I am on a roll! MORE KOKORO! Oh yeah baby! To think, I have lots more other stories on the way. Oo maybe I should post those ones while I'm doing this one? If I wait it out I might take too long and then bore everyone to sleep. TT okay, I'll try to get another up here while I'm putting up this one! (dances around) I have them all pre-written anywho. XP


The group, Sora and Kokoro taking the lead, went down many alleys and streets until they got to a deep crater on the outskirts of town. Kokoro stopped at the edge and looked down while Cheza, Kiba and Sora slid down. "Something isn't right... this is too easy." She held her Keyblades, looking down at the crater carefully. "Nothing is ever this easy..."

"Why's that?" Toboe came up to her on the left while Aki can to the right. All three looked down while Kokoro thought. Sora had his Keyblade out while Cheza pointed to the center. He took a few steps forward and pointed his Keyblade to the ground, ready to close it. Before he could Cheza covered her ears, so did all of the wolves. "That sound! It hurts!" Toboe yelled.

Kokoro looked around, not finding or hearing anything. "Anyone see anything?" She yelled out.

"There!" Momo pointed to the other side of the crater. Kokoro again looked in that direction and saw the man standing there, it was Darcia. "That's him..." Momo ran up next to Toboe, Reiki ready.

Kokoro pointed at him with her right handed Keyblade. "What are you doing here Darcia? This has nothing to do with you!"

"But it does..." He spoke mysteriously, but not looking at them. His mask had covered his face with the evil Noble grin encased on the front. "You see, this will lead to my Paradise."

"This is not Paradise!" Kokoro yelled over. Toboe looked at her, but she had no hesitation in the answer. "Paradise isn't in this Keyhole, your salvation is there!"

Darcia jerked his arm under the dark blue cloak, making everyone go in battle position. "But it is... my salvation is the not Paradise that I want." He pulled his hand out, the silver gun in hand. Kokoro's eyes widened as she looked at it. That was the same gun that was aimed at Toboe in the show, and here he stood next to her now. "Give me what I want... give me my love..." He pointed it up at Kokoro, her frozen in time. "I will not die for anything less, I will not change into a Royalty until..."

"Royalty!" Kokoro caught the word and pulled herself back to reality. "You're not a Royalty! I know who they are, people with noble hearts and-"

Darcia was tired of her rambling, he pulled the trigger. Kokoro stopped talking when she was pushed down by Toboe, both hitting the ground hard. Aki didn't even pull out her sword, she used her wind power to knock he gun out of Darcia's hand and Momo threw her Reiki to injure his arm, not to pick it up again. Kokoro sat up, helping Toboe up and noticed the blood on her hand. Toboe was bleeding on his arm, the drops falling onto his bracelets. "It's nothing..." He cringed through his teeth as she worried.

"You..." Kokoro stood up, her knuckles white from holding her Keyblades too tight. Cheza wasn't covering her ears while the others were. What was the strange sound that hurt them? She wanted to know the answer, but was taken in by Kokoro. "You won't ever hurt a friend of mine again." She pointed her light dagger, Yin, at Darcia. "Never lay your dirty hands on my friends!" On her right hand, the one the held the dagger Yin, formed an emblem for fire. Her eyes went red as she sent an orb of condensed heat to her opponent. Darcia smiled and closed his eyes as it came towards him. The sound stopped soon after the orb exploded on contact with Darcia. He didn't yell in pain, Toboe did. Kokoro's eyes went back to normal as she stood there, dumbfounded. She looked down as Toboe covered his ears, holding his head, and leaned over. On his back came two streaks of orange light, over his shoulder blades. "Oh my god... I understand..." Kokoro, feeling weak from using an advanced spell for the first time, fell to her knees. The emblem on her hand vanished as she looked down at Sora. He was looking up at her, his hand over his heart. "Do it!" Kokoro yelled with a slight smile of completation. He nodded and turned back to the center, driving the Kingdom Key into the ground and turning it. This creating a locking sound. The dark clouds vanished and light shined brightly for the first time sense they had arrived. "That was an exciting adventure, huh?" She let the daggers vanish and put her hand on Toboe's glowing scars. He had stopped screaming out, but his still sat on his knees, curled over. "Toboe..."

"She said..." Toboe started, then looked up at Kokoro. "Not to worry. Everyone will come soon."

Kokoro stared in confusion, then her eyes became gentle as she stood up. Momo and Aki both came over, all of them giving each other high-fives. "We did it! Our first mission!" Momo celebrated by clapping.

"Yeah, that was great." Aki smiled, crossing her arms. "So, where to next?"

Kokoro looked at her friends, then at Sora as he came up. The elementist turned around and looked at Donald and Goofy. She had decided. "To Disney Castle!" Everyone stared at her with a want to know why. Kokoro laughed and put her hands behind her head. "I have to do some research, and Donald wants to talk to the King, right?" She looked over her shoulder at the duck as he nodded. "Okay then! Coming Toboe?"

"What?" He stood up at last, holding his bracelets. "Coming where?"

Kokoro put her arms down, then held her wrist with bracelets as well. "You're an Archangel, the first one we found. If my stories are right then you are a very special one. If not... then you're still special." She took his hand, making him feel insecure. "Listen to me. It's not safe here anymore. Now that your powers have shown themselves they're going to start growing in a certain direction. Who knows to what, all I know is that the Heartless are going to be after you now. We should take you to the safest place we know."

"She's right." Sora came up behind Toboe, putting his hand on the young Archangel's shoulder. "We need to take you somewhere safe."

Toboe looked down at Kokoro's hand, blood on both of them and their bracelets. He then looked at her eyes, a smile on her face that made him feel secure. Just like when he was with Granny. "Okay then. I'll come."

"Good." Kokoro said, starting off to the open area away from the city. "Let's get going! It's been a long time sense we ate anything!"

Momo sighed, "Is food the only thing she thinks about?"

Aki didn't respond, but she did turn to where Darcia once stood, where the explosion took place. A glittering started, and she was the only one that noticed. "Look at that!" Kokoro turned around, so did the rest of the group, to where Aki pointed. "Is that... a crystal?"

"A power gem?" Kokoro started to run to it, but she stopped at the edge of the crater. The gem glowed a deep black and Kokoro felt an empty space in her heart. She held onto her crown necklace while Sora did the same without noticing. Toboe cringed at the sound that he heard; Aki looked in amazement. The gem floated in the air, then went right towards Kokoro. The gem went, in a flash, through her chest. As if in slow motion Kokoro started to fall backwards, just like in her dream. Sora and Toboe looked down and tried to help her, but everything was enveloped into darkness.


"Kokoro... Kokoro..." Momo muttered as she had her head resting on the bed while she sat in a chair. Kokoro opened her eyes to find herself lying in a white bed. The room looked cozy and royal, but she had no idea where she was. She turned to her left, a white wall with some cabinets and a mirror, to her right was Momo, sleeping, and the curtains blowing gently in a breeze as the sun shown through. The curtains were long and when moving revealed the small patio outside with two glass doors. On the ceiling was a small yet elegant golden chandelier and her bed frame was made of gold. She sat up, quickly putting her hand to her chest. Her jacket was again removed, but she still wore her shirt. Kokoro looked at Momo sleeping soundly, then looked at her bare chest. A darkness scar was there. It was small, but proved that the gem had gone right through her body. But none of this made any sense. 'A royalty is someone who is kind hearted... and noble... and gentle... there is no darkness in a Royalty's heart.' She thought, looking down at her necklace. It was not tarnished by the attack, but the scar still frightened her a bit. 'And then with the Archangel popping up at the exact moment that Darcia died... it's all so confusing! Not to mention that I have to find those artifacts...' She held onto the necklace tight, usually she did this when she felt lost. 'what do I do? None of this makes any sense! Why me? Why am I so special? An elementist has no power compared to an Archangel or a Royalty. And why do I have Keyblades that no one has ever heard of before, not even I know about them and I'm a Kingdom Hearts freak!'

She slammed her hands into the blanket and yelled out. "I don't get it!"

"Wha!" Momo shot right up, making Kokoro look at her. "Kokoro don't be so loud... Kokoro!" She jumped onto the bed and hugged her. "You're up! It's been so long!"

Kokoro smiled and let Momo get back to the chair before she started the questions. "How long has it been?"

"About three days, almost like last time. But you were hit really bad... and you were screaming in your sleep..." She leaned onto the bed, resting her head in her hands. "Sora was acting strange sense then too. I don't know why though."

"Sora was?" Kokoro pulled the covers off and sat on the side of the bed, next to Momo.

She sat up right in the chair and nodded. "Yeah. But he's back to normal now. He was really distant for a while, but now he's back to normal. Oh! Donald and Goofy did some research on the Royalties that you wrote about and on the Archangels... they also looked into the line of elementists and your necklace." Momo stood up, going to the door opposite the bed but a little to the right. "Everyone is outside in the courtyard right now. Whenever you're ready just come on down, I'll tell them that you're coming."

"Thanks Momo." Kokoro waved as her good friend shut the door. She looked down at the off white carpet under the bed, then out the window. She got up and walked to it, going onto the patio and looking out onto a new world. She was now at Disney Castle, and it felt just like she wanted it to. Kokoro smiled and gave a little chucked to herself, got dressed, and ran out to the courtyard.


"Kokoro!" Aki glomped her, almost knocking her over. Donald and Goofy were sitting in the small patch of star shaped flowers while Sora sat on the path of pink flowers. They all lead to a round hut covered in greenery and many colored plants. Kokoro pranced up to Sora and smiled. "Kokoro... I have a question..." Aki smirked.

She turned around, her and Sora both looking. "Yeah? What's up?"

"What did you two do... in that cave?" Aki started to giggle. Momo went red and turned away, hands in fists as Kokoro blushed her brightest. "Well?"

"Umm... well uh..." She sat down next to Sora, then thought it over and stood up again, moving away. "Nothing! We did nothing!" Kokoro nodded and started to twiddle her thumbs. Sora looked away, remembering the cave and laughing. "Hey!" She yelled at him. "What's so funny!"

Sora looked up at her. "It was nothing, just trying to keep warm that's all." He tried to smile but he never seemed to do that right, showing all of his teeth like in a cartoon. Kokoro covered her face, she felt like her head were to blow up from embarrassment while Momo turned, giving a cold stair. "Don't worry. Nothing happened." He finally said.

"Yes, nothing." Kokoro took a deep breath, turning back to her normal color. Aki laughed and Momo made a complete turn back to them, not blushing anymore either. Kokoro looked over to the castle and sat down. She then turned to Donald and Goofy. "Okay then boys? What did you find out about me and my stories?"

Donald cleared his throat, then simply said, "It's going to be a doozy."