Chapter 11

Cid sighed as he walked to the Hollow Bastion library.

"What's wrong?" Leon asked when Cid entered the vast room.

"I just got word from Agrabah, Jasmine's been kidnaped. It also appears that some other princesses have vanished from various worlds."

"That's not good," Aerith said.

"Your damn straight it ain't good. Why would someone kidnap the princesses again?"

Before anyone could answer Yuffie appeared at the door out of breath and bleeding.

"Something...Waterway...attacked," she managed to choke out before collapsing against the door frame.

Leon was immediately by her side. He gently picked her up and carried her over to a chair.

"Go get a potion," he barked at Cid. "Now!"

Cid quickly ran out of the library and down to his gummyship, where he kept all of his potions.

"It will be alright," Leon said to Yuffie, stroking her hair.

Cloud and Aerith quietly stood watching .Tears filled Aerith's eyes and she struggled to keep them from falling. Cloud pulled her to him and held her tight. He then began to gently rock her back and fourth.

"She's going to be fine, everything will be ok," he soothed.

Just then Cid ran into the library, tossed the potion to Leon and ran back out.

"Where you going Cid?" Cloud yelled after him.

"I'll explain later," Cid yelled back.

Everyone stood there in bewilderment. Leon was the first to snap back into reality. He used the potion on Yuffie and moments later she was able to sit up.

Leon grabbed her hand and said, "I'm glad your alright, now try to explain what happened."

Cid quickly ran back down the stairs. He hoped what he saw was real and not a figment of his imagination. He could have sworn he saw that King Mickey guy's gummyship.
It wasn't a trick his mind played on him; it was real. Cid had just made it to the castle gates, when he saw the ship landing. The ship landed and out jumped Mickey, Goofy, Donald, Riku and Sora. Cid gaped at them.

"Did he get his memory back?" Cid asked pointing to Sora.

"No," King Mickey said regretfully,"we are here on other business. Kairi has been kidnaped and we believe shes being held here."

"Why here?"Cid asked.

"This is the place that the whole ordeal began."

Cid considered this. It was true Hollow Bastion was where Sora lost his memory.

"Come on, Yuffie was attacked in the waterway, that might be where Kairi is."

Leon listened carefully to Yuffie's story.

"I saw two figures and was about to draw my weaken, when one of them attacked from behind. I wasn't able to get a good look at them because they disappeared just then."

"You didn't see them at all?" Cloud asked.

"Well I know one of them had long silver hair."

Cloud considered this and then his face darkened and Aerith paled.

"Oh my god its-" She started and was then interrupted by the library doors bursting open revealing Cid, Donald, Goofy, Mickey, Riku and Sora.

The four people in the room stared at Sora, all wondering the same thing: Did Sora get his memory back? Mickey answered before they had a chance to ask.

"I know what you all are wondering and no Sora's memory has not returned. We are here on other matters. Kairi has been kidnaped and we beileve she is here."

"The waterway!"Yuffie gasped.

"What's in the waterway?" Goofy asked.

"Yuffie was attacked there," Leon explained.

"By what?"
"Two people. I couldn't see them because they stayed in the shadows."

"Those have to be the men who took Kairi!" Sora shouted. "Two men in black cloaks kidnaped her!"

"Then we'll go rescue her," Leon said rising.

He unsheathed his Gunblade and Cloud his Buster sword. They were ready for battle.