Chapter 3: Darkness Overcomes

DON"T OWN FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST Or KINGDOM HEARTS

"AIEE! Who the heck are you?" Sora exclaimed, pointing his finger at Ed.

"Crap, I've been caught!" thought Ed. "I got to think of something quick..." he pondered. "I'm from... a place far away! I, sorta got lost and--"

Sora's eyes widened, "Wait, you're from another world?" He shouted.

"Uh... you can say that." Ed said while scratching the back of his head. "Anyway, do you know a way I can get out of here?"

"...Don't leave! Can you just stay for a day? I'm sure my friends are interested in hearing about your world!" He smiled.

"My world? What the heck..." He wondered. "Maybe I'm very far away from home. I guess it won't hurt to stay here a day. It's almost sunset anyway. I'm going to need my rest. Tonight is perfect to look for Al.."

"Okay, sure. I'll stay." Ed smirked.

Sora felt excited to hear everything about his world. He always were the curious type, besides Riku anyway.

"Cool, follow me!"

They both ran out of the musty cave and to the beach. Later on, Kairi, Tidus, Wakka, and Sephine gathered around Ed to hear about his world, or, his home. The introduced themselves, shared interests in every way possible. In some parts, Ed lied, but to keep some of his secrets locked in his heart. And he kept alchemy and the transmutation a secret, not to remember or live the painful memories of that day again. Ether way, they all became friends.

It was dusk, and very close to night. Every minute the sun slowly sleeps behind the orange ocean. The noises of the birds started to die down. Only thing to hear was the breezy wind blowing though the trees, and the water crash against the sand. Kairi and Sora sits at the peak, wondering about worlds the lie ahead of them.

"I can't wait, till we set sail. It'll be great." Kairi says in a lowering voice.

Sora quickly stood up, blushing, "Well, it's time for bed. I gotta have enough energy for tomorrow." He stretched.

"Okay, I'll keep Ed at my house." She smiled.

"What? Wait a min-"

"It's okay Sora. I'll keep him." She skipped down the small wooded bridge. She turned and smiled. Then continued skipping.

sigh "There's no way I can say no..." he scratched his head.

"Make yourself at home!" Kairi said in a loving voice.

Her house was very neat. Three small rooms, and one bathroom. Although the house wasn't as advanced as his home were, he still felt comfortable.

"Heh, nice house. Are you sure I can stay here?"

"Of course! But don't get to attached to it. We're leaving tomorrow."

"Leaving?" Ed questioned, will hanging is red coat in the coat hanger. He did it carefully so Kairi won't see his metal limbs.

"Yes. Sora didn't tell you? We're sailing of to a new world. Exciting isn't it?"

"Eh... yeah."

"Anyway, I'm going to sleep now. You can sleep in that room over there."

"Okay, thanks."

They both enter their rooms, closing the door behind them.

It was about an hour later, Ed slowly snucked from his given room. Every step made a creaky sound, because the house was made of wood. He grabbed his jacket and put it on. After he successfully exited the house without waking her, he sighed and started his search once again. He checked in the tree house he was going to check earlier, but, Al wasn't there ether.

"Dammit. Al... where the hell are you? Is it possible he isn't here?"

The wind blew harder and harder, as if a storm was to come.

"That's weird, the weather suddenly changed. Maybe it's like that here. Anyway, I'm gonna have to search harder."

He jumped from the tree house the ground, landing on his two feet. He rose up slowly, scanning the island. No glimmer of a suit of armor anywhere. Ed sighed.

"Well, I'm not gonna find anything just sighing all that time. I have to find Al."

Started to walk across the sand, he happens to see Kairi, walking across as well.

"Kairi? I thought you were sleep." Ed quickly said, "I can explain, you see I-"

Kairi slowly turned to Ed. Her eyes were empty, the light has disappeared. His eyes widened. Memories quickly rushed though his head. His mother, dying, right in front of him. That look in Kairi's eyes remained him of that very day.

"Kai-" Ed stuttered. The word couldn't come from his mouth. Kairi continued walking. It seemed she was walking towards the secret place. But, before Ed could follow her, black creatures with yellow glowing eyes grown from the ground.

"What the hell?"

The sharp claws of the creature scratched the red coat, revealing the metal arm a little. "You little-" He tried to step on the black thing, but it seemed it wouldn't even touching it. He's foot was going through it.

"Damn. What the hell are these anyway? They can hurt me, but I can't hurt them! I gotta find a way out of here!" Ed said. He ran to the shack, luckily, there were no creatures there. While he was there, he was catching his breath.

"...Safe. For now, maybe."

"Where Kairi? I thought she was with you!" Sora said worriedly.

"Kairi's coming with us!" Riku shouted.

They were right outside the shack, down the small aisle of a wooded bridge, and the small little piece of land.

Riku looked up, "Once we got through, we may never come back. There's no turning back. I'm not of the darkness!"

"Riku..."

Suddenly, a black, purple, bluish portal appeared under Riku and Sora. Riku reached out his hand, claiming. While Sora, reaches for Riku hand with his own. Heartless were pulling them into the dark abyss. Sora blacked out, only to see himself falling though the darkness.

"It's... so dark... I can't see anything..."

A glimmer of light shined to Sora, finding himself at the islands once again, this time with a weapon in his hand, shaped like a key. "Riku-" He looked up, and no one was there. It wasn't to long, that he was by himself. The creatures kept him company. One by one, he attacked with all of his might at the creatures. It ether fell off the narrow bridge or obliterated about the blade. Ether way, he quickly made his way down the bridge, into the shack, where Ed rested.

"Ed!" Sora shouted.

Ed slowly rose up. "Sora. What's... going on here?"

"I don't know. But have you seen Kairi?"

Ed's eyes lowered to the ground. "..."

"Ed?"

"...She's in the cave."

"Okay, come on. We have to save her!"

It was a while to get to the Secret Place. It was nearly impossible to avoid the creatures. But they got there in time, not to hurt.

"You go ahead. I'll stay here." Ed said in a low voice. The memories had a large effect on him it seemed.

"Ed... what's gotten into you?" Sora shook his head, "Never mind, I'll go on, you can stay here if you want." He opened the door leading to Kairi, leading to the Secret Place.

He ran, as fast as he can, to get to Kairi. He found her, facing the door.

"Kairi!" He shouted. He was relived to find her.

She turned slowly, facing Sora, and reaching out her arm. "Sora..."

The door opened behind her, and the strong wind blowing from the door, making her lose her balance. She flew towards Sora. He opened his arms, getting ready to catch her. But instead, she disappears just as he touched him. "Kairi..."

Sora came flying from the door, back outside. Only to find a little left of his island. Ed was found looking up toward the sky, seeing a large portal above the little left of the island.

Sora ran up to him in shock, "Ed! What do you think is happing here?"

Edward stood looking at the portal, "I don't know. But that's our way out."

What?"

Ed turned away from Sora, and clapped his hands softly. He crouched down the her floor slowly, then pressed his hands on the dirt. "Hang on." He smirked.

"Eh?"

A bunch of rocks launched them into the portal, where the unknown lies...

TO BE CONTINUED...

A/N: Characters are a bit OOC, but... It's good I guess... oO I don't know... I became lazy that the end... DX Forgive me!
Hiromi