Kisdota: OK I'm sorry that I'm late, I had legitimate excuses keeping me from working. My dad's out flying airplanes across the world so I need to take care of everything in the family now, my grandmother constantly needs me to give her rides to her doctor's appointments and grocery stores, I started sleeping longer because I spent F*?#ing Christmas driving home from Mexico at 2 in the morning then alone, I'm trying to figure out how to afford Final Fantasy Crystal Bearers, and my mother keeps sending me out to do her hour long errands and get her a soda. So sorry if this isn't my best work but I think I have the right to say "I'm pissed". I don't even feel like laughing this time so don't ask me.

Here's my thanks and response's.

Riku Uzumaki: A little of both

Kingdommad: Oh I'm totally going to

Noami.G: I could cliff ending? I'll assume you liked it

Jim: Glad you liked it, though I'm gonna be busy for a while taking care of the family so bear with me if there are lags

Celticskyedancer: Ricard Highwind comes to my mind when I think of Dragoon, the guy from FF 2

Hardcore KHfan: Two Words, THANK. YOU.

prince of heart: Thanks, I wasn't too sure of the finisher

Ultima Phoenix: I'll try to keep them this long, thanks

VioletFox127: Thank

Disclaimer: You know I don't own it, deal with it.


"Mngh, what… where am I," Sora thought.

"Hey… guy's he's waking up! He's awake," Sora heard Kairi's voice. When Sora opened his eyes he saw that he was in some room, a red well decorated room. "Sora!" "How's he feeling?" "Question's later guys, let him wake up," Sora looked up from his bed and saw Kairi, Donald, Goofy, Riku, and Enigma.

"Sora, are you Okay?" Kairi asked worried.

"Guy's?... ugh what happened?" Sora asked tiredly.

"We were following you after you did that huge jump towards Albert, when we caught up to you we found you unconscious, we took you back to the village after that," Kairi said. "So… where are we now?... WAIT what about everyone that was sick!?" Sora asked.

"Calm down, you took down Albert in the nick of time. Aerith, Melody, and Zack are still helping with their recovery, but Aerith said they'll all live," Riku said. "So we made it in time… that's good."

"Unfortunately there were some complications with your fight," Enigma said. "Wh- what do you mean? What complications?" Sora asked, Kairi and everyone else looked at Enigma with concern.

"You see the fight with Enigma caused the poison that was already in your system to circle around you more quickly. Too keep you from dying I was… forced to cut off one of your legs," Enigma said pulling up a leg.

"Wh-NO!" Sora immediately got up, only to see both his legs were there.

"huh-?" "HAHAHAHA!" SMACK "ha ha ow HA HA!" Enigma laughed as Kairi smacked him.

"That wasn't funny Enigma! He just got up and you scare him!" Kairi said angrily. "HAHAHA! Relax it's just a blanket with a shoe," Enigma said smirking. "You said you weren't going to do anything with that!" Kairi said. "I lied, you should know better." "Grr, If you ever do something like that again-!"

"Guy's guy's, break it up," Riku said. "I'll talk to you later," Kairi said angrily. "S-so uh… where are we?" Sora said changing the subject.

"After we got you back to the village the whole place was so thankful to us the Emperor wanted to thank us properly when you woke up. We're in his castle right now," Kairi said. "How long was I asleep?" "Not long, its morning right now so you've been asleep for the night. How's everything with you though, you must have been exhausted after that fight," Kairi said.

"That's right; you were able to reach your Realization. The first time always takes out a lot of energy," Riku said. "Well I feel fine, tired yeah but nothing wrong," Sora said. "That's good… I was afraid that your Realization would have taken a lot out of you. When we found you Goofy was surprisingly fine, but you were out cold," Enigma said.

"Really?" Sora asked. "Yup, I never felt better A-hyuck."

"So he wasn't affected by my Realization?" Sora asked. "What makes him so special?" Donald asked. "Sora's Realization must work in different ways, I'll be sure to look into it later," Enigma said. "You better not try anything," Kairi said.

"Alright fine relax, I won't. I've had my fun already," Enigma said.

"So Sora, when you defeated Albert what did you hear?" Riku asked. "Gawsh that's right, you guys said you heard some voices of those Neo folks when you defeat them, but I didn't hear a thing. Did you hear anything Sora?" Goofy said. "Yeah… I heard Albert's voice when his remains surrounded me," Sora said.

"What did you hear?" Kairi asked. "I heard… Albert… and it sounded like he was asking for help… for someone," Sora said.

"His daughter," Enigma said causing everyone to face him.

"Daughter?"

"Albert, before he turned into a Nobody, had a daughter. He had a wife but from what I understand she left him for someone rich… or famous. I'm not too sure of those details, but the point was she was unfaithful to him," Enigma said. "Is that why he gave up his heart?" Kairi asked.

"I wish, Albert had a tough time taking care of his daughter after his wife left, but he never complained. One day his daughter got sick, really sick, she needed medical care. Albert tried everything he could to save her but… he wasn't able to," Enigma said. "You-… you don't mean-?" Kairi said sadly.

"The sad part was the disease that got her was curable, but it was also expensive. And Albert was barely getting by before," Enigma said. "Wait, they knew she was sick but they didn't help her just because he couldn't afford it?" Riku said.

"Gawsh, I guess I can understand why he would want to get rid of his heart after that," Goofy said. "So no one helped her at all?" Sora said. "His own wife even denied being his daughters mother just to keep her image. With a sadness like that it's no wonder he got into the second rank in the Neo organization," Enigma said.

There were sad faces all around the room after Enigma told Albert's sad tale. "Hey guys come on, that's all in the past. There's nothing we can do about it now so let's not mope," Enigma said.

"R-right …so… what do we do now?" Sora asked.

"I'm going to let the Emperor know you're awake, and then I'm going to go check on Melody," Riku said. "Me and Goofy are going to say hi to our old friends," Donald said. "Speaking of which we saw Mulan and Shang, they wanted to say hi," Goofy said.

"Really? Well if you see them tell them I'll be sure to see them," Sora said.

"And now that the troubles are over I need to make a call," Enigma said. "Then I guess I'll just stay here," Kairi said. The four left the room, but as Enigma was walking out the door he was stopped. "Hey wait, Enigma," Sora said. "Hmm? You need something?" Enigma asked.

"I… wanted to talk to you about something," Sora said.

"Oh… look I'm sorry for the leg prank OK, Kairi made sure that I don't do anything like that again," Enigma said. "Not that, about the fight," Sora said. "If this is about your Realization you're going to have to wait till I get back at the Gummi ship and look into this in my lab," Enigma said.

"About you specifically," Sora said annoyed.

"What a-… oh… I was hoping you wouldn't remember that," Enigma said saddly. "What are you talking about?" Kairi asked.

"When you went against Albert he said something to you… he called you… War?" Sora said.

"Hey yeah I remember that he sounded like he knew who you were," Kairi said.

"well…. Sigh… uh… this isn't easy for me to say," Enigma said. "Enigma are you hiding something from us?" Sora asked.

"No! Well… yes, but not something that you need to know OK?" Enigma said.

"No not OK. Enigma Albert seemed to know you and not just him Saha back at Atlantica reacted the same way," Sora said.

"… do you guys not trust me?" Enigma said. "Enigma… I don't think you're someone we can't trust. King Mickey would know better if you were that kind of person, but if you're keeping secrets from us then what are we supposed to think of you?" Sora asked.

"It's what you'll think of me that I'm afraid of if I tell you who I am," Enigma said with a hint of sadness in his voice. "… Enigma," Kairi said getting his attention "We're your friends OK? We're not going to start shunning you for whatever it is that you're afraid to tell us," Kairi said.

"… even after the leg prank?" "Yes… even after the leg prank, but I'm still going to talk to you about that later." "So you all… consider me a friends?" "Of course," Kairi said.

"What else did you think we were of course we're all friends, I'm sure everyone else thinks the same too," Sora said.

"… can you… perhaps wait a bit… till we get back on our Gummi ship? I… want to figure out what I'm going to say… to all of you," Enigma asked. "Alright, we'll wait for you till then," Sora said.

"Thanks… oh and… one other thing," Enigma said taking out a familiar star charm and tossing it. "My thalassa shell charm," Kairi said catching her lucky charm. "Dropped it when Azurith showed up," Enigma said. "Azurith?" Sora said.

"Talk to Kairi about it, I'll see you guys later," Enigma said exiting the room.

"So… what do you think he'll tell us?" Sora asked.

"Not sure… do you think we'll hate him for whatever it is? I mean if it's a secret he's only told the King then it's got to be something big," Kairi said. "Well Enigma's a strange guy, but we know he's not a bad guy. Sure he's does things that make us mad, but he's done things that have helped us as well. We'll just have to wait," Sora said.

(Outside)

Enigma was walking along the hall holding his mask in one hand and talking in the Gummie phone he had.

"That's great, so Sora was finally able to get his Realization," King Mickey said on the other side of the phone.

"Yup the Sacred Hero is now in business. Not only that, but from what I saw I think Sora's powers can go beyond the normal stages of the Realization when he combines with his friends. Whether this ability of his is a result of the Drive suit from master Yen Sid or from the Realization itself I'm not sure, but with a little more research I think we'll be able to figure out something that can go against the stronger forces of Maleficent's Neo Organization. Speaking of which is there any new information about her?" Enigma said.

"Sadly no not much. Leon and everyone have been looking into what you found out from Hades, but as far as finding out that there are some strange abnormalities that would lead us to believe she really has taken over Kingdom Hearts we have nothing new," Mickey said.

"Great even more things are making less sense. I thought Maleficent just wanted a place to call her domain, so why is she still causing terror?" Enigma said. "I'm not sure what she's hoping to accomplish gathering all those items either, for now it's not worth thinking about till we have more information," Mickey said. "Alright, I'll be sure to contact you if I find anything on my end… one more thing before you go through," Enigma said uneasy.

"Yes?" "Well… there were a few complications when we fought Albert, my mask came off during the fight," Enigma said. "Oh? The rest of the group doesn't know now do they?" Mickey asked.

"That's… not going to be a problem… I've decided to tell the others," Enigma said. "Really? That's great! What made you change your mind?" Mickey asked.

"Well, Albert said a few things and Sora and Kairi sort of gave me a little talk. I'm still not exactly comfortable talking about it, but with what's going on I suppose I ought to tell them everything. Get them ready for what's coming," Enigma said.

"Don't worry Enigma, everything will be fine you'll see. I have to go now, let me know how your friends take it," Mickey said hanging up.

"… friends… have they been my friends the whole time?" Enigma thought. Enigma looked at his mask as he was thinking.

(In the village)

"Thank you so much for helping my child," a middle aged woman said. "It was no trouble at all, now you take care of yourself little one," Aerith said kneeling down. "Okay, thank you," the little boy said as he and his mother left. "phew that's the last one," Aerith said. "Heh, you always were good with kids," Zack said. "Where should we stack these leftover beds?" Melody said carrying some of Aerith's medical supplies. "They can keep the beds, can you take those to the back of the shack?" Aerith said.

"Got it," Melody said. "So… now that's there's no trouble going on-," Aerith interrupted Zack by pressing her finger to his lips. "We'll talk later Zack, I need to work on some files," Aerith said. "Why not now? Besides no one's gonna notice a few missing files," Zack said. "Zack, I'm busy," Aerith said sternly.

"Oh come on Aeries you're not too busy that we can't talk, why do you keep avoiding me?" Zack said. "Zack... look I know what you're going to say and what you're going to asked, and we would never work out. We only went out together once, and it wasn't a very long date," Aerith said.

"It was interrupted give me a break I had no control over that, besides you remember how troubling times were back then," Zack said in defense. "Yes I do, they're still as troubling as they are now. So you should be able to understand why I don't think now's the time to start a relationship of any kind," Aerith said. "W-wait hold on, that's why you won't go out with me again?" Zack said. "Sure Zack, now will you please leave me alone?" Aerith asked.

"No not till I get 'you' to go out with 'me'," Zack said.

"sigh Zack I just said-." "Yeah I know, that's fine. But what about after all this?" "Wh-what?" Aerith said surprised.

"Yeah, after we're done fighting this witch or whatever she is, you won't have any reason to say no," Zack said sounding triumphant.

"I-Y-… n-no, I-." "What? Are you saying you were lying before? That you want to hurt my feelings?" Zack said sarcastically.

"grrr fine, I'll think about it," Aerith said annoyed.

"I'll take that as a yes," Zack said. "Fine, thin- YAWN excuse me. Think what you want," Aerith said. "You tired?" Zack asked. "Just a little, I've been working all night taking care of everyone," Aerith said. "Then take a break, no one's making you work. Like I said, no one cares about paperwork anyway," Zack said.

"I'm not going to- YAWN." "See, you're tired. Just take a nap," Zack said. "Zack I'm fine, just leave meAHH!" Zack suddenly picked Aerith up and threw her over his shoulder. "PUT ME DOWN!" Aerith said angrily banging her fist on Zack's back. "Nope, you keep telling people to take care of themselves but you need to take care of yourself as well," Zack said.

"ZACK!" Aerith yelled. Zack carried her to one of the leftover beds and gently placed her down, despite her violent protesting.

"Zack leave me alone!" Aerith said, she tried to get up but Zack pushed her back down by her shoulders. "Aerith stop, just take a break and rest a while," Zack said. "I don't have time for this Zack get off of me," Aerith tried to get up by Zack wouldn't let her. "Aeris, you're not getting off this bed till you take a nap and wake up later, so just get comfortable." "Zack move now, or else." "Or else what?" "Or I won't go on your date."

"… OH HO, so you WERE going to go out with me," Zack said smirking. "N-no I… ZACK just get off!" "Will you just relax!?" "What are you two doing?!" Riku said.

Aerith and Zack looked out at the door to see Riku staring at both of them, and then they noticed the position they were in. "R-Riku… we- we're not-," Aerith stuttered blushing dark red. "Never mind! Do what you want I'll come back later!" Riku said quickly leaving.

"Wait stop! We weren't doing anything!" Aerith tried to yell out. "So uh… you think he's going to say anything?" Zack asked. Aerith just looked at him angrily.

"Right, I'm going to go see if Melody needs any help."

(Back at the Castle)

"It is good to see you again Sora, as well as your friends," the Emperor said. Sora and everyone (Kairi, Riku, Donald, Goofy, Enigma, Melody, Aerith, and Zack) had all gathered together in the Emperor's throne room. "We and everyone here in China all owe you our lives for what you and your friends have done," the Emperor said.

"It was no trouble at all," Sora said. "We were happy to help," Aerith said. "While I don't think it may be enough to repay you for what you do I believe that I may have something that will help you," the Emperor motioned to one of his guards who approached Sora and handed him a summon charm. The image of the charm showed an image of what looked like a footprint with one large circle and three smaller circles at the top. The edges all around the foot print had cracks in it making the footprint look like it was made of stone.

"Thank you," Sora said. "Know that you and your friends are always welcome here, if you ever need anything do not hesitate to ask," the Emperor said.

(Outside the palace)

Everyone was heading out of the palace, heading for their respective ships.

"I still think we should have taken up his 'whatever we want' offer," Zack said. "I'm with Zack, we could have at least asked for food," Enigma said. "Food?" Melody asked. "It's a castle and Emperor so you know 'a meal fit for a king'. Honestly I'm sorta sick having to eat space food or whatever it is I have stored in the pantry," Enigma said.

"SORA!" Two people entered the castle walls. "Mulan! Shang!" Sora called out heading towards two. "Who are they?" Engima asked. "Friends of Sora's from their second adventure," Riku said. "Guy's it's great to see you again," Sora said.

"Likewise it's good to see you again," Mulan said. "So Sora's, how's life for one of my best soldiers. I see you have some more friends with you," Shang said. "Yeah let me introduce you to everyone," Sora said.

Unbeknownst to the group someone was watching them all from one of the towers as Sora and the group talked. "Hmph, Sora…" Azurith said.

It's …ucky char….bring it ba…me

"Grah!" Azurith held his head as an image of that seashell charm he saw kept coming into his mind. "Gahh, that girl. Who is she?" Azurith said.

(Back on the Gummi ship in the Rec room)

"Okay Okay Okay, I'm sorry, just calm down," Kairi said. "whimper whimper 'Rattle rattle'" Charmy went. "What is he a heartless or a dog?" Sora asked. "OK OK it's alright we won't leave you alone in the Ship anymore," Kairi said hugging the gumball machine. "rattle rattle rattle rattle."

"Alright, so now that Charmy has calmed down would you mind telling us Enigma? About everything?" Sora asked. "Right… where to begin," Engima said uneasy.

"Alright, first off I'm going to have to tell you a bit more about the Neo Organization. You remember back in Atlantica, when Saha told Sora that there are three ranks among the Neo organization?" Enigma asked, everyone nodded.

"Well here's how those ranks work, there's the lower class which we've all been fighting this whole time. They're the grunts of the entire Neo Organization," Enigma said. "OK, we're aware of that," Riku said.

"Then there are the second ranks, like Albert and Baroque. They're of a much stronger class than the lower ranks. The only way to be a part of that group is to either be really strong or smart. Nobodies in the second class are tough enough to go against you're Realization forms with ease even without that crystal heart of theirs," Enigma said. "Um Enigma, this is nice to know but what does all this have to do with anything about you?" Kairi asked.

"The final class of Nobodies… the Sins," Enigma stated. "Sins?" Sora asked.

"They're ten of the most terrible and powerful Nobodies in Maleficent's army. Their powers are unlike any normal Nobody, some of them aren't even in that class because of a tragedy that happened to them. They just had a great desire for power that made them strong," Enigma said.

"So… w-wait, how is it that you know all this?" Kairi asked.

"sigh… you see… those who are in the Sin class are given names, the first seven of the Neo Organization are all named after the deadly sins. Envy, Gluttony, Greed, Wrath, Lust, Sloth, and Pride. But… the last three are the strongest of all; a single one is a force capable of wiping out armies in a matter of seconds. They are Pestilence, Hunger, and Death," Enigma said. "Wait, just those three?" Riku questioned.

"Assuming that the last three are being named after the four Horsemen of Hell shouldn't there also be a…?" Kairi said.

"War," Sora said opening his eyes in realization.

"… yeah… I guess you can fit it all together from there. I used to be a part of Maleficent's Neo Organization," Enigma said.

Everyone stayed silent for a moment saying nothing as they just looked at Enigma. Sora was the first to break the silence. "Is that- is that why you know so much about everyone we've fought, and why you knew the memories of all the Neos that we defeated?" Sora asked.

"Yeah, being a part of the highest rank I knew a lot of things." "And is that why you were uneasy with letting us bring Melody with us?" Riku asked.

"Yeah, I thought she would recognize me, but since her memory was wiped by that Baroque guy I figured it was safe." "So you were once our enemy?" Donald said. "Gawsh no wonder the King didn't want us t pry about you," Goofy said. "Hold on… if you were a part of the Neo… then does that mean you're a Nobody?" Melody asked.

"No." "So… you were one, but you got your heart back?" Riku said. "It's complicated… I'm no longer a Nobody, but I'm… not the same person I was before," Enigma said.

"What do you mean?" Sora asked. "This body of mine… it's the same one I've had before I was a Nobody, but my heart… it's not mine so I'm something else," Enigma said.

"You're heart? So… you're … I don't get it," Sora said. "He was a Nobody and lost his heart, but he turned back into a human when he got a new heart so he's not what he was originally," Kairi said.

"She's right… since my heart and body aren't the same. Normally as you two know, when a Nobody regains their original heart they can turn back to their original self, but since this isn't my heart I'm not my original self. I'm something else," Enigma said.

"So… who's heart is it, if it's not yours?" Riku asked.

"I… I don't know, I'm still trying to figure it out," Enigma said.

"Well… gosh Enigma… this is kind of shocking to all of us," Sora said. "Kinda?" Riku said.

"Look I know it's shocking. It's why I didn't want to say anything for a while, or ever for that matter. So… what should I do now?" Enigma said.

"W-… What do you mean?" Sora asked. "Should I stay? Or go? I mean after finding all that out…" Enigma said. "Enigma, is that why you didn't want to tell us? Because you were afraid of how we would all react?" Kairi asked.

"Well… yeah," Enigma said. "Enigma yes it's a shock and all, but do you really think we're going to tell you to leave?" Sora asked. "… so… you guys won't start hating me?" Enigma questioned. "Of course not," Kairi said. "We don't think you're dangerous at all," Goofy said. "Speak for yourself, I'm always worried he'll blow us up with his inventions," Donald said.

"I'm sure Donald meant to say he won't be worried about what you said, none of us will Enigma," Riku said.

"Wow… thanks guys… this is a really big relief for me," Enigma said. "I'm still mad at you for the leg stunt," Kairi said. "Yeah fine, I'm not going to stop doing things like that though."


Kisdota: Alright, I'm tired of this, good night and please review, YAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA