I'm really happy with the number of readers right now. I'm getting, on average, 90 people everyday! That's a pretty big accomplishment for a new writer like myself. I'm running low on time right now and need to write this whole chapter in under an hour so my mom can get on her facebook, then I won't see the computer for another four days, so I'll do my best to get this second chapter up. No funny disclaimer this chapter.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything that has to do with Keyblades, KH characters, FF character, plots, Disney related topics, etc, etc. That all belongs to Nomura. I only own the ideas you haven't seen before.


CHAPTER 12: New Trials

Disney Castle~

[Riku POV]

"What did Yen Sid say, Your Majesty?" I asked, trying to change the topic as quickly as possible.

"He told me that the only way to win this coming war would be to use Miyu's power to it's fullest. Without that power, the enemies would never disappear," he said from behind his gloved hands. " But now..."

"I tuned the rest out, knowing perfectly well what he was going to say. He was going to say that now that she was gone, all hopes for our side of winning were lost and that we were all as good as dead. There was no chance we could win against an enemy we knew nothing about.

"We should go back to Twilight Town!" Sora said suddenly.

"Why?" was a universal question at the precise moment. Why go back to the disaster zone? Was the hero TRYING to make me go insane?

"I just have a feeling that there's something there you guy's missed. No offence," He added quickly noticing the glares Roxas and Namine were sending in his direction.

"Fine..." I spoke up. If the rest of them saw that she was gone, maybe it would help everyone get over it faster. Everyone apart from me, that is...

"Riku," Kairi began fiercely. "Are you TRYING to hurt yourself?!" she shouted back. Why was she so mad at me?

"I'm not trying to do anything to myself," I hissed right back. "I just have the same feeling as Sora. That's all," I lied smoothly.

"It's settled then," Mickey ordered. "You all go to Twilight Town and search a little more. I'll stay here. We need a new strategy," he finished sadly, motioning for us to leave quickly.

Once in the Gummi hanger, Namine opened a portal for us. We entered in a single file line, slowly walking back to a town no one, not even Roxas, wanted to be in. We arrived after a short while that seemed like years in our grief, and we emerged from the portal outside the 'Haunted' Mansion. 'What a great starting place' I mused silently.

"Why don't we start our search here?" I suggested to the group. "We can search the mansion first, since I don't think that Namine made it this far."

With everyone agreed, our search began. What we were looking for exactly, no one knew. Every once in a while, someone would get impatient and ask Sora what he thought we may have missed here, but he would always respond with "You'll see"'s or a "Just wait a little while. We'll find it"'s. Those answers of his got on our nerves quickly, and eventually we just stopped asking questions and looked.

A few hours later, we were still searching the mansion for who knows what. We came up with nothing and made a unanymous decision to check the town now. Slowly making our way down the second floor stairs, I stopped. There was a strong power outside.

"Stop!" I whispered harshly to the rest of the group. I quickly summoned Miyu's Keyblade (I winced as I thought of the name, Deaths Shadow) and proceeded to take in my surroundings, searching for something out of place the the abandoned house. I got confused stares at the sight of the blade, but soon, Sora, Roxas and Kairi summoned their own. Sora summoned Ultima, Roxas summoned Oblivion and Oathkeeper, while Kairi summoned her un-named Keyblade. We waited until the front door cracked open. Someone was standing there, someone all of us had seen before, but couldn't recognize.


Twilight Town Forest~

[Miyu POV]

I woke up laying down in the middle of a clearing, near where I crashed our ship. I was on my back and was currently staring up at the late afternoon sky through the canopy of trees. Slowly I sat up, waiting to be struck by pain. I knew it wouldn't come. My mom said she would heal me. "Mom..." I whispered to myself, a small, sad smile on my face. Deciding it was okay to stand, I did so and began to look myself over. My clothes were completely changed from what they used to be. I now wore a form-fitting white tank top with a teardrop pattern running down my right side. I had on black Cargo pants that ran to my mid shin, ending with a silver trim. My shoes switched from high tops to dark red sneakers with blue laces, matching the dark blue color of the tear-drops perfectly. On my left hand rested a red leather glove, meant for holding a weapon, and on my right was a red glove with metal knuckles. They ran up just past my wrist. I noticed that my skin was a little darker than before, and was glad I wouldn't look like an albino anymore(A/n no offense to albino people!). My hair was the same, though. It just ran farther down my shoulders.

"I like the new look," I giggled quietly to myself. I really did, and they seemed much more suitable for fighting as apposed to my school clothes. I noticed that I no longer felt the slight weight of my house key, looked down, and discovered it was no longer there. "I wonder what else has changed?" I said out loud, trying to break the silence. It was to quiet for my liking right now, and I needed noise. Out of curiosity, I summoned my Keyblade into my left hand, only to find that it, too, had changed. The teeth at the tip were crimson red like they were completely drowned in blood. They were spiked and looked to sharp for my liking. the mid-section of the blade was a white that shone like silver in the sunlight and was a constant spiral, until it reached the handle. There, it split to form the guard and transitioned color from white/silver to black. The chain that hung off was thin and gold. dangling off the very tip was an amethyst coloured heart with diamonds embedded in it. The blade, like myself, was riding a fine line between light and dark. A name suddenly popped into my head. "Sealed Fate," I murmured, making the name official.

After staring at my new blade for a long while, I felt a small tug. It seemed to pull me in the direction I thought was North and began to walk, temporarily forgetting my mothers words of advise. For some reason, I felt that North was the right way to go at the moment. My feet seemed to move without my command, and I was walking toward the pull. After a couple of minutes, a rundown old mansion came into view. The gates were open and the pull had stopped, so I decided to take a look. Inside were familiar voices. Voices of friends I could only now remember. I walked confidently up to the door and opened it, excitement taking over. The deep sorrow I had been feeling finally began to leave my heart.


Haunted Mansion~

[Riku POV]

Miyu walked in through the front door, a Sora worthy smile spread on her face. We all dropped our weapons in shock, them disappearing before they could hit the dust covered floor. Before I even knew what I was doing, I found myself walking forward and wrapping my arms around her small frame tightly. She smelled like Vanilla and Pears, and it smelled good to me.(A/n Don't worry not everything will be like this part) I was shaking and tightened my grip around her body.

"Riku?" she laughed lightly. "Did you hit your head when we crashed or something?" she said in the same light tone. I didn't care to answer her questions. I was just unbelievably happy that she was alive and here, without a scratch.

"MIYU!" six shouts came from behind us in unison. I could hear them running up to us. Deciding I held onto her long enough, I stepped back a few feet and turned my head away in order to hide my bright red cheeks and blood shot eyes.

"How are you alive?" Namine asked while she, unashamed, cried tears of joy and sorrow at the same time. "Roxas, Riku and I all saw your body in the woods! How are you alive?" she repeated.

"I have my mom to thank," she answered her bright... Wait, her eyes changed color. They were no longer the turquoise that I knew. Now, they were a mix of purple and blue with small black and whit specks.

"?!?!?!" A reasonable reaction.

"I can't remember very much of our conversation, but she said that I removed my soul at the last second in order to save myself... Or something like that. She also said that what we're looking for is in the town," she finished her quick explanation while looking back out the door.

"Lets go. I feel something dark in that direction," I said. With that, we all exited the mansion and walked through the forest, constantly looking a Miyu just to make sure she was still there.


Twilight Town~

[Miyu POV]

We found the hole in the wall without any trouble and entered into the Tram Common. Waiting just inside were two people we wanted to avoid at the moment. At once, we all summoned our Keyblades. I looked at Riku's in shock, seeing my first one in his hands with my house key being used as the chain. Everyone else was looking at my blade with either admiration or shock. I told them it's name and they nodded in acceptance of my new weapon that symbolized my position in the different realms. We turned our attention back to the two Nobodies in front of us.

Both were draped in white. One girl had tanned skin, long pink hair, light red eyes and was holding a staff in her right hand. Anexles had apparently retrieved her dagger at some point, too. The other girl had thick brown hair that ran halfway down her back. she had slightly tanned skin and bright, child-like blue eyes that seemed too innocent for the rest of her appearance. Her weapon, like Xminjas, was a large hammer.

"I don't believe we've met,"She said in a sheery voice mixed in with a british accent. "My name is Laciex," she pointed at herself. "And this is Anexles,"she indicated by pointing to her right. "I'm sure one of you has already met her though."

"I believe you mean two!" I snarled coolly, managing to keep my expression blank.

"Two?" Laciex asked, puzzled.

"Miyu?!" Anexles said, surprise and written on every inch of her face. there was also a concealed joy.

"Looks like your little plan to kill me has failed!" I told her aggressively. When all she did was smile, my grip on Sealed Fate tighten immensely.

"My pain hasn't failed at all," she said calmly. Drawing out her dagger that resided in the bottom of her staff, she winked at me quickly and launched herself... straight into Laciex!

"What?!" the Nobody shouted breathlessly through her shock and pain as the blade came into contact with where her heart should have been. "NO! Maleficent promised I wouldn't die until I got my heart back from Alice!" She roared, clutching her chest in pain. "NO!"

The word lingered in the air long after Laciex faded into nothingness, to join the rest of the defeated Nobody's.

"What... Just happened?" Sora asked.I didn't care. Selena... Anexles never wanted to betray me. I could tell instantly. I ran up and hugged her ask quickly and as tightly as I could.

"I knew you couldn't betray me..." I muttered.

"Of course not!" she answered like it was obvious. "We're still best friends,even if I don't have a heart anymore," she told me with a grin stuck on her face.


I think I just gave myself carpal tunnel! I typed all that in under an our! OW! I don't have time for a long authors note this chapter, but I hope you enjoyed Miyu's resurrection! see you all next chapter! JA MATA NE!