"Where are we?" Sora asked as he and the others looked around in the darkness.
"We're so far into the darkness," Yasuto commented.
"Everything has been devoured…" Shige commented as he also looked around.
"This truly is the darkness," Yue commented.
"Ansem is still here…I can feel his presence," Riku commented reminding everyone around him as he cautiously looked around.
After defeating the deformed and warped creations of Heartless that spawned from the darkness inside of Ansem they all fell in the darkness and landed on a solitary path.
"Is that a door over there?" Sora asked and pointed.
The group looked towards the doors confused as to their origins and where they led to.
"It's futile. The Keyblade alone cannot seal the door to darkness," Ansem started as he hovered in front of the pristine grand doors.
Instantly the group dashed towards Ansem and the unknown doors.
"Ansem you-!" Sora started
"Kingdom Hearts! Fill me with the power of darkness!" Ansem ordered and reached for the doors.
"Kingdom Hearts?!" Yasuto and Shige shouted surprised as the doors seemed to move by themselves. The doors had cracked themselves open and allowed dark smoke and black energy swirling within the smoke to seep through.
"Supreme Darkness...Kingdom Hearts is mine!"
"No! You're wrong! I know from the warmth in my heart Kingdom Hearts is light!" Sora shouted causing beams of pure light to shoot from the crack of the door.
"W-What! Light?... But...why…?" Ansem whispered hoarsely as the bright beams of light drained him of his energy and began to break away. Shige and Yasuto watched as Ansem broke away into pieces and then looked at each other.
"Were you bluffing?" Riku asked.
"Of course not! I felt it!" Sora replied with a cheeky grin.
"Riiite...Now that he's gone let's check this out we might find out something about Mitsu's heart" Riku said as he approached the door. Yue chuckled and followed after Riku.
The group stopped a few feet in front of the two pristine doors and hesitated to move forward. Shige grinned and nudged Sora closer.
"Go ahead and take a look Sora...our fearless leader," Shige said his voice dripping heavily with sarcasm.
"Uh...why do I have to look?" Sora asked.
"You were so sure that Kingdom Hearts was full of light," Shige continued.
"How about we just close it and not look?" Yue suggested.
"That doesn't mean I have to look-" Sora started when Riku stepped forward and peeked his head in. Riku shook his head to clear his mind, he felt something inside of him awaken and push against him.
"Heartless...There's heartless inside of here!" Riku said shocked as he looked at the large multi-eyed glob in a shallow pit.
"Heartless?!" Sora and Shige shouted as they pushed forward to look accidentally pushing Yue and Riku pass the doors.
"WE HAVE TO CLOSE THIS NOW," Yasuto said as he began pushing the door.
"Riku, Yue get out-" Sora started when a bright light blinded the men and destroying the heartless the approached the group from behind.
"King Mamoru!?" Shige, Yasuto, and Yue shouted as the looked at the man behind standing on the ledge behind Riku and Yue.
"Yo," Mamoru said as he glanced at the group over his shoulder.
"Your Majesty!? What are you doing?!" Yasuto shouted.
"Don't worry! You guys did well getting here, but now is not the time to talk. We need to get those doors closed," Mamoru ordered.
"You heard the man!" Shige shouted and began to pull at the doors as Riku and Yue began to push against it.
"But Riku-" Sora started.
"Don't worry Sora there will always be a door to the light and to your friends," Mamoru said as he stuck down a heartless.
"Sora, trust King Mamoru," Yasuto said as he continued to pull.
"Hurry they're coming!" Yue said as pushed.
"Shige, Yasuto. I'm sorry and I thank you," Mamoru said as he swung
The grand doors that led to Kingdom Hearts began to budge. Riku and Yue stopped pushing to allow their comrades to finish closing the door.
"See you guys later," Yue said as he glanced at Shige and Yasuto.
"I'm not letting you off so easily Yue. You know more than what you let on," Yasuto growled.
"Yeah, if you hide I'll beat your ass to a bloody pulp," Shige grinned.
"Take care of her...and I'll find Mitsu," Riku said to Sora as the doors closed.
"Not if I find her first Riku!" Sora shouted angrily as the doors closed by themselves.
"We'll see about that"
Those were the last words that Sora heard before the door shattered into light particles disappearing into the darkness. The grand doors revealed a hidden path behind it. Sora sunk to his knees realizing that he was back where he started, missing his two of his best friends.
"That cunning bastard Yue…" Yasuto cursed.
"The Queen is gonna kill us…" Shige murmured.
"Sora!"
Sora quickly shot up and looked around to see Kairi waving for him, he quickly stood up and ran towards her.
"Aaand, of course, he gets the girl…" Shige scoffed.
"I need a drink and Mitsu-" Shige started as he placed a cigarette between his lips. Yasuto glared and smacked Shige on the back of the head knocking the cigarette from his lips.
"Be serious here now. Yue is gone with the King and now we have no idea what the hell is going on" Yasuto growled.
"Oh hell Yasuto you don't need to take it out on me," Shige said as he rubbed the back of his head.
"Sora?"
Sora turned in the direction of where the voice came from, it was Kairi.
"Kairi!?" Sora shouted confused.
"Sora!" Kairi said and smiled.
"What are you doing here?" Sora asked confused.
" I dunno I was in Traverse Town and I blinked and I was here.." Kairi started.
"Where's Riku? Did you find Mitsu-" Kairi started when suddenly the ground began to move underneath her causing her to stumble. Sora instantly reached out to grab her hand helping her stand.
"What's happening?" Kairi asked as she looked around her, Destiny Island was recreating itself around her and slowly pulling Sora away from her.
"Kairi, remember what you said before? I'm always with you too. I have to find Riku and Mitsu and then I'll come back to you. I promise! "
" I know you will!" Kairi cried out.
"Your majesty," Riku started as his key blade disappeared.
"You can call me Mamoru for the moment. We are not in a place that requires formal addressing," Mamoru replied with a small grin.
"You obviously have a plan your Majesty" Yue started ignoring Mamoru's previous comment and kept his formality. Mamoru pouted and turned to Riku and Yue.
"I do...and your friend Mitsu is an important key to this as well," Mamoru replied as he turned to Riku.
"What do you mean?" Riku asked.
"Well...we made it out of there because of the princess' aura around you and I should apologize too," Mamoru sighed again.
"For what?" Riku asked.
"For not moving quicker I was held up by past issues. Yue and I both knew that your friend Mitsu was a princess. I didn't know how important she was," Mamoru started.
"You knew?" Riku said as he looked at Yue.
"Naturally," Yue replied casually.
"Actually...I still don't know how powerful she is...but the person that took her body proves to me that something big is about to happen," Mamoru trailed off in thought as he ran his hand through his deep cerulean blue hair. "But what that is though..."
"You've been busy your Majesty...I'm sure Her Majesty will have a head full of white hair when you return," Yue quipped.
"I'm sure it'll turn back to fiery red when she tries to kill me," Mamoru sighed.
"Anyway Riku, Yue...I will need your help for this...the Heartless that called himself Ansem was not Ansem and the group that has Mitsu is a bit unsettling but what I am asking of you will be difficult…" Mamoru trailed off as he looked seriously at the two in front of him.
Riku felt his pulse quicken at Mamoru's words, the thought of rescuing Mitsu, apologizing for tenfold, and wrapping his arms around her was more important to him than anything.
"What is it?" Riku asked.
"I need you both to embrace the darkness once again,"