what will happen now?

disclaimer~I don't own KH

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"Hello?" Sora peered around the square warily as he held Kairi gently, as she was still unconcious.

"I don't like this, Sora," Leon stated frankly from behind him. "Let's find Cid quick." Sora gave an

affermative nod and started towards the steps leading to the shop, noticing that there was not one soul about

save himself, Riku, the girls, Yuffie, Donald, Goofy, and Leon. It was somewhat creepy.

Yuffie stepped forward to open the doors for the rest of them, seeing as Sora and Riku's hands were full

at the moment. As she cracked the door, whisps of Darkness began to creep out slowly, but she failed to

notice them until she had swung the door wide. Their entry was blocked by a mountain of Darkness that seemed

to have filled up the room. In an involintary movement, Yuffie slammed the door shut again and leaned against

it, hypervenalating from the shock.

"Uh, I don't think he's in there," she wheezed.

"Look!" They turned to where Goofy pointed to see that pools of Darkness were slowly developing on the

cobblestones.

Sora assessed the situation and came up with a solution. "Run for the ship!" He tore off back across

the square with the rest of the party following as fast as was possible behind him. They rushed into the ship

and blasted out of Traverse Town even as the world around them fell into Darkness.

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They peered out of the bow of the Gummi ship as Traverse Town seemed to transform befor their eyes into

a glowing, revolving mass. "The end of a world.." Leon let his voice trail off.

"How could this have happened?" They turned to see Yuffie sitting in the back, her elbows rested on her

knees, hands clutching at her hair as though it would disappear next. Suddenly her face came up, glaring

daggers at him, her eyes burning. "You said you sealed that Keyhole! How could the Darkness have gotten in?

This is your fault! Ansem isn't dead, and it's all your fault!" She pointed an accusatory finger at Sora.

Sora looked as though she had slapped him for a moment, then hung his head in shame. "She's right," he

said. "It is my fault. We should have made sure we killed him! If there's still Darkness then Ansem is

alive!"

"No it's not," said Donald. "It's not yours at all. Even one heart containing Darkness can draw a

Heartless to a world. If even one citizen in Traverse Town had evil in their heart, the Heartless could

return. And with Ansem fueling the Darkness with his anger, it didn't take long for the Darkness to overrun

the place." Satisfied with his answer, Donald proposed a new plan. "We have to go find Ansem and defeat him,

once and for all!"

The interior of the Gummi ship grew silent for a few tense moments as they all watched Sora. Suddenly

his head popped up and he grinned. "You're right! Let's go stop Ansem! Who's with me?"

"I am!" Donald stepped forward and placed his hand over Sora's already outstretched one.

"Me too. We buds gotta stick together!" Goofy placed his hand over Donald's.

Leon nodded silently, putting his hand on top of the pile.

"Just like old times." Riku put his hand over the others, exchanging a smile with Sora.

Yuffie stepped forward, uncharacteristicly solem. "I'm with you guys. Let's kick Ansem's butt!"

Sora glanced over at Ria and Kairi, who were still unconcious in their seats. "I think they'd be happy

to help as well." The others nodded their agreement.

"Well then, who's driving," asked Riku innocently.

"Me of course!" Sora glared at him. "I'm the best pilot here!"

Donald and Goofy coughed loudly. Sora shot them a look too. "So I crashed us once or twice," Sora

objected. "That doesn't mean--"

Leon cut him off. "I'll drive."

And that settled that. Maybe things would turn out alright after all.

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well that's chapter 12.

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