A/N: I'm starting my third fic, but first for Kingdom Hearts. If you people read my other work, I'll let you know that those are put on temporary hiatus… that is because I have a major writer's block, and I don't feel like writing for them now. So, to get over the writer's block for the two other fics, I decided to write a Kingdom Hearts/Dark Cloud 2 crossover! This fic will just be about those two games; no other anime's or games will be in this fic.

I have not beaten Kingdom Hearts yet, nor have I beaten Dark Cloud 2. This fic will progress as I begin to beat more of Dark Cloud 2 because I'm only on Chapter 3: The Sage Who Became A Star. There will be HUGE spoilers if you have not played either game. Also, I'm going to be adding a little romance between Max and Monica. To strengthen that, I will give them "anger moments", where they become enraged and powerful.

Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to Kingdom Hearts or Dark Cloud 2. Kingdom Hearts is owned by Square and Disney and Dark Cloud 2 is owned by Level 5. If, by request, Square or Level 5 does not want this on the Internet, I will remove all traces of it.

Timeline:

Kingdom Hearts – Right before End of the World.

Dark Cloud 2 – Beginning of Chapter 2: Resurrection of the Great Elder.

"Speech" "Thoughts" –Emphasis-

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Dark Hearts

PT 1 – New Friends

"So, ready to go in Monica?" Max asked his new companion, Monica.

They had recently met on the Blackstone One, fended off Flotsam, the clown, who was chasing them on his armed ATV. Flotsam had one of his goons driving it, while he bombarded the train with hail of machine gun fire. Max picked up the huge bombs that Cedric was passing out and hurtled them at the ATV. Some of them hit, and some of them missed. When Flotsam's armed ATV was destroyed; he was sent flying out of the car, landing on the train. He had a crazy grin on his face as he ripped off his top, revealing explosives.

"C'mon, throw another bomb at me, I dare ya," he taunted.

Then, by some mysterious force, a girl with messy red hair appeared, the girl from before. She threw off her disguise to reveal she was Monica! Flotsam was too stunned to move as she charged at him, sword ready. She quickly sliced off all the bombs, careful not to accidentally hit one of them. Monica took one swipe at him when all the bombs were safely disarmed, and this sent him flying off the train.

After this whole ordeal was over, the Blackstone One had to stop because of huge boulders blocking the path. To pass the time, Max and Monica went searching around in the lush forest nearby. Monica, recognizing the area, quickly concluded that they were near Sindain. She told Max about Jurak, and how he could help them in their quest.

You see, Monica was a girl from the future, going back in time to stop a foe that was distorting time, erasing history. Monica enlisted the help of Max to aid her. She also knew of a great elder, Jurak, who knew many things. But things were looking dim for our two young heroes.

The unnamed antagonist erased Jurak's origin point. Origin points are points in time that creates life for the future. It is like a flower. The flower's origin point is the seed. When someone plants the seed, that is the origin point. That action caused the seed to bloom. If you take away the seed, you take away the flower. This is much like the situation they have on their hands currently.

After finding the village of Sindain, they were not surprised to find nothing but one house, a Firbit's house. The legend goes that Firbit's can create anything natural, like trees, rivers, houses, you name it. They can also create things that are not natural, such as houses. The Firbit's agreed to help them in restoring the world, but there was one condition, they must help them as well. Conda, the Firbit leader, stated that there needed to be all 7 Firbit's to do the task, and 4 of them were missing. Conda also told them that they had to find a mysterious girl, Holly. They said that Holly, the mysterious woman, ventured into the Rainbow Butterfly Woods, and did not return. Conda sent his 4 best Firbit's as a search party to look for her, but they did not return as well. That was one year ago.

As they exited Sindain, Max got Cedric, the engineer, to repair Steve, the Ridepod. While Cedric was repairing Steve, Monica used what money they had to buy bread, water, and other survival tools.

Conda led them to what seemed to be large flowers. He raised his wand and the flowers suddenly un-growed, leaving a path to the Rainbow Butterfly Woods, where his companions were located.

"Yeah, let's go in," Monica agreed as they both ventured into the unknown, bracing for the worst.

One Day Earlier…

"YAWN!! How much time until we get there, Donald?" Sora asked while rubbing his eyes.

"We're about halfway there, and there doesn't seem to be any Heart-"

As if on cue, the alarm blared violently as they were struck with incoming fire. Sora was thrown off his feet, but was caught by Goofy who entered the bridge.

"Donald, you pilot the ship, Goofy, you take the smaller ships while I get the larger ones," Sora ordered.

They began to trade attacks, firing at one another. Though they were taking much damage, they appeared to be winning. Goofy targeted the remaining ship and let it fly. A volley of blue orbs flew at the small ship, obliterating it.

"Gawrsh, that was close," Goofy commented.

"Guys, we got bigger problems!" Donald yelled frantically because another much larger ship emerged.

"Evasi-"

Sora couldn't even finish his sentence. The large ship shot a huge blast towards them, enveloping the ship. The blast hurtled their ship far off course, sending them to a distant, uncharted world.

***

"Hunh, what?" Sora grunted as he woke up.

He took in his surroundings. He appeared to be in a forest… with monsters! Suddenly, a Skeleton Soldier swung his sharp sword down, aiming at Sora's head. Thinking quickly, he rolled out of the way and materialized his Keyblade, Ultima Weapon. The Skeleton Soldier got angry quickly, and proceeded to swing his sword widely. Sora expertly evaded all attacks, until he found an opening. The Skeleton Soldier left his mid-section open that screamed for an attack. Sora obeyed his instincts and impaled the Skeleton Soldier. Its eyes opened wide until the bones started to disconnect, disappearing in a flurry of beautiful colours.

"Now I have to go find Donald and Goofy," Sora said while running off in an arbitrary direction.

"Gawrsh, these things really are monsters, aren't they," Goofy said while rushing a Himmara plant, killing it instantly.

"Yeah, these things aren't even Heartless," Goofy answered while swinging his staff down on a ManEater. "Goofy, behind you!"

He looked behind him to see Skeleton Soldiers, about 5 of them, their swords coming down on his head.

"Yahh!" Sora's voice cried out.

Instantly, the numerous Skeleton Soldiers were destroyed, their bones disappearing.

"Sora!" Donald yelled to his friends.

"Hey guys, miss me?" Sora replied.

"Hey, do you guys know where we are?" Goofy suddenly interrupted.

"No," Sora answered dimly. "The big ship that attacked us sent us off course, and damaged the Gummi Ship. Only someone who knows mechanics like Cid can repair it."

"What!?" Donald yelled in shock.

"Calm down," Goofy said. "Maybe someone here IS good enough as Cid."

"Yeah, you're right!" Sora said.

"I think we better get to sleep down. It's pretty late, and we wouldn't want to be tired if we're going to be fighting monsters!" Donald commented.

Present Time

"So this is the Rainbow Butterfly Woods," Max said as he pushed a few branches out of the way.

"Yes," Monica replied. "We need to be careful, there are monsters lurking around here."

Suddenly, Monica heard a loud CRACK. She turned around to see a Skeleton Soldier's bones, lying in a heap. She looked up to Max who was twirling his Battle Wrench with a grin.

"Like that one?" Max questioned.

"Y-yes," she answered.

They traveled a few more yards to where they concluded leaded to the next floor of the forest. A tree guarded it. Monica swung her Long-Sword down on it, but the force sent her flying back… and into Max's arms. But that was not the only problem, it was Max's hands. They were in an… inappropriate place, namely her chest.

"T-thanks," Monica said with a blush evident on her face.

She pushed her self off his arms, her face red as a tomato. Luckily for her, Max did not notice her blush, as he was trying to avoid his face from being seen. He too as well, had a blush on his face. He had never been this close to another girl before, other than his mother. When Max first saw her on the train, her beauty and grace mesmerized him.

"What happened?" Max asked.

"I think we need a Fairy Saw," Monica replied while regaining her composure. "The tree seems to be magical, and it seems that only the Fairy Saw can cut it. I think that one of the monsters here have it."

So the duo walked along the path in silence, thoughts racing in their minds about the recent "incident". Suddenly, something gold glowed on Monica's arms. This caught Max's attention.

"What is that on your wrist?" Max questioned.

"Oh this? This allows me to shoot magic," Monica answered.

She demonstrated it with a fling of her wrist, and a ball of fire shot out and singed the ground in front of them. After the demonstration was over, they proceeded on the path, turning left on a fork. The path they took leaded to a clearing, containing many, many monsters. Skeleton soldiers surrounded them as Monica and Max raised their swords in defence. Himarra's and ManEater's situated themselves behind the Skeleton Soldiers, ready to shoot their toxins at them.

Max took the initiative as he raised his left hand up and shot a Skeleton Solider between the eyes with perfect accuracy. The location of the shot caused the Skeleton Soldier to disassemble and die. Looking at their fallen foe, the Skeleton Soldiers charged. Both Max and Monica were doing their best blocking all the attacks. A Skeleton Soldier came at Monica from the left, but she raised her sword and deflected it. Taking the momentary stun as an advantage, she twirled and cut his head off. She impaled the Skeleton Soldier behind her with gracefulness and expertise. Max was doing likely. Blocking attacks with his Battle Wrench and attacking, while picking some off with his gun. They were tiring, and they knew that. After fighting vigorously for minutes, but it seemed like hours to her, Monica dropped on one knee. A Skeleton Soldier from behind walked menacingly towards her, and sliced harshly at her back, causing her to scream out in pain. She dropped in agony, blood flowing freely.

All this seemed to take place in Max's mind very slowly. The sword slicing her flesh, the blood flowing, her screams of pain and agony, and finally her collapse. It was too much for him to bear, and something in his mind just snapped. It was like a twig being snapped by two hands.

"AHHHHHHHHHHH!" Max yelled while a faint, red aura glowed around him.

With unbelievable speed, Max charged at the one responsible for her pain and brought down his wrench hard down on its head, crushing the bones. He back-flipped and took out two more with his legs. Brining up his left hand, he quickly killed 5, and then proceeded to hack away at some more. More seemed to spawn. More came, it looked hopeless. They surrounded Max, but he was killing some, it was as if he was flying. His movements were so fast, he was like a blur. If he took down one, two more re-placed its fallen allie. Max's energy was dying, but he didn't care. He just wanted to kill everyone in sight.

***

"AHHHHHHHHHHH!"

"W-what was that?" Sora sat straight up in the makeshift sleeping bag.

The cry rang out again, this time louder.

"Donald! Goofy! Wake up, I think someone's in trouble," Sora desperately tried to wake them.

Yet another scream came, and it woke them up. They saw the look on Sora's face and they immediately knew what to do. Goofy grabbed his beloved shield, Save the King, while Donald grabbed the powerful staff, Save the Queen. The trio ran off towards to sound, hoping to be of assistance.

***

Max dropped on one knee, but continued to parry all attacks. Whatever chance he got, he took. He was exhausted, and he knew it. They continued to come, as if trying to overwhelm him. With one final swipe, he collapsed on the ground, accepting death.

"Heh… I never even got to visit another city," Max thought while smiling softly.

He closed his eyes, waiting for the final blow, but it never came. Instead, he heard the sword of metal clashing metal, and faint chantings. The temperature began to shift violently, from extremely hot, to extremely cold. He felt tingles in his body a few times, as if being lightly shocked. Max opened his eyes to see all of the Skeleton Soldiers converging on another spot, but they were slowly being killed.

Realizing the situation, he stood up, grabbing his right arm in pain. He looked towards his left to see a brown-haired kid, who was attacking the Skeleton Soldiers, Himarra's, and ManEater's with a… giant key? A Himarra was thrown over his head from his right. He turned his head sharply and saw a… giant dog? Well, the giant dog was holding a shield and was rushing the monsters, knocking them down and stomping them. He looked behind him, hoping he would see nothing weird, but instead he saw a… talking duck? Well, the duck was holding a staff, and he seemed to be controlling the elements. The monsters around them either froze, got burned badly, or was electrocuted. Some seemed to be frozen in time, not moving a muscle. He heard a faint word as Donald raised his wand against a large group of Himarra's. A black hole seemingly opened around them and they were crushed.

Soon, all the monsters, and these pitch-black ones as well were all destroyed. The strange trio, strange to him at least, rushed to him.

"Are you okay?" Sora asked the injured boy.

"Y-yeah, but can you help her?" Max pleaded.

"No sweat," Donald answered. He walked up to her, waved his staff around, and yelled the famous words "Curaga!"

Blue and green sparkles began to appear around her body as the wound closed up. She was still bloody though.

Her eyes opened suddenly, and she coughed up a bit of blood. She slowly sat up, but was quickly enveloped in a bear hug by Max. She returned the hug, but was shocked to see Max crying his eyes out.

"I'm so glad you're safe, Monica! I was so scared back then!" Max confessed, still bawling his eyes out.

"Don't worry, I'm here," Monica soothed. She looked up. "Were you the ones who saved me?"

"Yup!" Donald announced proudly.

"Thanks, but what magic did you use?" Monica asked.

"To let you know, we're not from this world," Sora answered.

"Not from out world!?" Max and Monica yelled in unison. "What do you mean?"

"Well, we're on a quest to stop the Heartless," Goofy replied.

"Heartless? You mean those black monsters?" Max asked.

"That's one of them," Sora said. "We were on our way to another world when we got shot down here. So far, all of the worlds have had a leader controlling the Heartless. Do you know anyone like that here?"

"Yes, but we do not know his name," Monica answered. "He went back in time and is slowly altering history as he sees fit. He is erasing origin points all over the world, causing time distortions."

"Well we're here to help," Donald said, offering a hand.

***

The group of 5 headed out of the forest and back to Blackstone One to get some rest. The whole day's ordeal was too much for the combat-rookies. Sora took this time to ask Cedric about the Gummi ship, Max suggested him.

"What do you have for me, sonny?" Cedric asked.

"We need you to repair our Gummi ship," Sora replied.

"Well where is it?" He questioned.

"It's in orbit, hold on, I'll get it," Sora answered.

Sora just suddenly disappeared into thin air. Suddenly, there seemed to be a shooting star in the sky, but it was actually the Gummi Ship. Sora expertly piloted it down, landing next to the Blackstone One, the words Defiant on the Gummi Ship glowing proudly.

"Here you go," Sora said while getting out.

"It's pretty big," commented Cedric.

"Yeah, but we have long flights, some take up to 48 hours," the brown-haired boy replied. "It's mainly our engines we're worried about."

"All right, I'll look over it, just get some rest," the engineer said while shooing Sora away.

***

"What's happening to me? Why was I so angry back then in the forest? Was it because of Monica… maybe it was seeing her being hurt. But that still doesn't explain what happened to me! I don't know why, but I got stronger and faster, and I wasn't acting on emotion, just instinct. I couldn't stop myself!

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Flashback

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Max had just killed the first wave of monsters. He had a sadistic smile on his face as he looked at Monica's fallen body. He raised his wrench above his head, ready to bring it down to kill Monica. He suddenly brought it down, but stopped, just mere inches away from her body. Suddenly, the sadistic and evil features on his face turned back to his caring, normal self. It kept switching back and fourth, like a pendulum. Sudden movement caused it to revert back to its evil features as it killed yet another monster. The second wave had begun…

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End Flashback

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What's happening to me? Why couldn't I stop myself! What caused that sudden emotion!?! Was it the image of her being hurt… was it that that caused me to go… berserk!?! Damn I'm exhausted, I better get some sleep." Ended Max's long thought.

Sadly, those images of seeing Monica hurt still haunted his mind. It gave him nightmares. The fact that he could not control his actions scared the hell out of him, and he was worried about what might happen next.

The Next Day

"Well, ready to go in guys?" Sora asked the new group.

"Yeah!" They chorused as they ran into the unknown.

The thoughts of going berserk still resided in Max's mind, but that was not the case now. The group passed the first floor because they already had access to the second floor. Who knows what dangers they may face? Who knows what enemies, or monsters, or even Heartless they may encounter. And what of this mysterious force that binds the Atlamillia?

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A/N: That took some time to write! If you read and don't review, that's stealing! Don't be a bad person and steal… Just to make sure you review, I want at LEAST 15 reviews for this chapter alone for me to continue. 15, no less!

I need some help with the formatting… It seems that whenever I center it, the damn thing never centers! What do I do? And did you see the cut from my A/N to the story? Notice how it doesn't go all the way? How the hell do I fix that?

03/15/03: Okay, so I guess 15 reviews is a bit too high. Despite my lack of reviews, I'll continue on. Expect the next chapter by late March, early April.

03/13/03: Expect PT 2 early May if I have enough time and enough ideas. If you have ideas for this fic, feel free to send.