Deep DivebrbrChapter 1: ConfusedbrbrIt was dark today...just like every other day. It was raining and I could hear the constant boom of thunder. I felt the raindrops crashing down on my cloak. I couldn't stop thinking about what happened on Destiny Island. I sat down near one of Midgar's towering buildings and leaned my head back. I've been running from the Heartless ever since it happened...brbr-----------------------------------------------------------brbr[Flashback]brbrCome on Riku!No! I'll stay and fight. You go.We go together!Just go!brbrI didn't know what to do but I knew he wasn't going to leave. I ran as fast as I could. I didn't want to just leave Riku to fight the Heartless by himself. I turned around to see what was happening. The number of Heartless just kept on growing and growing. I saw Riku still trying to fight them. He was getting tired. I saw him using a weapon I've never seen before. It looked like.. a key? He always used to talk about his weapon, Oblivion. I didn't know what it was and I've never seen it till now. He was fighting and fighting. We've trained since we were little. All the sudden.it happened. The Heartless covered Riku like a swarm of locusts. I had to help him.brbrNo! Go Khanh! Leave me!brbrI hesitated to run. I didn't know what to do. Damn it I couldn't just leave him here!brbrbrbrI knew it was too late. By the time I tried to yell back he was already gone.brbr[Flashback ended]brbr-----------------------------------------------------------brbrI escaped from Destiny Island and made it here to Midgar. This city was so huge. I couldn't believe it was empty. I don't know what happened to it. It was always quiet around. I don't really know why I came here. I came here expecting to find people that could help me. I found no one. I was in a foreign world now...and I knew everything wasn't going to just return to normal. The Heartless are still looking for me. I learned why they came to Destiny Island from a mysterious figure. They were after my keyblade, Synergy.brbr-----------------------------------------------------------brbr[Flashback]brbrThey want your keyblade,... the mysterious figure said.brbrWhat? What's a keyblade? I replied.brbrI looked at the key shaped weapon I was holding. It looked just like Riku's. It came to me when one of the Heartless was just about to kill me. It appeared in my hand out of thin air. I slashed the Heartless fiend and it vanished in an instant. This weapon had awesome power.brbrSynergy chose you...brbrHe was beginning to fade. I had so many questions to ask. What's a keyblade? Why did it choose me? What was the reason?brbrNo! Come back!brbrHe was already gone...brbr[Flashback ended]brbr-----------------------------------------------------------brbrI stood up quickly. I heard something. I walked calmly around one of the towering buildings. There was something dark coming out of the ground. I looked into its glowing eyes. Damn!!! The Heartless came. They rose out of the ground like little black ants. Those glowing eyes were just glaring at me. I was being surrounded. I knew I had to fight. I took out Synergy and got ready.brbrThey jumped after me one by one. I slashed and slashed. One leapt into the air and tried to surprise me. I jumped back and slashed it. I took a quick glance around me. There were too many! I couldn't even see the ground anymore. I knew I couldn't destroy all of them. I thought I was going to die. I just stood there. It felt like I was in shock. I probably was. I tried to get myself to move but I just couldn't. Another one jumped at me. It was so quick. I closed my eyes and was about to accept my fate.brbrbrbrWhat was that? I opened my eyes. The fiend was gone. I thought I was already dead. I looked around me. All I saw was Heartless looking up. I looked up on the roof of the skyscraper in front of me and saw a cloaked figure. I snapped out of my trance.brbrThe cloaked figure jumped off of the building and was diving at me at full speed. I could see that the person had two keyblades. How many people have these damn keyblades? He/she landed softly on the ground and stood next to me.brbrWe fought the Heartless. This person was a really good fighter. He/she wielded the keyblades with deadly proficiency. The person slashed and leapt into the air. I've never seen anyone fight like this. After destroying numerous Heartless we knew we had to retreat. I turned around and saw another cloaked figure near by. It looked like he was casting a spell or something. A wall of purple flame appeared behind me all the sudden. I called to the person that was helping me and we escaped. We kept on running. I looked behind me and saw nothing in the distance. I stopped.brbrWhy are you stopping? the person asked.brbrAfter a moment of silence I had to ask.brbrWho are you?brbrHe/she stood there for a while. The cloaked figure took his/her hood off slowly. I froze as the hood was pulled back. I saw a nice looking girl. She had really nice eyes. She seemed so happy. Damn it I need to worry about surviving right now. I tried to snap out of it. She finally answered.brbrName's Colleen, I was looking for my friends until I found you standing there surrounded by Heartless. You know you shouldn't just stand there when your life's on the line. I decided to give you some help hehe.brbrHer smile made her look really cute. I hate it when my mind trails off like that. I thanked her for helping me. I was still confused about how she would have two keyblades.brbrThanks for helping me. I'm Khanh.brbrShe smiled again.brbrSo you have one too? she asked.brbrbrbrShe pointed to my keyblade. It glowed a light blue. I held it up. She was asking about Synergy.brbrOh you mean Synergy?You're one of the chosen then...The chosen?brbrShe explained it all to me. How the chosen are destined to destroy the Heartless once and for all. She said she didn't understand how a person with some key could destroy the Heartless. It didn't really make sense to me either.brbrWhy did it choose me?I'm not really sure why. My parents used to tell me this story when I was little.brbrI was so confused. This didn't make any sense at all. Why would I be chosen to save the world from the Heartless? I'm nothing. I'm no hero. I remembered what Colleen said about looking for her friends.brbrHey come with me you can join me and my friends. Colleen said.brbrAre you sure? I'll just get in the way. I replied.brbrYes I'm sure. You can keep me company.brbrShe smiled when she said that. I could feel a strange kind of gentleness coming from it. I decided to go with her. Might as well have some company. I've been alone for so long it's driving me nuts. I kept on wondering about the keyblades. I was just following Colleen helping her find her friends. I had to ask about her keyblades.brbrSo you're one of the chosen also? I asked.brbrYup. Oathkeeper doesn't belong to me though.brbrShe took out one of the two keyblades she possessed. It glowed a bright red. I somehow felt connected to this keyblade. It didn't matter to me though.brbrWhom does it belong to?I'm not really sure but this cloaked guy came up to me saying that this keyblade belonged to 'him'.brbrShe shrugged. She insisted that we go find her friends so I started to follow her again. My cloak was getting heavy from the rain. I kept my head covered in my hood though. I didn't want to show my face. Every time Colleen tried to see under my hood I looked away. I didn't want her to know what I looked like. I felt really shy about it. Anyway we finally found one of her friends later in the outskirts of Midgar. Never knew I could walk so far. I guess thinking too much really makes you seem different heh. I was shocked. Did everyone wear cloaks or something? I laughed at the thought. She introduced me to them.brbrKhanh, this is Tina. Tina said.brbrI turned to Colleen.brbrSo where did she come from?She's a childhood friend. I'll explain later.brbrTina was a perky looking girl. She seemed really hyper right now. I started to laugh a bit. She seemed like a really nice person though. I wondered what we were going to do now. I sat down and started to think. I still wondered about why the keyblade chose me. After a moment of thinking I almost fell asleep.brbrHey! Wake up little boy! Colleen yelled.brbrWow did that really wake me up. Damn why did she have to wake me up now? I was just about to get some sleep for once. I stood up and towered over her.brbrLittle boy? I replied.brbrWe started to laugh a little. Never felt this happy before. I guess laughing is the only thing that kept her going.brbrSo what are we going to do now?We're going to the town of Bevelle.Is that where Tina came from?Yes that's her hometown. She decided to come help me on my adventure. She has really good magic skills.I can tell from the spell she cast back there. So tell me about all this. About the Heartless and how we are supposed to stop them.I'll explain everything.The Heartless are beings born from the darkness in people's hearts. All hearts are born from darkness and are destined to return to the darkness.What do you mean return to the darkness?That's where we are trying to get to. The World of Darkness. The keyblades we have are the only things that will get us there. In order to get to the World of Darkness we will have to unlock all the locks.I'm not sure what they are. The keyblades have the ability to lock the door that leads to the heart of each world. Multiple locks are scattered throughout this continent. In order to seal this world from the Heartless we'll need to lock all of them. The only way to do this is go to the World of Darkness and lock the door. There are legends about the keyblades. The legend says that the wielders will save the world, another says that they will bring chaos and ruin.I'm not sure I should be going along with this.Me saving the world? I really don't know. It's just so much trouble. How do we know this will even work? It's just a story remember.It's worth a try right? If we don't try we'll never know if it works.I don't know... I need to think for a while.brbrI started to walk away. She ran up to me.brbrSo you're just abandoning us?I'm sorry...brbrI never mentioned to her that Bevelle was also my hometown. I decided to go there for now. I needed to think about this. The Heartless took my friend, Riku, away. What if it takes her? I don't want that to happen. I walked away slowly and turned around to see what Colleen was doing. Her back was to me. I hope she wasn't mad at me. I continued walking. I had to go see my family...