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Chapter X
Familiar Faces
1530hrs, July 27th, 2024
Advent Palace, Middle East, Earth
Riku went to the Earth to look for a Heartless that, according to Cid's computer, had one of those magic spheres that could attract other Heartless.
He went into the building were the Heartless was supposed to be, and while he looked for the dark monster, he met seven of the fourteen members of Shibusen's Spartoi Unit who were friends of Sora, and he decided to help them with their mission since he wasn't going to leave without offering his help, even if it wasn't his business.
Now the Keyblade wielder was fighting alongside Maka and Soul in the restaurant area of the third floor of the building while the others were in the second floor.
"Above you!" exclaimed Maka when she saw that one of the soldiers from the top floor using a hole in the ceiling to attack Riku from above.
The Keyblade wielder looked up and raised his sword to block the attack of the soldier, who tried to break Riku's guard. The silver-haired boy saw how electricity came out of the soldier's machete, and this intrigued him, it made him wonder what kind of weapon they were using.
Riku moved the Way to the Dawn and disarmed the soldier before sending him out of the room with one swing of his Keyblade, and then more soldiers started entering the room where Riku was. He started to knock out all of the soldiers that tried to attack him, and he didn't have any difficult to do it.
Maka was taking care of the soldiers who were entering the restaurant using the doors that were where she was. Fortunately, the restaurant was wide, so she could swing her scythe without having any problem.
The soldiers continue appearing, but none of them could touch the Keyblade wielder or the Scythe Meister. The two fighters fought against the soldiers, and they ended up back to back while doing it. Then the soldiers who were still in the top floor made a hole to attack Maka and Riku from above, but the Keyblade wielder created a Dark Barrier, which covered him and the Meister and protected them from the group of Traitors.
"What is this!?" asked one of the soldiers before he and his allies were blew away by a dark aura that Riku created when all of them touched the barrier.
Maka looked around and saw that the restaurant area was clear, so now they had to go with the others, who were in the second floor.
"Riku, let's go with Kid and Kim," Maka said.
The boy nodded. "Right, take the lead."
The ash blonde girl crossed the door that led to the corridors with Riku following her. They could hear how Kid and Kim were fighting against more elite soldiers in the second floor; it looked like more of them were arriving to the building.
Riku and Maka used the stairs to arrive at the second floor, and the first thing they saw was a wave of fire burning a good number of soldiers. Kid took care of the ones who escaped using the walls by shooting them with his twin pistols.
The Keyblade wielder saw that a group of soldiers was approaching Kid from behind, so he threw his Keyblade at them, and as the sword hit some of them, he ran to where the young Shinigami was. Riku retrieved his sword, and started to fight with the remaining soldiers.
"You're pretty good," Kid said to Riku, who was now next to him.
"You're not too bad yourself either," Riku answered as he knocked out more soldiers.
The two were now in the middle of a corridor, and soldiers charged at them from both directions. Kid saw that Kim was aiming at them with Jacqueline's Weapon form, so they had to get out of there so the girl could take out the soldiers without hitting them.
"Follow me!" Kid said, and Riku obeyed him.
They jumped to the corridor that was at the other side of the building, and as soon as they reached the opposite corridor, Kim shot a huge fireball that created an explosion when it touched one of the soldiers. The group of Traitors was sent flying, and the second floor was now clear.
"They've blocked the stairs to the first floor, and the doors to get out of the building are blocked too," said Maka, who just returned from checking up the first floor. "We can use the elevator shaft to reach the garage and get out through there."
"All right, let's go," Kid said.
The four reached the elevator, and the young Shinigami opened the door. He poked his head to see if the elevator was blocking the lower floors, but luckily, it was on the third floor, so the group could descend and reach the garage. Kid descended first, and Maka and Kim followed him while Riku watched their back, just in case another soldier appeared.
The silver-haired boy grabbed the elevator cable and reached the building's basement. He saw the three students of Shibusen waiting at the entrance of the garage. Riku walked to them and when he was about to talk, Kid made a gesture to tell him not to do it.
The three members of the Spartoi went into the garage, and Riku followed them, but he stayed in the entrance and looked at the group, curious to see what they were going to do.
Kid, Maka and Kim walked together, and when they reach the middle of the garage, three soldiers appeared and charged at them. Before Riku could intervene, the three Meisters knocked down the soldiers at the same time. Kid lay down on the floor so Kim's fireball could hit the soldier that came from the left, and the pinkette crouched so Maka could strike the solider that approached her while Kid shot the soldier that tried to attack Maka.
Riku was really impressed at how they could take down the three soldiers in perfect sync. He dismissed his Keyblade and started walking to the group.
"Not bad, huh?" said Kim, looking at the Keybearer.
"Yeah, I have to admit that was impressive," Riku said as he approached one of the soldiers and took his weapon. "These swords are different from the normal ones…"
"It's a high-frequency blade, a sword reinforced by a powerful alternating current and resonates at extremely high frequencies," Jacqueline said.
"This oscillation weakens the molecular bonds of anything it cuts, thereby increasing its cutting ability," Kid continued. "If you had used a normal sword against those high-frequency blades, it would have been cut."
"Good thing Keyblades can't be cut," Riku said.
"By the way, Riku, you're really strong," Patty said. "You were amazing back there."
"Yeah, this has been easier with your help," Liz added.
"You are good fighters too, now I understand how you could help Sora when Xehanort went to Death City," the Keyblade wielder said. "I have to thank you for that, by the way."
"Oh, you don't need to," Liz said. "We're his friends, so it's normal we helped him."
"Even so, thanks," Riku insisted.
"Hey, take a look at this," said Maka, who had been examining the soldiers, looking for some clues. The group looked at her and saw that she had a green sphere in her hand, the same one Sora found in the Witches' Realm.
"One of those things again," Kim said.
"A magic sphere…" said Riku as he grabbed the object from Maka's hand. He wondered why the Traitors had one of those spheres, it didn't make much sense.
"Did you find out what this spheres are, Riku?" asked Jacqueline.
"Yes, when they're inside of a Heartless, it attracts more of them," the Keybearer replied. "Their range is short on their own, though, but it's enough to attract nearby Heartless, so they eat it and start attracting more of those monsters."
"It attracts Heartless…oh, right…" said Maka with a sad voice when she realized why Sora felt weird when he looked at the sphere closely.
"Yeah…" Riku said.
The silver-haired boy knew that Sora told the people of Shibusen about his transformation into a Heartless since the spiky boy ended up telling him and Kairi about everything that happened in Death City, almost everything.
"What are you talking about?" asked Soul.
"You know Sora can turn into a Heartless, right?" Riku asked, and the others looked down, not feeling very comfortable with that issue.
"Oh, that…yeah, sorry for asking," Soul said, scratching the back of his head.
"It's okay," Riku assured, and then he looked at the sphere again. "Now I'd like to know why these people have a sphere."
"Maybe they destroyed the Heartless," said Liz.
"That sounds too easy," Riku said as he thought about it. "Did all the witches agree with the alliance with your academy?"
"No, some of them were excommunicated because they kept attacking the students and causing trouble," Kid said.
"Excommunicated, huh?" thought Riku.
"Did you figure something out?" asked Liz.
"Maybe," the Keybearer replied. "Could I go with you to Shibusen? I'd like to talk with the headmaster of the academy."
"I don't see any problem," Soul said.
"Besides, we can't say no if it's something important, especially if it involves the witches," Liz said.
"Then it's settled, we'll take you there," the young Shinigami said to the Keybearer.
-TLG-
1610hrs, July 25th, 2024
Disney Castle, Disney Town
After watching over the city, since they wanted to make sure the Heartless wasn't around, Ventus and Kairi arrived at the entrance of Disney Castle. There were two guards at both sides of the entrance, but they recognized the two Keyblade wielders as soon as they saw them, so the teens didn't have problems in entering the castle.
The two Keyblade wielders were now in the castle's courtyard, looking for someone they knew, but there was no one in that part of the castle, so they decided to go to the library, where a certain king usually works. Ven and Kairi crossed the door that led to the main hallway of Disney Castle, and they walked through it. They were arriving to the library's entrance when someone who looked like a duck with a wizard garb spoke to them.
"Hey, what are you two doing here!?" said someone with a very strange voice. "You'd better not be here to steal something!"
"Hey, Donald, aren't those two familiar to you?" asked another person to the one who stopped Ventus and Kairi. He looked like an anthropomorphic dog, and was wearing a knight armor.
"What are you saying, Goofy!? Let's just get those kids out of here!" the duck called Donald said.
Kairi and Ventus looked at each other and smiled since they recognized the voices of the two people who were talking behind them.
"This isn't the best way to greet those you haven't seen in a while," Ventus said grinning.
"Yeah, how can you think we're thieves, Donald?" asked Kairi.
"Huh?" Donald could swear that he had heard those voices before, and he recognized them immediately when they turned around and looked at him and Goofy with a smile on their faces.
"Kairi, Ven!" said Goofy and Donald, and then they ran towards the Keybearers and hugged them.
"It's good to see you guys!" Ven said as he put Donald on the floor.
"We're happy to see you too," Goofy said smiling. "Gawrsh, you two have grown up a lot."
"Say, why are you here? Did you want to see King Mickey?" Donald asked. "Or is it because of the Heartless?"
"You've seen a Heartless around here?" asked Kairi surprised. "Is it here, inside the castle?"
"It was," Donald corrected, and the Keyblade wielders looked at him puzzled. "We took care of that thing!"
"Well, actually it was destroyed by the Cornerstone of Light, Donald," Goofy said, and the duck grunted.
"Of course, the Cornerstone of Light, we forgot about that," Ventus said, referring to the sacred relic of Disney Castle, a large sphere made of crystal that contains swirling light, and protects Disney Castle from Darkness.
"Anyway, we found something strange in the place where the Heartless vanished," the wizard duck said. "King Mickey is in the library, trying to figure out what it is."
The two Keyblade wielders knew that the thing they found was one of the magic spheres of Maleficent, so they decided to explain the people of Disney Castle about what had been happening lately.
"Can we talk with the king?" Kairi asked. "I think we know what that thing you found is."
"Sure, we'll go with you," Goofy said.
"Yeah, we also want to know what you have to tell him," the duck added.
The four walked to the door that led to the library and crossed it. They arrived at a room which was full of books, and had a couple of portraits of the king's ancestors. There was a table in the middle of the room, and a big mouse was there, writing a letter.
"Your Majesty, we have visit!" said Donald as he and Goofy saluted the mouse.
King Mickey looked up, and he started smiling when he saw the two teens behind Donald and Goofy.
"Kairi, Ven, it's so good to see you!" the king said as he got down of his chair.
"Likewise, Mickey!" the blond boy said with a smile.
"Gosh, it's been almost two years since the last time we talked," Mickey said. "How have you been?"
"We can't complain," Ven said. "I've been training with Terra and Aqua all this time, and it looks like we did well, now that the Heartless are increasing their activity."
"Oh, that's why you're here?" Mickey asked. "We saw a Heartless trying to get to the Audience Chamber, but the power of the Cornerstone of Light destroyed it before it could get near to it."
"We know, Donald and Goofy told us," Kairi said. "Say, about the thing you found…"
"Oh, you mean this?" the mouse said, and then he showed a green sphere and a yellow one to the Keyblade wielders.
"Wait, this one is different," the redhead girl said pointing at the yellow sphere. "The ones we have found are green, not yellow."
"Do you know what this is?" Mickey asked surprised. "I've been investigating, but I can't figure out what this thing is."
"Magic spheres," Ventus answered. "Sora fought against a Heartless that had a green sphere inside it, and some people of Radiant Garden found more spheres like that one, but it's the first time we see a yellow one."
"When the green sphere is inside a Heartless, it attracts more of them," Kairi explained, and this shocked the kings and his assistants. "We think Maleficent is using it to conquer the worlds…again."
"I should have guessed this had to do something with her," Mickey said as he crossed his arms. "I suppose that's why you left your home, right? Because of the Heartless that started appearing recently."
"That's right," Ven replied.
"Well…" Kairi said before smiling. "In our case, we were really eager to travel again, especially Sora. I guess he can't stand being in one place for too long, and you know how small our home is compared to the other worlds."
Mickey laughed. "I see he's still the same Sora we know."
"Yup, he hasn't changed one bit," Ven affirmed.
"By the way, aren't those two badges just like the silver crown he's always wearing?" Mickey asked, looking at the badge that Kairi had on her belt, and at the one Ventus had on his chest.
"Oh, yeah, remember what he said about creating a guild of Keyblade wielders?" Ventus asked. "Well, it's been official for almost a month."
"What!?" said a dumbfounded Donald.
"I think I heard something about that in the town," Goofy said. "Some people talked about a new organization in Radiant Garden, but I didn't know it was you."
"That Mages Guild has influenced him a lot," Mickey said surprised. "I suppose he's the leader, right?"
"Yeah, although he doesn't act like one," Kairi said smiling.
"Are you sure it's a good idea to let him be the leader?" asked a skeptical Donald. "You should have made Aqua or Terra the leader of the guild."
"Well, it was Sora's idea after all," Kairi said. "Besides, neither Terra nor Aqua wanted to be the Guild Master."
"You should give Sora more credit, Donald," Ventus said.
"I guess you're right," the duck said. "But one of these days we're going to take the train to Radiant Garden to visit you. It will be a surprise inspection!"
"Besides, we'd like to see Sora," Goofy said. "Do you know where he is at this moment?"
"In a world called Earth Land with Terra and Aqua," Kairi answered. "There is where he joined the Mages Guild he told you about. He went there to take care of a Heartless, but I suppose he'll go to visit them when he's done."
"Do you know how Roxas and the others are doing?" Mickey asked.
"Sora went to Twilight Town a month ago," Ven answered. "He said that Hayner, Pence and Olette will be busy during the summer, so Roxas, Xion and Naminé will join the guild soon."
"We don't know where Lea is, though," Kairi added. "Have you seen him?"
"The last time I saw Lea was in the Mysterious Tower, after we defeated Xehanort and the other Seekers of Darkness," the king replied. "He left with Isa if I'm not mistaken, so he'll fine."
"Yeah, and I'm sure he'll appear soon," Goofy commented. "You know he always appears when you least expect it."
"That's true," Ven said, and then he noticed a paper on Mickey's table that caught his attention. "Hey, what's this…House of Mouse?"
"Oh, it's a nightclub we opened in Disney Town a year ago. People from worlds you know come to have fun, the days we open, of course," Mickey said, somewhat embarrassed. "You know that Donald's uncle is working on the trains that can take you to other worlds, right?"
"That's how we came here," Kairi answered. "Although, I had the feeling not everyone could see the train…"
"Well, the trains aren't visible to everyone," Mickey whispered. "Merlin used his magic, so only certain people could use the train."
"I see…" said Kairi, touching her chin. "What kind of people frequents the nightclub?"
"Well, some of the Princesses of Heart usually come to the club," Mickey replied, and this surprised the Keyblade wielders. "Actually, the purpose of this club is to watch over the Princesses, and I think it was a good idea since Maleficent is making her moves now."
"It's a good idea indeed," Ventus said. "Who else frequents the club?"
"Well, apart from the Princesses of Heart…" Goofy said as he thought about the people who usually go to the nightclub. "Hercules, Mulan, Simba, Ariel…"
"Wow, you are really popular, then," Kairi said impressed.
"You bet!" Donald said.
"I just hope the Heartless don't cause any trouble here," Goofy said. "Although, most of the people who come to the club have fought alongside Sora, Donald and me in the past, so maybe it won't be a problem."
"Well, you have a Keyblade Master with you," said Ven, referring to Mickey, "so I don't think the Heartless will be a problem."
"By the way, Your Majesty, do you know where Maleficent is?" asked Kairi.
"I'm sorry, but I don't know," the king replied sadly. "I know Radiant Garden changed, but I think Leon and the others couldn't find her castle anywhere."
"I wonder what she's up to," Ven said. "If I remember correctly, she can revive people using the Heartless, or bring them back from the Realm of Darkness…"
"I hope you're not implying what I'm thinking you're implying," said Kairi.
"Gosh, I don't think she would do that…" Mickey said. "Well, let's not think about that right now. If you want to know about Maleficent's whereabouts, you should go to the Witches' Realm and ask other witches."
"Sora already went there, and it looks like she has been excommunicated," Kairi answered, and this surprised the king.
"I didn't know that," Mickey said, crossing his arms. "You went to Death City, right? I remember Master Yen Sid sent Sora there when he returned from the Realm of Dreams. The headmaster of Shibusen knows a lot about witches."
"Yes," the girl replied. "Sora found the first sphere in the Witches' Realm. Maleficent sent the heartless to that place after the witches excommunicated her."
"Well, we will have to investigate," the mouse said. "I don't want her to try to steal the Cornerstone of Light, so I'll have to work here for the time being. Can I count on you to protect the other worlds?"
"Of course, you don't even have to ask," Ventus said with a confident smile.
"That's great, thank you," Mickey said gratefully. "About the spheres, I think you should return to Radiant Garden and ask Ansem the Wise as soon as you can. His investigations about the Heartless may be useful."
"Okay," said Kairi as she grabbed the magic sphere form Mickey's hand. "What are you going to do?"
"I'll try to get in touch with Master Yen Sid and Master Eraqus," the mouse answered. "There are a few things I'd like to discuss with them."
"And we have to protect Disney Town too," Donald added.
"We'll be busy for a while," Goofy commented.
"We should return to Radiant Garden, then," Ventus said, looking at the redhead. "Perhaps the entrance to the castle is allowed now."
"Yeah, and we should be there just in case Naminé, Roxas and Xion arrives," Kairi said, and then she looked at the three residents of Disney Castle. "Take care, okay?"
"You too," Goofy said. "Say hello to Sora and the others for us."
"Make sure that kid doesn't do anything stupid," the wizard duck said, referring to Sora.
"And be careful," Mickey said. "We don't know what Maleficent is planning to do now, so we must be prepared for everything."
-TLG-
0900hrs, July 28th, 2024
Crocus, Fiore, Earth Land
After explaining the his guildmates of Fairy Tail about what happened with Kingdom Heart and the reason he was five years younger than they expected, he decided to take the train to the capital of the kingdom to take care of a Heartless that was supposed to be around there. Team Natsu went with him since, after all, the Keyblade wielder was also a member of their team during his first visit, and they weren't going to let him do all the work.
The group just crossed the city's entrance, and now they were walking around to see if the Heartless appeared, although in the requests it just said that a dark monster appeared in the city and caused some trouble, but there was a high possibility that it was a Heartless.
As she walked with the others, Lucy couldn't help but look at Sora, who was walking beside Erza and talking with her about sword fighting styles, or at least that's what the blonde could overhear.
"A Guild Master…I still can't believe it," Lucy thought while looking at the brown-haired boy, and then a small smile appeared on her face. "Although, even so, he's still the same Sora we met seven years ago…or should I say two years ago?"
"What's on your mind?" Gray asked Lucy.
"Oh, nothing, it's just…I still find strange that he's a Guild Master," Lucy said, looking at the Keyblade wielder, who was still talking with the redhead mage. "When he said he wanted to create a guild, I didn't expect him to do it so soon, and when we heard about the guild, I supposed the Guild Master would be someone more experienced."
"You can't say that he's not experienced compared to the others, but I guess you're right," the Ice Mage said, scratching the back of his head. "Anyway, he said he didn't want us to treat him different, so…"
"I know," the blonde said. "I guess I just have to get used to it."
"Aren't you giving it too much importance?" asked Gray, smiling and raising an eyebrow at Lucy.
Lucy sighed. "How would you feel if suddenly Natsu becomes Guild Master of Fairy Tail?"
"Alright, you've made your point…" Gray said. "Wait, did you just compare Sora with Natsu?"
The group continued walking around the city for half an hour, but there was no Heartless insight. They arrived at the middle of the city, and decided to stop there.
"The city hasn't changed much, huh?" said Sora.
"Well, now there's Domus Flau, located in the west mountains of the city," Carla said.
"The Grand Magic Games are staged there," Happy added.
"Ah, true," Sora said, remembering what Natsu told him about that competition. "You know, they are building a coliseum in Radiant Garden."
"Is there going to be a tournament when it's finished?" asked Erza, somewhat curious about it.
"Probably," Sora said, crossing his arms, and then he smiled. "Why? Do you want to participate?"
"I think so," Erza replied. "I'd like to fight against Aqua, I have the feeling she'd be an excellent opponent. Besides, you and I haven't got the opportunity to duel the last time you were here."
"Right…" said Sora a bit nervous.
"Terra looked really strong too," Natsu said, looking really eager to fight Terra.
"Please, don't go picking fights with all the Keyblade Masters you meet," Lucy pleaded, and Sora let out a small laugh. "Wait Sora, didn't you tell us that you couldn't take people to other worlds?"
"That's right, but if you manage to get there on your own, it won't be a problem," Sora answered.
"How are we supposed to do that?" Happy asked.
"You'll have to find that out on your own," the Keyblade wielder replied with a smile.
"It'd be great to fight against you guys!" Natsu said, referring to Sora's guild.
"I have to agree with you there, Natsu," Erza said smiling. "Anyway, let's get to work."
"Yeah, it looks like the Heartless isn't around," Gray said while looking at the request. "Maybe this 'dark monster' isn't a Heartless after all."
"No, there's a Heartless in the city," Sora affirmed.
"Can you tell where it is?" Erza asked, and Sora shook his head. "I see…guess we will have to split up. Happy, Carla, could you fly around the city? There are flying Heartless, so it will be easier for you to see it."
"Aye, you can count on us!" Happy said.
"All right, if we see one, we'll tell you," Carla said before she and Happy left the group.
After the two cats started flying, Erza and Gray left the group together while Natsu followed Lucy when she left the group too. Sora was going to say something when he realized that they were leaving without saying anything, but they were already too far.
The Keyblade wielder sighed, and then he looked at his right and saw Wendy, who was standing there without doing anything. The girl was staring into space, which worried Sora a little, so he decided to speak and make her come back to her senses.
"Looks like we're on our own now," Sora said, and the bluenette blinked and looked at him.
"Oh, right…" she said with a small smile, and then she looked at the ground again. This time Sora noticed that something was troubling the girl, and he wasn't going to ignore her.
"Are you okay, Wendy?" asked Sora concernedly. "You've been quiet since we left Magnolia."
"Umm, well…I…" Wendy didn't want to bother Sora with her problems despite being someone who was direct and open with her emotions, but the Keyblade wielder wasn't going to give up. The Sky Dragon Slayer was still looking at the ground when she felt on her head Sora's right hand. He was slightly crouched so they could speak at the same eye level.
"Wendy, if something is bothering you, don't doubt on telling me, okay?" Sora said gently, looking at the girl in the eyes.
The bluenette was surprised when Sora asked about what was on her mind, and she had to admit that it felt nice seeing him concerned about her.
"I was thinking about the Heartless…" Wendy said, and this surprised the boy. "I was wondering if someday there won't be Heartless anymore, so you could stop worrying about them…"
"Wendy…" said Sora in low voice.
"I know you're strong enough to take care of them, and the other Keyblade wielders are helping you too," the girl continued, "but what if someday something happens? Every person has its limits, and I wouldn't want anything happen to you…"
Sora noticed the sad look on Wendy's face as she told him what she had been thinking, and it made him feel bad since he didn't want to make the girl sad.
"Try not to think much about that, okay?" Sora said with a reassuring smile as he rubbed the girl's head to comfort her. "There will be Heartless as long as there are evil people around the worlds, so it will be a long time until those monsters stop appearing."
"Don't you want them to disappear completely?" Wendy asked.
"That'd be great," Sora replied as he stood up. "But I don't mind fighting against them, traveling around the worlds, making friends…besides, the other Keyblade wielders aren't the only ones who are helping me with the Heartless, right?"
"What do you mean?" asked a curious Wendy.
Sora smiled. "Aren't you here to help me with the Heartless?"
"Oh," the young Dragon Slayer said in realization.
"I know that nothing will happen to me as long as all of you are with me," Sora said with decision. "And if by any chance something happens to me, I'll be back somehow, either on my own or with your help. I know someone who said that he will always be there to get his friends back, so I'm counting on all of you if something happens."
At first Wendy didn't say anything, she just approached the Keyblade wielder and hugged him, and this caused Sora to smile and return the hug.
"Thank you, Sora-san," Wendy said gratefully.
"Feeling better now?" Sora asked, and the girl nodded. "Then I'm counting on you to protect me."
"Even if you say that, I think you fit the savior type more," Wendy said smiling shyly as she let go of the Keyblade wielder. "You've saved a lot of people."
"Well, I have to make it up for what the Keyblade wielders from the past did," Sora said, now with a more serious voice. "Even if now all the worlds exist because of what they did, those guys screwed it up really bad…I hope I don't end up doing something I'll regret…"
"Sora-san…" said Wendy, looking at Sora's troubled expression.
"Oh, I'm sorry," said the boy, who didn't want to make Wendy sad since he just cheered her up.
Wendy realized that now Sora was the one feeling a bit downcast, so now she was the one who had to cheer up him, just like he did with her.
"Sora-san, you're a good person! I know you won't do anything bad ever!" the bluenette said, grabbing the hands of the boy, who was surprised by what the she said.
"Seems like you're the one who have cheered me up this time," he said smiling. "Thank you, Wendy."
"It's nothing," the bluenette said, returning the smile. "Hey, Sora-san, could I ask you something?"
"Of course," replied the spiky boy. "What is it?"
"Why did you want to know what was bothering me?" Wendy asked curiously. "I know you're good with everyone, but I have the feeling there's another reason."
This took the Keyblade wielder by surprise. He wasn't sure if he wanted to answer that question, but he couldn't say no because of the way she was looking at him.
"Uh…if you promise not to laugh, I'll tell you," said Sora, scratching his cheek a bit nervous. It looked like he was embarrassed to answer Wendy's question since he didn't want to look at her in the eyes.
"I promise," Wendy answered quickly.
Sora sighed. "When I was a kid, I wanted to know what being an older brother would feel like…I guess that, even after all these years, I still wanted to know it."
Wendy started smiling when she imagined herself as the Keyblade wielder's little sister, and Sora noticed her smile and wondered what she was thinking.
"Hey, why are you smiling for?" he asked.
"Nothing, nothing!" replied Wendy nervously, and Sora raised an eyebrow and smiled at her.
"Really?" the boy said playfully. "The way you reacted is suspicious."
"A-ah, I…" Wendy didn't know what to say, but before she could come up with something, a big clawed hand appeared behind the Keyblade wielder. The hand was going to attack Sora, so Wendy started running towards the hand to protect the boy. She cloaked her right hand in a whirlwind and struck the target, destroying it with one hit.
At first Sora was confused when the girl started running, but when he saw her destroying the clawed hand, he understood why she did that. He was also surprised at the girl's strength; it was obvious that she worked hard for the Grand Magic Games that took place a week ago.
"What was that?" the girl asked.
"No idea," Sora replied. "It looked familiar, though."
Then the two could see fire coming out from a street, and there was only someone who could create that amount of fire that easily. Wendy and Sora looked at each other and nodded before start heading to the street where the fire came out.
The Keybearer and the Dragon Slayer arrived at the street where the fire came out, and they saw Lucy and Natsu. Gray, Erza, Happy and Carla also arrived at the same street, and when all of them saw each other, they regrouped.
"Hey, you guys won't believe what I just destroyed," Natsu said.
"A big clawed hand?" asked Gray.
"No, a bi-wait, how did you know!?" asked the Fire Dragon Slayer.
"We saw one too," Erza replied.
"A big clawed hand attacked us too," Wendy said.
"That makes four hands, then," Carla said, implying that she and Happy also faced one of those clawed hands.
"How strange…" Lucy said, crossing her arms and thinking about who could have sent those hands. "Do you think-"
"It's coming," Sora said, interrupting the blonde mage. It seemed that the Heartless with the sphere was close enough for Sora to be able to detect it. The mages started looking around, and then a creature with the appearance of a mandrill landed where the group was.
"A monkey!?" exclaimed Gray and Natsu.
"A Hockomonkey!?" thought Sora, who recognized the monster because he fought against it in the Realm of Dreams, during his Mark of Mastery exam. "What is a Nightmare doing here…wait a moment, it has the Emblem Heartless symbol."
The Keyblade wielder didn't know why there was an Emblem Heartless with the same appearance of the Nightmare Dream Eater he fought in Traverse Town, but he could think about that later, now he had to take it down.
"All right, let's defeat this thing quickly," Gray said as he cracked his knuckles.
The Hockomonkey charged at the Ice Mage and tried to punch him, but Gray created an ice sword with his magic and stopped the fist. Then the Heartless tried to hit the mage with its other hand, but Erza could cover Gray by blocking the left fist. The two pushed, trying to break the Heartless' defenses, but for some reason, they couldn't do it.
"This Heartless…it's really strong," Erza said as she struggled.
"It's like its strength suddenly increased," said Gray, who was also having a small trouble with the Heartless. "It's not…normal."
Sora was confused, the Hockomonkey was strong, but it shouldn't be a problem for him or the mages. The Keyblade wielder then noticed that the Heartless glowed red for a second, and this intrigued the brown-haired boy.
"Alright, now is our chance! Karyū no Tekken!" said Natsu, and then punched the Heartless in the face with his fist engulfed in flames.
"Tenryū no Kagizume!" said Wendy, and she jumped and struck the Hockomonkey's face with the large winds she generated from her feet while swinging her leg down on the monster.
The Heartless was receiving damage, but it was still full of energy, and Sora was still confused, not knowing why the Hockomonkey was able to resist that much.
"Hey, Lucy, Sora, don't stay there without doing anything!" Gray said. "We need help here!"
"Oh, right!" said Lucy, and then he grabbed one of her keys, the ones she used to summon Celestial Spirits. "Light Magic is what we need now, so it's your turn, Loke!"
Just after Lucy used her golden key, a young man with orange spiky hair, wearing azure-tinted sunglasses and a black suit appeared. He was Loke, also known as Leo, the leader of the twelve Golden Zodiac Keys.
"Leave this to me, Lucy," Loke said with a confident smile as he covered his fist with a large mass of light. He jumped to avoid the Heartless' attack, and then he punched the body of the monster, and the attack was powerful enough to send the Heartless crashing through a stone wall.
"Whoa, amazing!" said Natsu, but then the Heartless stood up and charged at the mages again. "The hell is wrong with that thing!?"
"Well, it looks damaged, maybe we should keep attacking," Loke said, and then he noticed the Keyblade wielder, who was next to him. "Ah, Sora, it's good to see you. I was waiting for Lucy to summon me, so I could say hello to you."
Sora chuckled. "It's good to see you too, Loke," he said, and the two shook hands.
"Hey, you two, this isn't the time for that!" Lucy said as she made Loke return to the Celestial Spirit World.
The other mages were fighting against the Hockomonkey, and it looks like they were managing to hurt it now. Then the Heartless saw that Sora was distracted and decided to attack him, but when it was going to land it fist on him, the Keyblade wielder vanished and appeared behind the monster.
Sora summoned his Keyblade, and before the Heartless could react, he performed several quick slashes, and to finish the combo, he slammed down the sword into the Heartless' head. The monster quickly turned around with its hand raised, but Sora parried it and he unleashed a fury of blows that sent the Heartless a few meters back.
The monster recovered and charged at the Keyblade wielder again, then it started throwing punches at him, but Sora blocked every attack and counterattacked by knocking the Heartless into the air, then he dashed to get on the dark monster and knocked it down to the ground, and then the Heartless started vanishing slowly.
"That'll do," said Sora when he landed.
"You could have intervened before, don't you think?" said Gray after seeing that Sora's attacks worked better.
"Well, I wanted you guys to have some fun too," Sora said grinning.
"That wasn't necessary, you know?" Lucy said, pulling one of Sora's cheeks as a little scolding.
Sora laughed. "Sorry, besides, I was trying to figure out why the Heartless was enduring all those attacks," he said while grabbing the blonde's hand.
"Sora, take a look at this," said Carla as she flew where the boy was. The white Exceed had a red sphere, which she handed to Sora.
"It looks like Lacrima," said Erza.
"Red," said Sora. "The ones that we found were green."
"Perhaps the red ones are used to increase the Heartless' power," Natsu said. "Surely that's why it had a red aura for a second."
"Oh, you noticed that too?" asked Gray. "I thought I was the only one."
"Hey, Sora, there's a green one there," Happy said, pointing at the green magic sphere that was on the floor. The blue cat was about to grab the sphere when suddenly a Heartless that resembled a fusion between a snake and a lizard appeared and ate the sphere.
"It ate it!" said Lucy.
"I'll destroy it before more start to appear," said Natsu while running to the Heartless, but the creature used its body as a wheel and started rolling away from the group.
"It's trying to escape!" said Wendy.
"Everyone, go after the Heartless!" said Erza.
The group started running after the dark lizard Heartless, which was rolling really fast and Sora and the mages were having trouble to catch it. They arrived at the bridge that led to the king's castle, and the Heartless used the bridge and headed to the castle, and this surprised the mages, but Sora continued running.
"Sora, wait!" exclaimed Lucy, but the boy didn't hear her.
"Sora-san, hold on!" said Wendy.
The Keyblade wielder continued running, but suddenly he was tackled to the ground by someone. Sora looked back and saw that the ones who tackled him were Natsu and the others.
"What are you doing!?" he asked, and the others started to stand up.
"Seriously, did you forget what happened the last time you went into the castle?" Gray asked.
"We don't want that to happen again," Wendy said.
Sora didn't forget about what happened when he broke into the castle during his first visit, but there was something the mages didn't know.
"The king is still the same?" asked Sora as Natsu helped him to stand up.
"Toma E. Fiore, yes," Erza replied. "Why do you ask?"
"Do you remember the king wanted to talk with me the day we defeated all the Heartless?" asked Sora, and the mages nodded. "He gave me a reward."
"Really?" asked Lucy. "What was the reward?"
"He told me I could enter the castle whenever I wanted," Sora answered, and the mages were really surprised to hear that. "This way, if something happens, I won't get in trouble again."
"Then I don't see any reason to stop you from getting into Mercurius," Carla said. "Just try to not break anything."
"You should hurry before Heartless start to appear inside," Erza said.
"Say hello to the Princess when you're done," Lucy said as she winked at the spiky boy, who grunted.
"Come off it with that!" said Sora before start running to the castle.
-TLG-
The lizard Heartless was walking around one of the castle's big corridors, and suddenly it heard something moving behind it. The creature turned around, but it didn't see anyone there, but when it turned its head again, it saw Sora in front of it.
"Gotcha!" said Sora before destroying the Heartless. The green sphere fell to the floor and Sora grabbed it and put it in one of his pockets without looking at it, since he didn't want to being affected by it, now that he was alone.
The boy looked around to make sure no one saw him. Even if he had full permission to enter the castle, he'd rather leave without being detected. It looked like he was alone, so he decided to run to the exit before someone could see him.
"Hold it!" said someone, and Sora stopped in his tracks.
"Damn," the boy thought, and then he felt something on his back. Sora turned around slightly to see who stopped him, and saw a young woman, probably a year older than him, with short light blue hair and brown eyes.
"Don't you know civilians aren't allowed to enter the castle?" asked the young woman.
"You see…" said Sora, but then another person interrupted him.
"Yukino, what's going on?" asked that person, and by the voice, Sora could tell that it was another woman.
Sora moved his head a little to see who it was, and saw a young woman with light, wavy, green hair that reached down to her shoulders, and large, green eyes. The Keyblade wielder had the feeling that he saw that person before, but he didn't know where.
"Princess," said the girl called Yukino. "I found this boy wandering around the castle."
"Princess…" thought Sora. "Don't tell me she is…"
"Another intruder?" the green-haired girl said after sighing. "Maybe we should increase the security again…"
"What shall we do with him?" Yukino asked.
"Well, I-" said the princess, but the moment she looked at the boy, she stopped talking and started looking at him with her mouth a bit opened. "You are…"
Sora smiled. "I was thinking you weren't going to recognize me."
"Oh my god," said the princess, covering her mouth out of surprise, and then she pulled the Keyblade wielder into a tight hug, which surprised the boy and Yukino. Sora was starting to feel flustered, mostly because what some of his guildmates of Fairy Tail said about the princess. The boy tried to move, however, the princess was hugging him very tightly and he couldn't.
"Hey, come on…" said Sora embarrassedly.
"I can't believe you're here again," said the princess as she hugged Sora.
"Princess Hisui, do you know him?" Yukino asked curiously.
"O-oh, yes," Hisui replied, letting go of Sora. "Seven years ago, Fiore was invaded by dark creatures called Heartless, and this is the boy who saved the kingdom, and he also saved me once."
"You're Sora-sama!?" asked Yukino very surprised.
"Sama…that's a bit much," thought Sora, who felt weird when people addressed him too formally. "Wait, how do you know my name?"
"It's difficult to forget the name of the person who saved Fiore seven years ago," Yukino explained.
"Oh, really?" said a flattered Sora.
"I didn't know it was you," Yukino said. "I hope you can forgive me for trying to arrest you."
"Don't worry about that, you were doing your work after all," Sora replied with a reassuring smile.
"Thank you," said Yukino relieved. "If you excuse me, I must return to my duties."
"Sure, see you, Yukino," said Sora, and then Yukino left after saying goodbye to the princess and the Keyblade wielder.
"By the way, Sora-san, why do you look so young?" asked Hisui.
"Well, some things happened and the flow of time changed," Sora replied, trying to give Hisui an easy and short explanation. "I know seven years have passed since my last visit, but it only has been two years for me. Fortunately, the time flows normally now."
"I see…" the princess said. "A lot of things happened here this month."
"I know, one of my guildmates of Fairy Tail told me what happened here," Sora said.
"Everything?" asked Hisui, sounding somewhat concerned.
"Yes, everything," Sora replied, and Hisui looked down with a sad look on her face. "Hey, don't be sad, you can't let affect you what happened in the past. Hakuna Matata!"
"Hakuna Matata?" asked a puzzled Hisui.
"It means 'no worries'," said Sora smiling. "What happened, happened, so the only thing you should do now, is to look towards the future."
Hisui smiled. "You sure know how to cheer up someone, Sora-san, thank you."
"No problem," said the Keybearer.
"Well, I'm really happy to see you again, and being able to talk with you at the same eye level," Hisui said smiling.
Sora chuckled. "Yeah, I can say the same."
"Say, what have you been doing lately?" Hisui asked.
"Traveling around the worlds, wiping out some Heartless," Sora replied. "I created a Keyblade wielders Guild too, I've been a Guild Master for almost a month."
"Whoa, that's impressive, you're even younger than Sabertooth's Guild Master," said an amazed Hisui. "Do you think I'll be able to visit your guild someday?"
"A coliseum is being built in the city where my guild is," Sora said. "Surely there will be a tournament between people from different worlds, so maybe you'll be able to go there."
"I'd love to," Hisui answered. "Oh, remember what I just said to Yukino about an intruder?"
"Yes, why?" asked Sora.
"Well, that intruder was here three weeks ago, and he was wearing the same black coat that boy you fought had," Hisui answered, and this surprised Sora.
"Really?" he said.
"You don't look very worried," the princes remarked.
"That's because all the people with black coats were defeated," the Keyblade wielder clarified. "Now we're the ones with black coats…well, we don't use them very often, but you shouldn't be worried if you see one."
"Oh well, that reassures me," Hisui said.
"Wait a sec, was that person a spiky redhead man with a red and yellow scarf?" asked Sora.
"How did you know?" asked Hisui, surprised by Sora's guess. "Some of the soldiers said that there was another person with him, a man with long blue hair."
"I think I know those two," Sora said with a smile. "Well, I think I should go now, I have some things to do."
"Oh, right…" said the princess, sounding a bit sad.
"You all right?" asked Sora.
"Yes, it's nothing…" Hisui said. "You know? The day you saved me, I..."
"What is it?" asked Sora, curious to hear what she wanted to say.
"Forget it," said the princess smiling. "You're friend of Lucy-san, right?"
"Yes, we're friends, do you want me to say hello to her from you?" asked Sora, and the green-haired girl nodded.
"Well, I hope you come to visit again," said Hisui. "Take care, okay?"
"Sure, you too," answered Sora.
After saying goodbye to the princess of Fiore, Sora walked to the exit of Mercurius and walked to the bridge that led to the city. When he crossed the bridge, he could see his guildmates waiting for him.
"How did it go?" asked Gray.
"I got it," replied Sora.
"Great!" Natsu said grinning.
"What took you so long?" asked Lucy with a teasing voice. "Did you talk with Princess Hisui?"
"Yes…" the Keybearer replied, which made the blonde mage giggle.
"Sora-san, you're very popular," Wendy said smiling.
"Don't start you too," said the Keyblade wielder while ruffling the bluennete's hair.
"So, what shall we do now?" asked Happy.
"Return to the guild," Carla answered. "What are you going to do, Sora?"
"I should return to Radiant Garden and see how the others are doing," the Keyblade wielder replied. "Do you think you'll be able to take care of the Heartless around here?"
"We'll have to work hard, but that won't be a problem," said Erza.
"You'll come to visit us again?" asked Wendy.
"Sure," said Sora smiling. "And who knows? Maybe you'll see another Keyblade wielder if there's a strong Heartless around here."
"Then good luck, Sora," Natsu said grinning. "You'd better train for that tournament."
"And take it easy, okay?" said Lucy.
"Of course," the Keybearer said. "Say to the others that I said goodbye."
-TLG-
More characters appeared in this chapter, the Disney Trio, Yukino Aguria and Princess Hisui.
I thought it would be nice to mention the House of Mouse, it was a good show, at least that's what I think.
As some of you wanted, I wrote a moment between Sora and Wendy, somewhat based of the scene of Kirito and Silica in SAO.
To JMG16: Well, I just started the Digimon Crossover, but I don't know what will be my next story.
To Sunny Lighter: They will visit new Disney worlds too. If I made them go to the Toy Story world, who of the Keyblade wielders would you want to go there?
To Guest: Sora and Kairi will have their moments together, but there won't be any pairings in this story, at least for the Keyblade wielders.
To EvanderAdvent: I think that's a good idea, surely I'll make them fight in the tournament.
To TigerOfGuy7139: We already talked, but thanks anyway! XD
To Anthony627AA: I'd like to finish the Digimon crossover first, before they appear here, so I'll try to finish that story as soon as possible, but without rushing it.
To GuestWithIdeas: I'll think about it, I couldn't do it in this chapter because I already planned what was going to happen.
To Daxen123: I'll see what I do with One Piece, right now I'll focus on other worlds.
To animelover276: He'll appear soon, don't worry.
To KH-Hardcorefan4483: Well, they aren't a couple in the story, but I support SoKai, so I won't make Sora fall for another girl or something lol. I made a scene between Sora and Wendy, I hope you liked it.
To DustierKestrel: "You're full of surprises, Mr. Lightning Bolt" :D
To csyang1317: I'm not sure about the Super Smash Bros Arc, but Sora will need to go to the world of Tron in a chapter for something. Maybe I'll give Lea's Keyblade a name, but I'll change it when we have the official name. Well, I think Sora is too good to call Ed short, but who knows what will happen.
To StarTrail: I'm glad you liked it, thank you!
To MarshallLeeVampireKing-13: Maybe...I can't tell much, I don't want to spoil about this story :P
To quackerq123: I don't know, maybe I'll get some ideas in the future to write more stories.
To Guest: Yes, I've thought about Negima, but I'm still planning when to put it in the story.