Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts or any of the characters. Square Enix holds those rights. I just borrow them for my fanfics and return them later nice and clean.

Oh my god...I apologize for the loooonnnng update. Let's just say my laziness got the better of me. Also, at first I didn't know where I was going with this fic but I cleared things up and know where I'm going. I also have been busy with school and I sort of have writer's block. I also have another that I have been typing while typing up this one. I was typing two fics at the same time which was kinda a bad idea for me. I was too concentrated on the other fic that I didn't update this one. But that was a long time ago. Then after a while of laziness I decided to finish this story first and put the other on hiatus. And I'm gonna update my other story until I get more reviews. So if you like my stories, go and read my third story and review or I will send Grimmjow to attack you...or something. It would be a big help if you did review my other story though. It will inspire me to hurry and finish this story and get started on the other. Maybe.

I just remembered I was typing this up while there was a thunderstorm going on here, where I live. The power went out like 3 times. The third time it was out for a 30 minutes. The other two were only 2-4 minutes. It got me mad because I'm afraid of the dark. And luckily, I have a laptop so when the power did go out, I just kept on typing. The light from the laptop really didn't comfort me in the dark...I needed to have my dog by side...

Anyway let's just get on with the story.


Footsteps could be heard throughout the inside of the mansion. The nobodies within steered when they heard the loud steps. They tried to strike the owner of the footsteps but were slain once they appeared in front of King Mickey. He quickly and skillfully exposed the persistent nobodies as he headed down toward the basement of the mansion. Once he reached the library of the mansion he quickly headed down the stairs that weren't even concealed by the hologram floor. Once he entered the mansion's computer room he was surprised to see that the beam under that machine that was used to transport Roxas into the fake Twilight Town was still on. You'd think the place would run out of power or something but everything was still active. Deciding this was no time for such questions, he touched the beam, transporting him to the other Twilight Town. Once he was there, he noticed everything was functioning here too, aside from the broken computer to the right of him. Mickey immediately dashed toward the right doorway entering the basement hall. To his surprise, again, the portal that Sora and the others discovered was still there as well. A good thing too. If it wasn't there, he would have to waste more time to find a way to get to The World That Never Was which meant he and the others wouldn't be able to rescue Sora in time.

Once again, putting his thoughts aside, he rushed to the portal entering Betwixt and Between. Once inside, nobodies appeared before him along with heartless. 'I don't have time for this!' The King yelled within his mind as he rushed to the crowd quickly disposing of them when they came within striking distance. Finally making it to the other side of tiny realm, he just through the portal in front him, landing in the Alley to Between. Once he turned the corner of the small alley, he was shocked to see the huge heart, that was once forming that day they faced Xemnas, was forming once again. 'Am I too late?' Mickey asked himself as he ran off, following the path that would lead him to the giant floating castle that belonged to the superior nobody. 'No, it's not too late. I'll stop Xemnas and his plans…whatever they are…'

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"Good work, Sora. That's it, continue slaying the heartless. With everyone you slay, the trapped hearts that are freed will all join to form Kingdom Hearts." Xemnas said out loud.

He watched as Sora wiped out every Heartless that tried to strike, attack, or hit him. When one was slain, a heart escaped from the vanishing heartless and rose up into the air, merging with the growing heart in the sky.

"That's it. Fight and beat the heartless until Kingdom Hearts is complete. Soon I will have that power I had lost but this time no one will stop me. Not when you will be by my side." The nobody let out a crazed laugh as he watched the brunette continuing his onslaught on the heartless that released the captured hearts of the many victims who fell into darkness, once they were slain.

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Hallways and stairs is all that Mickey saw as he headed up to the top of the castle. He hadn't encountered any heartless or nobodies yet. That was until a few berserkers appeared before him. He let out an annoyed sigh as he rushed toward the berserkers. He had to take extra precaution with these as they were on the dangerous side when they attacked their enemies. But the King wouldn't give them that opportunity as he took quick but careful work of them, watching as they disappeared.

Once he was sure no more would appear he charged off hoping he wouldn't be too late once he reached the top.

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Kairi sat by Riku, hoping the potion King Mickey gave her worked. She didn't want Riku to die…he was her friend. More importantly he was Sora's boyfriend. If he died, it would surely break Sora's heart severely. After all he spent countless hours and days trying to find Riku after he Destiny Islands disappeared. He also spent more time trying to find him after he did find him but he ended up being locked behind the door to darkness. It would damage Sora's soul if he left again but this time it would be forever.

Shaking her doubts away, she focused her attention on Riku, tending to his wounds which were now bleeding less. Only moments ago, they were bleeding badly but now it seemed to calm like a rapid raging river during a storm slowly turning into a gentle flowing stream after the storm vanished hours ago.

"I hope King Mickey can save Sora on his own." Kairi said out loud.

"Kairi!" A familiar voice called out. The pink haired girl turned around seeing a familiar face as well.

(A/N: I can't remember the exact color of Kairi's hair…I know it's not pink…I just can't remember the name of the color it is…magenta? XD)

"Pence!" She called out in shock. 'He can't see Riku like this. They can't get involved.'

"Oh my god…what happened?!"

Too late.

"Well…you see…R-Riku was attacked by…."

'I can't tell them he was attacked by nobodies…'

"By some thugs" She lied to Pence as he stood beside her now.

"Do you know where they went? What they looked like?"

"No, it all happened too fast…they just came out of nowhere…"

"Wait but you said you were going to see your grandmother…what are you doing out here?"

'Oh crap! Your such a great liar Kairi. No one will ever figure out the truth. Yeah, right! What am I gonna tell him?! Come on Kairi! Think! Think!'

"Well uh…you see my grandma doesn't exactly live in Twilight Town. She lives out a little farther but it's much easier to get there by going through the woods…"

"But there's nothing out there."

'Crap! Plan B! What's plan B?! Grrr...Come on think of something Kairi!

"Listen, we can talk about this later." Pence interrupted Kairi's mental battle with herself. "What's more important is that we get Riku some attention right away. Stay here, I'm going to go get some help." He quickly rushed off into Twilight Town. "I'll be back!"

"Ok!" Kairi watched as the spiky haired boy ran off. "That was a close one." Letting out a sigh of relief she looked down at Riku. "Don't worry, you'll be ok Riku. And when you wake up Mickey will have successfully saved Sora and he'll be by your side again…I hope."

Unaware to Kairi, within the depths of Riku's mind, a nightmare began to form. One involving a certain spunky spiky brunette haired kid.


I know it's kinda short but I wanted to hurry up and update. People can be impatient you know. In this next chapter we'll see Riku's horrible nightmare. Also, this chapter kinda seemed a bit rushed to me so if it doesn't make sense somewhere let me know. And if I have anything wrong, like the use of something...let me about that also. I haven't played KH2 in a while...I've been too busy obsessing over Devil May Cry 4.

Please, review! X3