A/N: Guys, I need ideas for new worlds! I can't have Duelist Kingdom be the only new world. I also made a big mistake in the last two chapters. Xemnas is the Superior, not he Supreme. I'll have to fix that. I'm using a few new ideas in this chapter.
Chapter 21 of Pokemon: Keyblade Masters
Sora sighed once they entered the ship. "The King, Riku - and now I've lost Kairi again, too." he said miserably.
"Don't be sad!" Donald encouraged.
"Yeah, you're the key that connects everything, remember?" Ash smirked.
"So it's all my fault..." Sora muttered.
"Gawrsh, he didn't mean it like that, Sora!" Goofy exclaimed.
"We'll find them all." Terra assured. "Just do what you think is right."
"You said it!" Donald agreed. Sora looked up and smiled at them all.
"Thanks guys." he said. Suddenly Chip and Dale appeared on the screen.
"Oh no!" Chip cried. "Hallow Bastion, its all covered in darkness!"
"You're right, Chipper!" Dale agreed. "I wonder what's going on?"
"Sora!" Chip said. "You better hurry and check it out right away!"
"We're on it." Sora nodded as they approached the world.
As soon as the quintet disembarked, they found a group of Soldier Heartless running by. They gasped as the Heartless disappeared. "Looks like there's more Heartless now." Goofy noted.
Soon after that statement, a group of Dusks floated by and out of sight. "You're kidding me." Ash said angrily.
"L- let's go check in with everyone." Sora suggested.
"They're probably at Merlin's." Goofy said. They made their way through the marketplace and were about to go down the flight of stairs the led to Merlin's house when somebody caught Sora's attention.
"Oh, Cloud!" Sora exclaimed. Ash looked at the person. He had spiky blonde hair and half of a black trench coat. Cloud looked up slightly and glanced at them with shocking blue eyes and closed his eyes again.
"What'cha doing?" Donald asked.
"I'll get him," Cloud muttered, not really listening to them. "This time we settle it. Me, and the one who embodies all the darkness in me."
"Huh..." Donald muttered. "I thought you looked kinda different, Cloud."
"If I do, it's his fault." he replied quietly.
"Whose?" Sora asked confused.
"Sephiroth." Cloud answered. "Tell me if you see him."
"Sephiroth...?" Ash muttered, making Cloud glance at him. "Long silver hair with an insanely long sword?"
"You've seen him?" Cloud questioned.
"Not for a few years, no." Ash shook his head. Cloud sighed and leaned back once more.
"We'll keep an eye out for him." Sora promised. "Well, be seeing you, Cloud."
"Be careful," Cloud advised, getting off the wall. "He messes with your head, makes you think darkness is the only way." Ash gripped Terra's shoulder as he had stiffened considerably throughout the conversation.
"Is something wrong?" Everyone turned to see Aerith.
"Uhh…"Sora mumbled.
Cloud started to walk away, and Aerith followed. Cloud turned to her. "It's nothing." Aerith leaned in, a curious air about her. "I don't want you involved," Cloud insisted.
Aerith considered that remark. "You mean you don't want me there when you go away again?"
"I just…" Cloud started. He paused, and said, "Listen, even if I go far away, I'll come back."
Aerith didn't seem convinced. "Do you mean it?"
Cloud looked away. "Yeah."
"See?" Aerith pointed out. "You don't look so sure." She paused. "Well, okay, I understand. Go-get things settled."
This caught Cloud off guard. It seems he had been expecting more of an argument. "Huh?"
"No matter how far away you are…" Aerith stated, "once you find your light… I'm sure it will lead you back here again. Right?"
Cloud thought about it for a moment. "I suppose."
Aerith nodded. "So I'll stay here… and I'll cheer for you… Okay, Cloud?"
"Okay," Cloud confirmed. He started walking down the stairs. Sora and the others approached her.
"I wonder if he'll be okay," Aerith commented.
"He'll be fine," Sora assured her. "I'm sure there's some light in him somewhere."
Ash nudged Terra. "Even in the deepest darkness, the light prevails."
"You're right." she said. She then noticed Terra. "Oh, and who are you?"
"This is Terra, a friend of ours." Sora said. "We better get to Merlin's house." They nodded and followed them down the stairs.
The quintet walked into Merlin's house to see Cid typing like mad on his computer. Yuffie was busy watching him.
"Hey." Sora called. The two turned to face them. Yuffie's eyes lit up.
"Hey, Ash!" she said happily, bouncing over to him. Ash quickly push Terra in front of him. Yuffie pouted and tried to go around him, only to find Ash once again on the other side. Terra looked annoyed at being used as an obstacle. While this was going on Cid was speaking with Sora. Donald and Goofy's attention was split between the strange scene and the conversation.
"Hey, fellas - you're just in time." Cid remarked. "I got some good news for ya, so get yerselves over to Leon's."
"What kind of news?" Sora asked.
"We found the computer Ansem was using!" Yuffie exclaimed while still trying to catch Ash. "You think you can escape a master ninja? Well think again!"
Everyone else sweat dropped. "Anyway, we should be able to get all sorts of of info on the Heartless and the Organization."
"And maybe something on the Dark Realm too, right?" Sora asked, catching Ash's and Terra's attention. The distraction costed him as Yuffie grabbed him and send him to the ground with a yelp. "It looks like that's where Kairi and Riku are."
"And the King!" Donald added.
"One of our friends are there, too." Terra said indicating himself and Ash, who was struggling to get Yuffie off of him. Ash managed to flip her off of him and crawled over to stand next to Sora.
"Well, go see for yourselves!" Cid urged.
"Yeah, it can't hurt!" Yuffie encouraged she turned back to Ash and winked, making him flinch. "I'll see you later, cutie."
"What do you mean?" Sora asked confused. Cid shook his head.
"Nothin'." he muttered. "Just get to the computer room through the castle postern. Watch your step!"
They nodded and made their way out the door. Once they left Yuffie turned to Cid. "Ya know, I can't help but feel as though I've met Ash before." she commented. "Like before we officially met the last time he came."
Cid stopped typing and looked at her. "I get the same feeling."
Yuffie shook her head. "That settles it, we've met him before, it can't be coincidence."
Cid resumed his typing. "We'll just have to wait and see."
The quintet walked into the bailey, and Ash could help but get the feeling like they were being watched. They were halfway through when a girl's voice called out to them. "Excuse me, are you with the Restoration Committee?"
Everyone looked back and didn't see anyone there at first. Then three small girls floated up into the air in front of them. "What the?" Ash muttered, seeing this odd sight.
One of them has brown hair that looked short on the front but there's a long strand at the back and at the end there are small yellow wings; her eyes are blue on the left and green on the right, wore a white tank-top with a blue skirt and half of what looked like a frilly dress on her right, and dark brown boots.
The other one is a blond with a blue headband around her forehead and green eyes, a red long scarf around her neck with the ends like wings as well, a yellow bikini-top and bottom, which was covered by a brown skirt, light blue arm bands on her forearms, and blue and light blue boots.
The last one had spiky white hair and red eyes, black tank-top, long black gloves, black shorts and long black boots; she also has small bat wings on her back.
"What's Leon's gang up to?" The brown haired one asked them.
Sora stepped forward. "They've got stuff to do over by the castle postern."
The brown haired girl turned to her companions. "Scoop!"
"Huh?" Ash and Terra mumbled.
"Let's report," the white haired one suggested, ignoring them.
"To who?" Donald asked them.
The brown haired one faced them again. "Our leader, of course!"
The blonde nodded. "Yeah, you know, Malefi-" Her voice was cut off as the white haired one shut her mouth forcefully. The five of them tried to listen to the muffled exclamations that followed.
The white haired girl shook her head at the five. "Don't mind her," she told them, "I assure you, we come in peace." The blonde nodded.
"You're kidding…" The brown haired girl mumbled.
The white haired girl let go of the blonde. "Problem? Okay, fine," she crossed her arms arrogantly and looked away, "You do the talking." She disappeared in a flash of red light.
The brown haired one turned back to them and bowed hastily. "So sorry about this!" She disappeared in the same fashion as the white haired one, but its colored blue.
The blonde glanced at Ash. "Oh," she cooed at him. "You're cute!" She kissed him on the cheek before giving them a little wave and disappeared in a flash of yellow light.
"What was that about?" Terra asked annoyed. Ash wiped his cheek.
"No idea." he said equally annoyed.
"Let's just go see Leon," Sora said as he began walking again. "I wanna see if that computer has any information on Riku or Kairi!" Terra gave one last irritated sigh before following him. Ash and the others did the same.
The group looked up at the castle above them as they approached the postern. Sora looked around. "Leon?" He called out.
"Over here!" A voice answered. They turned to the source and saw Aerith. Apparently it was her that answered his call. The five walked over to her.
"You guys found Ansem's computer?" Sora asked.
"Uh huh." she nodded. "The King is very interested in it."
"The King?" Donald asked.
"He's with Leon." she answered.
"We get to see the King!" Donald said excitedly.
"Hooray!" Goofy cheered.
"Er..." Sora said as he turned back to her. "If Riku with them?"
She shook her head and Sora sighed. "Well, at least I can ask the King about him." he said. "And the computer might be able to tell us something."
"Good idea." she smiled. She turned and pointed to a path. "They're right through there."
Ash turned to Terra. "We can ask Mickey if he knows anything about Aqua." Terra nodded as they followed Sora to the passage. As they walked throught he halls, Ash couldn't help but feel a certain... familiarity to the castle. "You know..." he started, catching his friends attention. "I feel like I know this place."
"Was Xhäs here?" Donald questioned. Ash shook his head.
"No, Xhäs has no memories of this place." he explained. "At least, none that were transferred to me."
"Maybe it's your own memories." Terra reasoned.
"But how?" Ash asked. "I couldn't have been here before..." 'Could I?' he thought. 'No, it's impossible...'
"C'mon, we should look for the study." Sora urged. Ash felt himself begin to walk. The others looked at him curiously and began to follow him. 'I know this place... Somehow, some way, I know this place.'
Ash suddenly began running through the halls, catching the others off guard. They shouted and ran after him. Ash kept on running in the halls, using the memories he never knew he had to guide him. He saw a door at the end of a hall that was carpeted and stopped in front of it. He raised a hand to open it up, hesitated for a second then pressed his on it, opening it slowly. He looked around to find the study in a complete mess. There were books everywhere, boards with diagrams and notes in various places, and there were other broken and cluttered objects all over the place. Ash let out a 'hm' when he stepped in and looked around. He also noticed the only things that were in order were the chair at the desk and a portrait of some kind…
Ash walked up to the portrait, glaring. He had little to no memories of him, but he knew who this was. This was the Superior, even if he couldn't remember his name. Sora and the others came in, gasping for breath. Sora looked at the portrait sharply. "Ansem..." he muttered.
"What's wrong, Ash?" Terra asked in concern.
Ash shook his head. "I know this place." he said quietly. "Somehow, I know this place. It's like scattered dream, or a far-off memory."
Sora smiled. "You wanna line the pieces up, huh?" Ash nodded.
"So, uh, where's the King?" Terra asked. Sora looked around.
"Hello?" he called.
"Hey you!" A woman's voice called, making them all turn around in surprise. It was a woman with black hair that reached to the middle of her back and reddish eyes, black tank-top, gloves, skirt. Terra's eyes bugged out.
She looked around at the study then back at them. "I'm looking for somebody," she explained. "Have any of you seen a guy with spiky hair?"
"That's like half the guys in Hallow Bastion!" Ash exclaimed. The woman giggled.
"Well, he has spiky blonde hair that looks like a chocobo..." she started.
"Cloud?" they asked deadpan.
"Yeah!" the woman exclaimed. "Have you seen him?"
"Last we saw he was at the marketplace, but he could be anywhere by now." Ash told her. She sighed.
"I'll just take a look around." she said.
She checked the oddest places; the walls, the desks, the bookshelves… Especially one section of the wall between two of the bookshelves. She eventually kicked it with remarkable strength, making the room shake. "Holy..." Terra muttered as he grabbed a nearby bookshelf for support.
The woman gave up. "Sorry to bother you," she said as she walked to the door.
The five guys stood at attention. "No bother, ma'am!"
The woman walked out of the study and closed the door behind her. Terra suddenly sighed. "All the hot ones are taken." he complained. Everyone sweat dropped.
"So you made it," another voice behind them remarked. They turned back to find Leon leaning against the wall that the woman had been investigating.
"Leon!" Sora shouted. Leon got off the wall and nodded. They approached him.
"So, who are you?" he asked the only member of the group he hadn't met.
"Terra." he answered. "But isn't the King with you?"
Leon shushed them. "You'll meet him soon enough." This somewhat annoyed them all. Ash glanced at the wall behind Leon and went up to it. Everyone gave him an odd look while Ash looked at it. He then placed a hand on the wall. A computerized voice echoed throughout the room, what it said shocked them all.
"Identification verified: Ash of the Radiant Garden."
A/N: Cliffhangers, gotta love em. *hides*
Dont worry, you know how fast I update, but not for a few hours, sorry. Well, a LOT of you wanted Rikku, so there it is!