and I stood up. "I've got to save big brother.."

"Careful, kid," Phil told me. I nodded.

"Wait," the brat called. "We're coming with you."

"You shouldn't," I turned around to tell him that. "It's my business."

The brat's face turned red, and he opened his mouth. "IT IS MY-"

"Big brother!" I gasped as I heard more roaring from the arena. I ran back to the arena and saw the three-headed dog and the curly carrot top.. with big brother on his back. I sighed with such relief. "He's all right.."

The curly carrot top ran towards me as he carried big brother. "Here to help? Good luck with Cerberus!"

"Cerberus?"

"The dog!" He said, and ran past me. I cringed as I saw his bloody face. "Kumei, we're here!" I heard Goofy shout. I turned to see him, the brat, and the quacker enter the arena. So did Phil. "Kid, I got two words of advice for you: Attack!" He yelled.

Cerberus faced us now, his saliva dripping and creating a pool of darkness. He snarled at me. "...Crapfeeeeeeeeeest!" I screamed and started running around the arena. "Down, doggy! Down!" I yelled from the stands. He barked and ran towards me. He opened his mouth and spewed huge fireballs out. Oh, crap.

"Kumei, move it!" I took a step back in surprise as Donald jumped in my way and hit the fireballs back with his staff.

"W-wow.." I watched Donald as he fired even bigger fireballs at Cerberus. "Donald, that is awesome!"

"Just run!" He quacked, and suddenly Sora was dragging me back down to the arena. "We can't hold him off with just that! We gotta think of something," He told me. I stopped and watched him formulate a plan. I panicked.. But he didn't. This couldn't be. He was better than me?

"Keep moving, brat," I grabbed his hand and pulled him from his spot. Little black spots started to appear from the ground. Instinctively, I pulled at his arm and threw him up. "Whoaaa!" He gasped, and landed on Cerberus' back. Great idea! From me, of course. As Cerberus bit and attacked Donald and Goofy, I ran up to the stands behind him. "Hah!" I jumped at his tail.

I grabbed hold and hung from it. "Oh, man, that is something I did not want to see," I closed my eyes in disgust as I saw Cerberus'... thing. I never want to look at a dog again. Except Goofy, of course.. He is a dog, isn't he?

I looked up to find that Sora had already pulled me up onto Cerberus. "Don't worry guys, we'll get him!" He yelled to Donald and Goofy. Goofy's shield was nearly destroyed. I ran towards the heads and stabbed at the middle one. Cerberus roared, and (maybe) in his pain entered an aggressive stance. "Gahk!" I tried to hold onto one of his ears, but it was just so slimy that I had to let go. I fell onto the stands with a thud and found the brat lying down beside me. "Great job, Kumei!" Donald sarcastically yelled from across the arena.

"I'm thinkin', I'm thinkin'!" I shouted. Stupid three headed dog! I wish I had two guns named Ebony and Ivory to blow his heads off with... What a weird idea. Where did I get that?

Speaking of weird ideas.. "I have an idea!" I shouted, running over to where Donald and Goofy were. Well, not really. I stayed a good twenty meters away from them. "What is it?" Donald asked. "I'll take anything?"

"WHAT?" Donald's face turned red as I explained his part in Cerberus' downfall. "No!"

"Do it or we'll never beat this freak."

"Grr.." Donald grumbled. I felt someone tug at my sleeve. I turned around. "Sis, what do you want me to do?"

I turned back around to face Donald and Goofy. "Nothing," I answered. "Okay. Donald, Goofy, now!"

"Fine!" Donald covered his eyes.

"All right, Hakumei!" Goofy nodded.

"Woohoo!" I cheered as Donald fried Cerberus' balls (...) and Goofy threw his shield to cut Cerberus' tail off. Cerberus roared and writhed on the ground until a black portal appeared from under him and sucked him in. I grinned. "That's the last we're gonna see of that mutt.. Let's go." I started walking back to the lobby when someone stated walking beside me and holding my hand. I looked to my left and stopped, giving Sora a disgusted look. "What the hell are you doing?"

"I.. Sis.." I rolled my eyes and pulled my hand back. "Don't do that again, brat." Walking back to the lobby, I saw Phil, big brother Cloud, and the curly carrot top. "Big brother.." I knelt beside him again, but looked up to Phil and the carrot top. "How is he?"

"He hasn't moved an inch," the carrot top answered.

"Who are you?" the brat asked him. The carrot top smiled and held his hand out, "Hercules." The brat took it and said, "I'm Sora. These are Donald and Goofy, and this is my sister Kumei."

"Great to meet you all," Hercules smiled. So this was the Hercules. I smiled at him, but turned to big brother. "Wake up.."

His eyes were still empty. "He'll come to in a few, I'm sure of it," Hercules pat me on the back. I stood up and looked at him. "How do you know?"

Hercules sighed. "Just trust me."

Donald pulled me beside him, and before I could react, Phil said- "Thus, I do hereby dub thee junior heroes, and confer upon thee full rights and privileges to participate in the games. Further-"

"Hey!" Donald frowned. "What do you mean junior heroes?"

"You rookies still don't understand what it takes to be a true hero." Phil shook his head. I looked to big brother. I really don't know what it takes to be a true hero. Even if I had what it took, I don't think I could ever be a hero. Hades was right, I am one of them. Look what I did to you, big brother...

"So, what does it take?" Goofy asked.

"Well, that's just something you'll have to find out for yourselves," Hercules smiled. "I still have to too, you know."

"Well, no problem!" the brat grinned. "We'll start by proving ourselves in the games!"

"There ain't gonna be any games for a while," Phil shook his head. "Gotta clean up the mess for that last battle first."

"Okay, we'll be back," Sora smiled, and he turned to Donald and Goofy. "Let's go, guys!" He looked at me. "Come on, sis.."

"Go ahead," I said, turning to Cloud. "I'll see you outside." I guess I'm coming with them again. Maybe... If I meet more people like big brother, they can lead me to my father. "I'm sorry, big brother," I shook Cloud's body as the three left. I didn't care that Phil and Hercules saw me. "I'm sorry I hurt you. Hades tricked me. Big brother.." I closed my eyes and embraced him. "Please get better soon."

My eyes snapped open as big brother's arms wrapped themselves around me. "Big brother!"

"Hey," He weakly smiled. It was gone in a second again, but I guess I'd have to get used to that. I helped him stand, and so did Hercules. Big brother tried to stand on his own, but he nearly fell. Hercules caught him and Cloud leaned on the two of us again. "See ya later, Phil," I waved, and Hercules let go of Cloud once we stepped out of the lobby. "Later, Hercules."

"Sis!" Sora ran up to us, and I set Cloud down on the steps of the doors across the lobby. The brat looked to big brother. "Hey, are you all right?"

Cloud nodded slowly, "Yeah."

"So.." Sora sat down beside big brother. "Why did you go along with him, anyway?"

Big brother looked away. "I'm looking for someone. Hades promised to help. I tried to exploit the power of darkness, but it backfired." He stood up, and this time he had enough strength not to fall. "I fell into darkness, and couldn't find the light." My eyes widened as he said this, and the brat smiled at Cloud. "You'll find it. I'm searching, too."

Big brother raised an eyebrow at him. "For your light? Don't lose sight of it."

The brat nodded, and I looked to big brother. "Well.. I'll go first," Sora seemed to sigh, then left us.

"Kumei," Cloud said. He stiffened in surprise as I hugged him. "I hope you do find your light. I'm still looking for mine, too.."

Big brother looked to the direction of the gummi ship, and I released him from my selfish embrace. "You might already have.." He looked back to me. "Then again, I might have, too. I'll keep searching, but for now.." He took my hand and placed a keychain into it. "You'll be my light."

A smile instantly appeared on my face. "Th-thanks!" Once I opened my hand, the keychain attached itself to my Keyblade (which suddenly appeared). My Keyblade took on a new form. It looked awesome compared to its normal state! Big brother turned to walk away, but I grabbed his cape. "Hey." He stopped and turned around. "Yeah?"

"Come with us. We're all searching for something... Once you find whatever it is you want, you can go."

Big brother opened his mouth, probably to refuse, but I covered it. "I need someone to keep me sane aside from Goofy, anyway."

"Well.." Cloud looked away. "I guess I can come."

"Yes!" I cheered, grabbed his arm, and took him to the gummi ship.

"What is he doing here?" Donald lifted an eyebrow at me. "He's coming with us for a while," I grinned. Donald sighed and was about to yell (I just knew it), but Goofy gave him a look. "Oh, all right!" Donald grumbled. "There's an extra room in the back.."

"Great," I turned to grab big brother again. "Sis-" The brat called, but I interrupted him. "Not now." I brought Cloud to the extra room. "Here it is. Make yourself at home for now.. Before Donald starts giving you chores and makes you drive this horrible thing."

"CLOUD!" I covered my ears as I heard Donald's voice over the PA. I didn't even know this thing had a PA! "YOU GOTTA LEARN TO DRIVE THE GUMMI SHIP! COME TO THE CONTROL ROOM. NOW!"

"Told ya," I shook my head with a sigh. Cloud just stood from his bed and placed his hand on my shoulder before he left through the door. "Thanks.. Little sister."

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I felt so bad for Sora when I was making this chapter. Oh, well. Kumei, indeedy-weedy, is a bitch. And GASP GUESS WHAT?! I had an idea for the sequel of When Somebody Loves a Nobody! Of course, I'll do it AFTER I finish First Love. Kumei won't be the main character anymore (as sad as I am to do that, I must), but it mostly involves Sephiroth 12 years after When Somebody Loves a Nobody. :D Comments, anyone? Oh, and if anyone was wondering, Seymour Guado is fully human in the story. Guado is just his surname.