Author's notice: As this is a sorta crossover story for Kingdom Hearts and Chrono Trigger, there will be a few points from Chrono Trigger in this chapter and others to come. For those who have never played Chrono Trigger, Zeal is a magical kingdom that which Rhian came from. It was destroyed in 12,000 BC by Lavos, an evil alien being. For more info, read my fanfiction "Dreams of Destiny" or better yet, play Chrono Trigger!

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Chapter 4

"Uh," said Rhian as she was tossed against the wall by a soldier Heartless. She tried to summon her staff to her side, but her energy was zapped. Her left hand was pinned to the side and she was trying to use her right to fend off attacks. The soldier walked forward, posing itself to steal her heart.

Rhian quickly kicked the soldier away, and used an ether to regain her strength. "Deluge!" she yelled, and a flood of water swept the Heartless away. She sat down to rest for a bit, only to see Kaden to emerge from the alley leading from the third district. He was wearing a black t-shirt with a dark red colored long sleeved shirt under it. He wore navy jeans and had a steel blade by his side.

She looked around, seeing if it was a trap. There was no one else about, except for a brown-haired person who she quickly dismissed as Sora. She walked toward him, hoping that he wouldn't mistake her as a Heartless once again.

"Hey! Kaden!" she yelled, to catch his attention.

"Oh, good," he said, "I thought that you had already become Heartless."

"No way!" Rhian said, "I have more than one trick up my sleeve."

She suddenly remembered something. That over-confident man, dressed in blue, had brown hair. They had said about there being two Dragon stones in Traverse Town.

"By the way, is this Traverse Town?" she asked to double check her suspisions. "Yep. All survivors who escape the Heartless when their world is destroyed usually end up here. Why?"

"Just wanted to make sure..." she said.

Rhian started to walk away, toward the blue clad man, to confront him.

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"So, Jastice, where are the stones of Water and Darkness?" asked the blue man. Jastice pointed over to where Kaden and Rhian were standing. "So, there's one... Where is the other one?"

Jastice transformed into the purple woman, and hit him on the head. "You dolt! Both of them are over there!"

"You mean, both of them were over there." he commented.

"Were? What do you--" she was cut off by Rhian.

"Oh, shut it! If I wanted to listen to someone listing the obvious, I would've never left my home!" Rhian snapped.

"The Stone of Water is within our grasp... Take it, you idiot," said the purple woman. The blue man lunged forward, but Rhian nimbly dodged him.

"What, I have the stone of Water?"

"Of course you do! What did you think it was, fried chicken?"

Rhian thought this over. "This is not the dragon stone. I may have Dragon magic, but this stone of mine is no part of a dragon. Its simply one of the elemental stones of Zeal."

"Zeal? What's that? Ah, never mind. Jastice, finish her and take her stone!"

"Yes," answered Jantice, transforming back into her Heartless self. "Prepare to be Heartless!"

Jastice formed into a shadow, and crept up on Rhian. She then formed into herself once again and kicked Rhian up against a wall. Rhian grunted but got up, only to be punched again. She tried to reach into her pocket, where her cards were, but Jastice forced Rhian to dodge when she sent a fireball toward her.

Rhian yelled, "Dragon Fire!" and sent a storming fireball toward Jastice. Jastice caught it, and threw it right back. Rhian dodged to the side, missing being barbecue by a few inches. While Rhian was distracted, Jastice called some more Heartless to help her. Rhian finally was able to pull out her cards and started to pull one out, only to have them knocked out by a soldier.

"Now, we can't be playing with fire, can we?" hissed Jastice in a babyish voice. "But of course, I can!" she cackled, starting to catch them on fire.

"I'm not going to let any of my nightmares come true! Glacier!" yelled Rhian, and a huge current of water swept over Jastice, putting out the fire of the cards. The water froze, captering Jastice and her minion Heartless in the flood, and then the frozen block of ice cracked, then shattered into a million pieces, destroying the Heartless. The cards flew back to Rhian's hand while Jastice got up.

Rhian fell to her knees, exhausted.

"Looks like this is the time..." hissed Jastice.

"Hmph. Maybe it's time for you to shut up," said someone from the shadows.

Kaden walked out, again with his sword in his hand. "Looks like you need some help," he said.

"I don't need help. I can survive by myself," said Rhian, struggling to get up.

"Are you sure about that?" Jastice snarled, and plunged her hand into Rhian's chest. Upon seeing this, Kaden lunged toward Jastice, but he was deflected by a shield that had formed around her.

"All your hopes, your dreams... engulfed in the eternal darkness," whispered Jastice, "Everything will be gone. You won't remember anything, or anyone."

"Strike Raid!" yelled someone, and a giant key slashed Jastice, and returned to their owner. Jastice took her hand out of Rhian's chest, nothing in it, and Rhian collapsed. Kaden rushed forward to administer a potion to her.

"You foolish boy! You will regret that!" Jastice yelled. Sora ran forward, followed by Donald and Goofy. He executed a few combos on Jastice, while Donald cast several Fira spells on her and Goofy slammed her with his shield.

"Grr..." Jastice growled, and shimmered, then disappeared.

Rhian got up, with some help from Kaden. "Why did you help us? This had nothing to do with you," she asked Sora.

"I guess... I can't help helping somebody in trouble. Anyway, the Heartless are everyone's problems," he answered.

"Its okay now. She's gone. Life will go on."

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"I can't believe you failed, Jastice!" cried the purple woman.

"Calm down, Yeluxe, it wasn't her fault. The Heartless are naturally afraid of the Keyblade. Nothing can change that."

"You talk too much, Renpa. She's an advanced Heartless. Jastice is built to resist attacks like that," said Yeluxe.

While the two were arguing, Jastice slithered away. "I will escape this curse, someday. I'll become human again, and help the others," she hissed, "Someday. Just for now, be loyal to Wequn, and search out this boy that Maleficent has."

She glided into the darkness, back into the hands of Wequn...

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Author's notes: Hmm... So Jastice doesn't like being Heartless. Well, in the next chapter, I plan on having Kaden meet two someones from his past, and Rhian read more into the Dragon stones and find out more about her powers. Maybe she'll find out who the next stones belong to...