A/N: Hey guys, sorry this chapter is coming to you so late, with the combination of finals work and other miscellaneous things I didn't have a lot of time to focus on this. But now that I'm back, I can't say how excited I am to get back to writing, I just watched the new Star Wars movie and it has helped me to push forward with my story now that my imagination is revamped. Also a shout out to the person who told me about the Kingdom Hearts/ Titanic crossover, you are awesome, and for those who also might want to read it I'll put a link at the bottom. Well, here's the new chapter. Enjoy.

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Sora and Kairi pulled into the dock at their island just as the sun peaked for the day, giving the day a nice warm heat cooled by the sea breeze coming in. The old planks creaked as they walked across them and the sand crunched with a familiar feel beneath their shoes as they crossed the beach to the shack that led to the Paopu tree. The wind gently blew the waves and the trees calmingly, as if what happened this morning had never happened and the peace had continued on. But that wasn't true.

"So there really was a Heartless on the island?" Kairi asked looking to Sora.

"Yeah, and a powerful one to boot." He answered as he helped Kairi onto the tree and then hopped on himself. He didn't mention Cole as he promised, but he knew that it might come up in the future, "I'm going to contact Yen Sid whenever Riku gets back, and we'll figure out if there's anything we should be worried about."

"Hmmm." Kairi said swinging her feet and looking to the sea, "Will you . . . no never mind"

"Will I what?"

"Nothing, I had a question, but I decided I wouldn't have to worry about the answer."

"What was the question?"

"Well, I was going to ask if you two might have to leave. But then I remembered, if you two are leaving then I'm coming with you!"

"Wait what? Whoever said we'd be leaving." Sora exclaimed.

"You didn't have to, whenever there's trouble you're bound to go and help those in need, and that means you're probably going to leave." Kairi said looking to the sea, avoiding his gaze, "And this time when you do, you're not going to leave me behind."

She's got a point you know Roxas said to him internally

Coming from the guy who convinced me this morning I didn't have to fight anymore Sora retorted

Looking up at the Paopu tree, Sora thought deeply about what she'd said and what it meant. He knew that there was the possibility of them having to go fight the Heartless or the Nobodies again, but he never imagined it would be so soon. But maybe he was overthinking it, maybe this was just the remnants of the leaders who had strove to extinguish the light and they were just attracted to the Keyblade in fear as usual. But then that would mean that Destiny Islands would be in danger of being overrun with Heartless and possibly even Nobodies, he didn't want that. He wouldn't let that happen.

"Kairi, if Riku and I have to leave to fight off the darkness then you can join us. But the dangers that follows are the burdens we have chosen to bear, and I would never want that for you."

"I don't care about that! You two have been fighting for so long now that it's unfair not only to you, but to me as well, I was so sure that I had lost my best friends that when I found you guys I would have done anything to keep you with me. I spent my time here, now it's my turn to go out there with you if things go wrong."

"And if I lose you!? What then?"

"You won't!" Kairi yelled at him, "But you might if you leave me here to be the worried girl wondering if she'll hear from her guy, or if she'll hear from someone else that he's not coming back this time. I pulled you back from the darkness and I don't plan on losing you to it again." She said looking up to the branches of the Paopu tree.

Jumping up, she grabbed one of the two Paopu fruit the tree had grown and plucked it from the tree. Hooping of the trunk, she grabbed Sora and pulled him along behind her.

"Come with me." She said angrily, "I was planning on doing this when all three of us had a chance, but I need to prove a point now."

Pulling the confused Sora along, she marched him through the shack and down the stairs back out to the beach, where she turned toward the waterfall, and proceeded to pulled him that way with her.

"Are we going-?" He started before a sharp glare from Kairi cut him off.

Marching past the waterfall, they ducked under the vines of the tree and entered the tunnel of the secret place, which also led to the Keyhole of the world. The tunnel slowly opened into a small cave with the wall scratch doodled with tons of markings and other oddities that any discoverer of the secret place had drawn. And there at the end of the cave was a small unassuming brown door with gold engravings, this also happened to be the most important door in the world. While this had been a place of utmost importance, Sora had kept his distance from the cave, it brought up the memories of the start of his journey, a time he'd rather forget.

"This was your job." Kairi said letting him go to stand and face the door, "but now it can also be mine, all you have to do is let me stand on equal ground."

Gesturing to the wall to her right, Sora looked to see the pictures that they had drawn of each other, along with him giving her a Paopu fruit, and a newly added feature of her giving him one as well. Walking over, he knelt down and looked closer trying to make sure that he wasn't seeing things.

"Did you do this?"

"I did." Kairi said walking up to him, and pulling him back up to face her, "While the legend this fruit bears is fictional to a lot of people, I believe that it's true. So if we both share one, our Destinies will be intertwined forever and you'll never have to worry about me and I'll never have to worry about you."

"How?"

Bringing up the Paopu fruit up, she took his hand and placed it on the fruit as well, "Because no matter what we go through together, at least we're doing in together and not alone."

". . . You're right." Sora sighed giving into her words, "Then do you swear by this fruit of destiny to keep your promise and fight the darkness together with me."

"I swear." She answered happily.

Taking Sora's hand, Kairi took the first bite of the fruit. The sweetness of the fruit threw her off as she expected a more tart taste, but instead she found the most fantastic taste she's ever had. She then handed the fruit to Sora who also took a bite, and judging from his expression, also found the taste to be something special. And it was done.

"Well that was tasty." Sora said holding the partially eaten fruit in his hand, "Do you think we have to eat it all for it to be proper, or is it fine like this."

"I think its fine." Kairi laughed.

"Oh yeah we think its fine as well." Roxas said from behind them. Turning the two were shocked to see Roxas and Namine sitting in the corner of the cave smirking at them.

"I never thought I'd see the day." Namine said wiping a fake tear.

"Those were some heart wrenching words there, whenever somebody writes about this moment in the future, the readers will think its some form of cheesy Fanfiction." Roxas laughed.

"How long have you been there!?" Sora exclaimed.

"Dude we're technically one being in some weird way, I'm always with you."

"I'm so proud of you two." Namine said jumping up and running over to them, "I really am happy you guys did this."

"I am as well, but I kinda thought that it would almost be a bit flashier." Roxas said joining them.

"Were you expecting a light show or something?" Sora sighed.

And as if on cue, there was a small flash from Sora's hand as the Paopu began to glow. It was low at first, but ever so slowly it began to glow brighter and softly float from Sora's hand towards the door which began to glow as well. Slowly the light of the fruit unraveled and streams of light connected to the door and the rest of the cave making all of the scratching light up.

"Sora what's happening?" Kairi asked pulling him close.

"I don't know." He said astounded.

As the light spread throughout the cave, it also enveloped them in its warm embrace filling them with a warm and friendly feeling that reminded them of their happiest memories. And then just as it had appeared, it began to disperse and return to the door, leaving only a small white coil of light wrapped around their held hands. Then there was nothing, leaving the lit cave to return to only dim light and confused teenagers.

" . . . So that happened." Sora said ending the silence.

"That is some magical fruit." Roxas said.

"You happy now."

"Yes."

"I guess we were fine taking only one bite, the rest becomes a magical light show that wraps people up." Kairi said walking to the door and running a hand down it.

"Hey guys come check this out!" Namine called to them.

Walking over to where she was pointing, they found the doodle that Sora and Kairi had drawn was now inlaid with gold instead of white. And now in the middle of them was a perfect imprint of Paopu fruit that proudly stood out from the drawing.

"Why do people think this fruits power is fictional, it just made your drawing gold." Roxas said awed.

"Maybe it because we're special." Sora said.

"Maybe it's because we were actually serious about it." Kairi said feeling the drawings, "Most of the people who came out here and eat from the fruit did it either on a dare or were just trying to be stupid about it."

"That makes this so much more romantic." Namine chimed in making Sora and Kairi extremely embarrassed.

"Well it's done!" Sora said trying to push the subject, "Why don't we go outside and enjoy the rest of our day."

As if fate had planned to mess with them more, the cave began to shake violently, throwing the two to the ground and confusing the ghostly ones.

"You've gotta be kidding me." Sora said jumping to his feet and helping Kairi up.

"Is the magic fruit doing this as well?" Roxas asked.

"No I'm positive this is something else." Kairi said running out of the cave.

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Running back out into the open, the four teens found the rest of the island shaking and the waves crashing harder into the beach than usual.

"This a natural earthquake, or?" Roxas asked only to find a dozen or so Heartless appear, "Or, got it."

Drawing the Oblivion blade, Sora tossed it to Kairi and summoned the Fenrir blade for himself.

"That'll kill them quicker!" he yelled as he ran into the fray cutting down Heartless along the way.

"Got it!" She yelled back as she dodged a strike from a soldier.

The few Heartless that were there quickly disappeared as the two fought through them. While Sora was more experienced and dealt with them swiftly, Kairi was also showing the results of her training and took down quite a few herself. The last one evaporated as Sora blasted it with lighting and watched the Heart fade into the sky. But that didn't mean their troubles were over.

"The ground's still shaking and I bet that there's more of them on the main island." Kairi said walking back to Sora.

"Right, we need to head back now and get ahold of Riku along the way."

"I think he's headed towards us." Kairi said gesturing to the sea.

Sure enough, there was a fishing boat sailing towards them, and at the helm was Riku's father with Riku at the bow of the ship. As the ship pulled into the dock, Riku hopped off and kept a hand on it while they ran up to him.

"We need to get to the main island now!" Sora huffed as he ran past and hopped into the boat.

"What's happening? I felt the Darkness appear as we sailed by." Riku asked as he helped Kairi into the boat.

"We're not sure ourselves, but I might have an idea of what's going on." Sora said helping Riku in while he pushed the boat off the dock.

"An idea?"

"Son what's going on!?" Riku's father asked concerned.

"My job is what's going on, we need to hurry to the island and make sure everyone's safe."

"Alright." His father said turning the boat towards the main Island.

The day was turning into something else for Sora, this morning he accepted he'd slow down on his duties, and now it looked like he more work headed his way. The waters were choppy as they sailed back home, and the wind was slowly picking up as well bringing in dark clouds on the horizon. And as they drew closer, a high pitched alarm sounded across the waters, alerting citizens and incoming sailors of danger.

"That's the raid siren for pirates." Kairi exclaimed.

"I doubt the Island defense force has an emergency siren for Heartless." Riku pointed out as a black plume of smoke arose from somewhere on the island, "and it looks like things are getting worse."

"Alright we need a plan of action." Sora said grabbing his friends attention, "Riku, grab your mom and anyone you see and send them towards the docks, they'll be safer if we load them on boats and get them out of the action. Kairi and I will grab her father and my parents and do the same. Once they're at the docks we'll start fighting off them off while everyone sets off."

"I'll contact the King and Master Yen Sid as well." Riku said pulling out his special communicator.

"Wouldn't it be better if we split up, that way we could get more people?" Kairi asked looking to Sora.

Sora hesitated at first, but nodded in agreement, "Yeah just be careful ok."

"Don't worry, I've been trained by the best." She said proudly.

"Alright kids we're here." Riku's father said as they pulled into the docks, "I'll keep the boat ready for people and will get the other sailors to help out as well."

"Thanks dad!" Riku yelled as he and the others jumped out and onto the docks.

Things were already looking grim when they were on the way, but now the full scope of what was happening opened up as they reached where the docks began. People were already making their way to their position and they didn't look to be in great shape, many had scratches and bruised while others had to be carried by whoever was helping them. In the distance you could hear the cries of people as they were attacked by mysterious forces they didn't know, some of those cries were cut short. One of the survivors that passed them was crying about a little dark creature that had attacked her, and that confirmed their worst fears. Heartless were attacking Destiny Island.

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Kairi ran as fast as she could towards her house along the beach, helping people that stumbled out of the roads from town and directing them to the docks like she was told. There wasn't much commotion along the beach, only one or two Heartless crossed her path, but other than that were scared people. As she got closer to her house, she saw a crowd of people outside her home and father the Mayor trying to calm them down.

"Dad!" She yelled as she got closer.

Turning, a relieved look crossed his face as he met her and gave her a hug, "Thank goodness you're alright."

"Yes I'm fine, dad what are all these people doing here?"

"I'm the Mayor, they all came to me for guidance and protection and I've been doing the best I can, but I don't know what exactly is going on."

"It's the Heartless, I don't know why, but they're attacking, and now we need to get these people to the docks where we can take them to safety."

"All right I'll- LOOK OUT!"

Kairi felt the presence before she saw it, and with a quick backwards slash, she sliced a shadow in half before it could hurt her. Turning back, the people behind her father gazed wide eyed at Keyblade she had summoned, but there was no time for explanations.

"So much for secrecy." She mumbled under her breath, "Alright we need to head to the docks, the boats there are going to take us where it's safer, I'll be your guide along the way!"

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Sprinting down Mains street, Riku was caught up in many different battles with Heartless who seemed to be causing all sorts of damage to everything in sight. As he was running past another group of struggle people, he quickly stopped when he heard the sound of fighting coming around the corner, more trouble. As it turned out, the smoke they had seen in the distance, was from the library, which had most likely caught flame from one of the more fiery types of Heartless. The people outside had been surrounded when he arrived and he was able to save them all quickly before anybody got hurt.

"Is anybody still in the building!?" he yelled over the roar of the flames.

"I don't think so." One of the people answered, just then there was a cry for help from inside the not so empty burning building. More trouble.

"I'm going in, do you guys think you can get to the docks by yourselves?"

"We'll be fine." Said a man who turned out to be Mr. Dalton wielding a pocket knife, "You get out of there safe now, we just got you back, we don't need to lose you again!"

"Yes sir." Riku yelled as he cast and Aero spell around him and charged through the front door.

The flames around him burned wildly as they touched everything they could to grow stronger and spread farther. The old building had caught easily, and sure enough Riku found a couple enemies which were the source of the flames, and dispatched them quickly. Though the Aero spell worked well to keep him safe from the flames and smoke, he could still feel the intense heat, and the instability of the building. Listening closely, he again heard the cry for help coming from one of the rooms in the back which wasn't as damaged as the rest of the building. Running up, the first door he kicked open led to an empty room, the second was the jackpot finding a girl his age huddled and scared in the back corner.

"Hey I'm here to help!" he yelled as he got closer, startling the girl who had seemingly given up.

"Please help, my wheel chair was hit by one of those things and it broke! I tried to crawl out, but they blocked the exit!"

"Don't worry I took care of them!" Riku said lifting the girl up, "Close your eyes."

Running out the door, he cast another Aero spell around them, and sprinted to the front of the building as fast as he could. He could feel the building begin to collapse and sure enough the ceiling behind him gave way, and then the rest of the building collapsed just as he flew out of the window. The loud crash was followed by a wave of dust as the rubble spread around them, the Aero spell pushing away anything that touched it's radius. Breathing heavily, Riku walked over the rubble in his way and towards a bench where he could the girl down for a moment.

"Thank you so much." The girl said through tears, either from the smoke or from emotion.

"Anytime." Riku huffed. He was in a conundrum, he still needed to help his mom at the diner, but there was no way he could leave this girl here. He would either have to take her back to the docks himself, hope a group came by to take her, or he would have to bring her along. He didn't have enough time to sit around and wait for a group, and he couldn't back track without fear for the worst.

"Alright, we need to get you more mobile." He said as he motioned to pick her up again, "There might be a cart or something we can put you on in the diner."

"Why are we headed there?"

"I need to make sure my family gets to safety, and I still need to get anybody I can to the docks, if I take you back there's the risk of more people getting hurt."

"What about the IDF, can't they help us?"

"They're probably a bit short handed right now," Riku huffed as he started to carry her again, "plus they've never fought an enemy like this before."

And there might not be any more Island Defense force fighters left he thought to himself.

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"Mom!? Dad!?" Sora yelled as he ran through the front door of his home.

The neighborhoods were a mess when Sora arrived, he had been fighting non-stop and the people he ran into were almost too terrified to listen to him, it had been a miracle he had gotten all of them headed in the right direction safely. But he was also surprised to find people fighting back, many were wielding kitchen knives, or gardening equipment, but he'd even seen a gun and a couple of swords. He'd even seen the old man at the corner of his block fighting off a group of shadows with a shotgun, somewhat successfully. But now that he was home the only thoughts on his mind were his parent's whereabouts.

"Sora?" the soft voice of his mother said from the kitchen.

"Thank the god your safe." He said running in and giving her a hug, "Where's dad?"

"Right here son." His father said walking out of the hallway with a spear and a handgun in hand.

"Is that?"

"My old IDF weapon, yes it is." He said proudly swinging it in the air in a fancy manner. While Sora's dad was a fisherman now, he had been on the IDF force for several years before he retired to a simpler lifestyle. But that didn't mean he didn't keep up old habits.

"Alright, we need to get you and anybody else we can to the docks, we've got people heading there already and we're loading them on boats to get out of here.

"Are these the Heartless you were talking about?" his mother said grabbing a small bag of things.

"Yes, and there's a lot of them, that's why we need to get go and get dads boat ready to ship off people."

"And what about you?"

"I'm going to fight these things off and make sure everyone gets away safely. Dad I need you to help defend the docks while people are being loaded."

"Alright, you be careful ya hear!" his dad said giving him a hug.

"Come back safe." His mom said doing the same thing.

"I'll do my best."

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"Mason!" Cole yelled as he sprinted across the field towards his instructor who stood calmly overlooking the chaos in town.

"Can I help you?" he said giving him a nonchalant glance.

"I'm guessing you're the one behind this." The angry teen said as he reached the man in front of him.

"Why whatever do you mean? I'm only a fighting instructor."

"Cut the crap you freak, you never left this man's body like I told you to. You were pushing your limits with that surprised this morning, and now you've made me really angry."

"And what are you going to do about it?" the man laughed, a glimmer of the presence controlling him flashing through his eyes.

"What I should've done, in the first place."

The air around the two grew cold, the grass at Cole's feet slowly faded yellow and the aura around him seemed to darken. Ever so slowly, Cole's right hand changed from regular skin, into a dark claw of darkness with long talons and a menacing presence. The darkness reached all the way to his shoulder and the white in his eyes changed to black and his iris yellow. Talking a step forward, the opponent in front of him stepped back, a bead of sweat rolling down his brow.

"You wouldn't hurt this man, I know what you plan to do, but I know you're not skilled enough to do it." he said, the fear in his voice clear as day.

"Don't worry, I've been practicing since the last time we met, I'm a lot better than before." He said reaching forward with his dark hand.

"No! Stay back!" the man yelled only to be cut short as the dark hand suddenly plunged into his chest making him choke and gasp for air. He looked down in disbelief, not knowing what he should do. Slowly the hand began to began to pull back out and held a small dark purple ball with a small face in its grip, the body of Mr. Mason falling back as the presence completely exited his body, hitting the ground with a thud.

"You're only copy of your Master aren't you." Cole said looking disdainfully at the creature in his hands.

"I swear I had nothing to do with this, honest!" the creature begged looking pitiful in the open air.

"Hmmm, ok I'll believe you."

The creature sighed in relief.

"But I'm still going to kill you." Cole said as he crushed the creature in his hand, the darkness evaporating in a small cloud.

A moan from the ground alerted Cole back to Mason on the ground, who was thankfully still alive. Sending the Darkness away, Cole knelt down and helped the man sit up.

"What happened?" Mason asked confused and dazed.

"We came under attack sir, I found you out here in the field." Cole lied smoothly.

"Who's attacking?"

"Something dangerous sir, something dangerous."

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Alright guys, again I'm sorry about how late this chapter was, but I'm glad to be back in action. Send in your thoughts on the chapter, tell me if there's any crazy grammatical errors, or if something didn't read right and I'll fix it. I wish you a happy holiday, and a happy new year. See ya in the next chapter. : / / m . fanfiction s / 6468589 / 1 / Titanic-Kingdom-Hearts