"Nightfall…" Kimahri uttered. "Kimahri tell you you're too slow."

"Whatever…what's so wrong with the night?" Riku asked. Kimahri was very intrigued by his inquisitive nature. Only a human could ask so many questions. He nodded in response to Riku's question.

"Ancient Heartless come out at nightfall. He crush us into tiny bits." Kimahri replied. He watched Riku cringe a bit.

Tiny…tiny bits, huh? " Riku asked. "Ummmm. Let's get moving." Kimahri shook his head as Riku dashed foreword.

"You want run now? Tiny bits scare you?" Kimahri mocked.

"Shut up! For once just shut up!" Riku shouted, frustrated at Kimahri. Kimahri quieted down and looked at the sky. What was left of the dying sun was gone for the day. The moon and stars refused to show themselves anymore…most likely because of Macro…Kimahri continued to stare at the sky, slowing his pace a bit.

"Are you ok?" Riku asked. "Look, sorry about before, its just…something wrong?" Kimahri looked down at Riku.

"Moon is gone…stars gone…nothing is safe anymore…only death is guaranteed. Destiny makes it's way to someplace else. Takes hope and faith with it…wrong is understatement." Kimahri replied. Riku opened his mouth to speak, but Kimahri shushed him instantly. Kimahri trained his ears to the north…and heard the ground rumble.

"What?" Riku asked.

"Shhhhhh…" Kimahri uttered.

"You know, shushing me doesn't help much…if anything, it makes more noise." Riku replied. Kimahri glared at Riku for a few seconds…and then the rumble that Kimahri heard started to get bigger. It went from a rumble to a shake…and a shake to a quake…

"What is it with me and friggin earthquakes!?"

"JUMP AWAY!" Kimahri shouted. The ground at Kimahri's feet began to break away. He jumped away just as IT burst through the ground. Kimahri spared a glance to see if Riku was alright, and then landed on the ground, away from the creature.

It was a giant worm! Kimahri had heard of it, but he'd never had the pleasure of seeing it before. It had poisonous spines going down its back, and a protective shell of red and black slime covering it's body. It had a gaping mouth, with columns of teeth inside…they were dripping with a red substance…probably blood. It's pincers were stickig out of the side of its head. They were a quarter of the worm's size, but they alone were the size of charter jets.

"What the fuck is that!?!?" Riku shouted.

"That is Ancient Heartless." Kimahri replied, rather calmly. "Kimahri hope you like bits…"


"Wh…where are we?" Sora asked. He opened and closed his eyes, floating in and out of consciousness. He figured he must've bumped his head. Sora stared up at the sky…not a cloud in it. It was a clear blue. Sora shook off the impact and sat up, rubbing the back of his head. He glanced around the area in front of him. There was crystal clear water sitting in an expanse so large it had to be an ocean. A few palm trees decorated the warm, white sand that he was sitting on.

"I'm home…" Sora whispered. "Guys! I'm home!" Sora shot up, still staring out at the ocean. He turned around, expecting to see the town or the huge tree house, but once he spun around, he quickly realized his mistake. The island looked nothing like his. His island was a small, quaint little town. There were not vehicles, except for bike and scooters…no. This island was commercial. Cars drove down the paved roads, surrounded by a few small buildings. There were mountains in the background of the town, and what looked like a volcano!

"Uh…Sora? Are ya sure this is it?" Goofy asked. He rubbed the back of his head and stood up.

"No…I jumped the gun on this one…" Sora replied blandly.

"You got that right…this looks nothing like your island…" Donald said while brushing off his sleeves.

"Then where are we?" Axel asked. Sora shrugged and turned back to the beach, looking out over the water again. He turned back around and offered his opinion.

"Maybe we're in…" Sora trailed off, and stared down the road.

"What's that?" He asked. Everyone turned towards where Sora was staring at. Suddenly, as if on cue, a red buggy, driven by a blue blur, whizzed past the beach. It was followed by a girl on a scooter. She had long, black hair and a red dress.

"STITCH! Come back here right now!" the girl shouted.

"Uh…did she just say..." Goofy asked quizzically.

"Oh no…what did he get himself into…we'd better go see what's up." Sora replied. Everyone dashed over to the little girl on the scooter.

"Do you need help catching him? We're blue alien catchers, extraordinaire!" Axel exclaimed. The girl glanced at Axel, and then looked over at everyone else.

"No…it's o.k." she replied. "I got him."

"Come on. We've dealt with him before." Sora said. "I'm Sora. This is Donald, Goofy, and Axel."

"I'm Lilo." The girl replied. "How do you know Stitch?"

"Well…it's kind of a long story…It might be better if we tell you later." Sora replied. Lilo nodded.

"I guess you could help." She said.

"Well then, lets go get him!" Axel exclaimed. He dashed off towards the buggy. Sora took out his Keyblade.

"Aero…Aero…AERO!" Sora shouted. He sent whirlwinds towards the buggy, but they all missed.

"Watera!" Sora shouted. The blast missed as well. Sora was frustrated. The buggy was going too fast.

"I know how to solve this…" Axel said. He took out his chakrams, and they started to spin in Axel's hand. They burst into flames, and then Sora realized what Axel was going to do. Sora quickly strayed off his path, and tackled Axel to the ground, knowing that telling Axel no would have an adverse effect. Sora looked up and watched the jeep swerve around the corner. What was that about?" Axel shouted, brushing himself off. "I could've gotten him!"

"You do know that fire has a very bad effect on the gas that cars operate on, right?"

"Oh…yeah…" Axel replied.

"I don't think we can catch him on foot." Lilo said.

"Then how are we gonna catch him?" Goofy asked. Sora thought for a minute, unable to come up with anything.

"I have an idea!" Donald exclaimed. "Follow me!"


"Why won't you die?" Riku shouted. The worm continued charging at Riku and Kimahri.

"We run! Fight worm later with more strength!" Kimahri shouted. Riku nodded in agreement, willing to do anything except for confront the bastard worm from hell. Riku began to run. The worm dove into the ground and began to uproot the soil in, what looked like, a ring around them.

"Why is it going in circles?" Riku asked. The worm finished the rotations and tore its way out of the ground. The area he uprooted didn't say in place though…it fell down into a bottomless, impossible, pit. They were trapped.

"RIKU! Dive!" Kimahri shouted. The worm plummeted towards Riku and, taking Kimahri's instruction, dove away. Kimahri jumped up towards the creature and landed on its back. Kimahri stabbed the lance he was carrying into the neck of the creature, and it let out an inhuman scream. It landed on the ground with a sickening squelch. After the dust settled, Kimahri emerged from the wreckage of the crash.

"We go now…" Kimahri uttered. Now that he had the opportunity to recollect his senses, Riku could smell the worm…it was unpleasant. It smelled like a mixture of all of the horrible, out of date foods you would find in your kitchen…and Sora's hair gel.

"We go now before it wakes up!" Kimahri said a little more urgently.

"W…wakes…up?" Riku asked. Kimahri nodded and rushed Riku to the edge of the pit.

"How are we going to jump over that?" Riku asked.

"Not jump over…jump in…" Kimahri replied.

"Jump in?" Riku asked, annoyed. "Jump in? It seems like earthquakes and pit jumps are the only fucking re-occurring things in this whole damned 'adventure!' No…I'm not jumping.

"Kimahri push you in then…"

"You don't have the balls!" Kimahri pushed him in.