Once again, I do not own Kingdom Hearts or Final Fantasy. I'm just having a little fun with their creations. *maniacal laugh*

Chapter 2

          It was a while later. Sasha had tried to figure out the passage of time, but with no watch or sun it was pretty much impossible. She had learned that the man's name was Sephiroth. He was moody and decisive, plagued by sudden outbursts of insanity. Whenever he was bored and had nothing else to do he'd start to harass her or say she needed to 'train' and then proceed to beat the crap out of her with that manic gleam in his eyes. She had quickly learned how to act at what times, and it kept her out of trouble most of the time. Unfortunately, he was the most unpredictable person she had ever met, and there were times that no matter what how she watched, she wouldn't be able to see what was coming.

          There came the day when she finally learned about him and what exactly he was doing in Limbo. It turned out he had died, and then came back, or was born and then died, and something about aliens or some things called 'Cetra'. Sasha got bored halfway through the explanation and just nodded her head at odd intervals to keep him talking. Then came a moment that she almost missed.

          "What?" She said quickly, interrupting Sephiroth. He shot her a dirty look for interrupting him and continued.

          "I said, with the help of the Heartless, I'll finally be able to achieve what I always wanted." He grinned ferally. "Only this time, it will be on a much grander scale."

          "What d'ya mean, grander scale?" Sasha was trying to dredge up whatever bits of information had sunk into her brain in the past few hours.

          "The Heartless will envelop all the worlds. They will be out there, fighting and conquering until they own everything. I, I will be here, training and honing my skills. And when the time comes, yes, when the time comes, I will go out and defeat them! Conquer them as they conquered the worlds!"

          Sasha edged away from him nervously as the flames of insanity grew brighter.

           "I will own the worlds! I will control what happens to them! I will be their master; they will be my slaves! I will become a god!" Sephiroth said, spreading his arms wide over his head as his feral grin turned maniacal.

          "And maybe you'll actually become sane!" Sasha said, smiling brightly.

          Stupid!, she hissed at herself silently as Sephiroth turned to her sharply, his eyes narrowing in vicious anger. She tried to back away quickly when she heard his growl, but his strides were much longer than hers and a wall had suddenly sprung up where before there was nothing. Sephiroth caught her tightly by the throat, making her sputter and choke, and lowered his head to look her straight in the eyes.

          "You…" he murmured, looking down deep into her eyes, suddenly becoming nice and sweet, "You will help me… you will, won't you?"

          Sasha nodded as vigorously as she could. She didn't want to help him, but she didn't want to die either. So she'd be indulging his lunatic ravings, that wouldn't be so bad, would it? Sephiroth released her, and she fell back, her wings fluttering and shuddering as she gasped, regaining her breath.

          "Good." Sephiroth started off, all business again. He stood next to her battle-axe, which she had left by another wall, and held his hand out over it. A glow emanated from his hand and touched the axe. The axe glowed pale blue for a moment, then the glow faded. "Now, you will be able to fight the Heartless with this weapon."

          "Aren't we supposed to be friends with them?" Sasha said, stepping up, gingerly rubbing her neck. He just gave her a look and continued speaking.

          "You will go to the worlds. Once there, you will proceed to find the 'Keybearer'." He pulled a stone out from his pocket, and with a quiet word it turned into an amulet. "Wear this, it will allow you to travel between Limbo and the other worlds. You will have to return here each time you want to travel to another world."

          "Who's this 'keybearer'?" Sasha asked, taking the amulet and slipping it around her neck.

          "This person holds the key to lock the worlds' hearts. This person is also the only thing that can stop the Heartless." Sephiroth picked up her axe and looked it over, but Sasha quickly pulled it out of his grasp and held it close, inspecting it herself. "The first place you'll be sent to is called Traverse Town. Once there, go to the Third District. There is a heartless there waiting for you. Once you defeat it, you'll get munny. Use that to equip yourself and get whatever you need. Then search the place for the Keybearer."

          "'kay…" Sasha muttered, "Um, what am I supposed to do when I find this… 'keybearer'?" Sasha asked, as the stone began to glow brightly around her neck. Sephiroth shrugged.

          "Kill him."

          The next moment Sasha found herself standing in front of a large building with the words "Accessory Shop" blazing in neon above the door. She was nearly blinded by the sharp contrast of Limbo's near-darkness and the signs bright lights, and still stunned by Sephiroth's casual words. Kill? She didn't kill. She helped, protected, yes, but kill? A living, thinking person?

          She was standing there, thinking to herself, when a yellow streak suddenly appeared in the corner of her eye and a big yellow hound-like dog crashed into her legs and knocked her onto her back, then took off again.

          Sasha lay there for a second, stunned, then started to push herself up off the ground.

          "Hey, dog, wait up!"

          Sasha was knocked back down again as someone tripped over her and landed hard on her. She stared at the sky angrily, and then looked to see who exactly it was. Blue eyes looked at her sheepishly from under spiky brown bangs, and she realized that it was a young boy who had tripped over her.

          "Uh, er… sorry about that." He got off her quickly, standing up and offering her a hand.

          She took it and pulled herself up, brushing off her pants and fluttering her wings to rearrange the feathers.

          "Its okay. My name's Sasha." She said friendlily, holding out her hand. The boy took a moment to respond, his eyes on her wings.

          "Uh… I'm Sora. Nice to meet you." He shook her hand energetically, still looking at her wings. He suddenly realized he was staring, and looked away quickly. She laughed.

          "Sasha, did you see a dog run by here?" Sora asked, looking at her face instead of her wings this time.

          "Yeah, the stupid thing knocked me over." She said, then pointed in the direction it had gone. "It went that way."

          "Thanks!" Sora said, starting off, then looked back at her, "Maybe we'll see each other again, huh? Nice meeting ya!"

          Sora rushed off in the direction that the dog had gone, and Sasha looked after him for a moment. Must be another person who lost their world, she decided. She turned back to look around, and decided to walk into the Accessory Shop and see if anyone in there knew where Third District was.

          Inside there was a gruff looking older man, smoking a cigarette and looking through a magazine. She could just make out the words "Gummi Accessories" on the front before he put it down.

          "Hey there. What can I help ya with?" The man said, looking her over. His gaze paused, as it did the boy's, on her wings, but he looked her in the eyes while waiting for the answer.

          "Um, I was wondering if you could possibly tell me where the Third District is?" Sasha asked a little nervously. She felt out of place, with her wings and all. The only other person who had feathers was Sephiroth, and look at him.

          "Sure can, but I warn ya, the entire place is crawling with Heartless," he said, glancing at the battle axe she had hanging at her side, " But you look pretty well-prepared. Now, this here's the First District. Ya gotta go all the way through the Second district before you get to the Third District, obviously. Just look for them big doors, they're the passages to the next district, ok?"

          "Okay. Thanks much, Mister," she said happily. This wasn't that difficult.

          "Argh, don't call me that, makes me sound old. Just call me Cid. If ya ever need anything, don't be afraid to ask," he said.

          "Thanks… Cid," Sasha grinned, then headed back out the door.

This was nice. These people were nice. This was a nice place, she thought. Then she stepped through the door to the Second District and was nearly smothered by a cloud of black with dozens of pairs of bright yellow eyes.

"AHHHH!!"

Sasha wasn't one to freak out. Sasha wasn't one to explode. Being surrounded by dozens of little black bodies with cold claws and freaky eyes, though, was not something she had ever been prepared to face. She whipped out her axe and started swinging for all she was worth. Multitudes of tiny scratches appeared on her arms as the Heartless were pushed away from her by the singing blade. Her skin was going numb, cold, and she gritted her teeth against it. She had managed to knock back a rather large amount of the Heartless, and swinging her axe out of the way, she thrust her hand forward and shot out a blast of fire, incinerating the Heartless that had escaped from her blade.

She took a moment to catch her breath and curse the Heartless, then continued. Instead of taking the long way and walking around to the stairs, she hopped the top level to the bottom one and ran across the courtyard, hoping that other Heartless wouldn't appear. Alas, they did; right in front of her, in fact.

She fell heavily on her butt, and looked up, dazed, at the big belly of a type of Heartless she had never seen before. There was a chattering behind her, and she snapped back to attention, jumping up and out of the way as the big Heartless charged forward, intending to stomp her. She dodged to the side and attacked it from behind, knocking it forward onto another little Heartless that squeaked as it was crushed out of existence. Without looking back, she jumped over the line of little Heartless that was advancing on her and took off running for the other end. She noticed a black glow beginning, and thought that maybe it was a sign that a Heartless would appear. She jumped up and flapped her wings, and sure enough, another big, fat Heartless appeared at the spot. Flapping her wings steadily, she flew around a corner at the end of the courtyard and down a long narrow hallway, Heartless appearing almost everywhere. Finally, she saw the large double doors, and without pausing for breath she landed and pushed through them, and entered the Third District.

She leaned back against the heavy doors, taking a moment to catch her breath. This was crazy. She wanted to go home, just to get away from this stupid place. This place was definitely not nice! She was raging through her thoughts, and it took her a few seconds to notice the heavy breathing, the hot and moist breath that was blowing against her face. She looked up cautiously, into the face of an evil looking canine. It stood taller than her, the top of her head just reaching its chin. It was entirely black, with glowing red eyes and red stripes down its back. Two bat-like wings jutted sharply, irregularly out of its back, and its tail was long, thin, serpentine, with a sharp point on the end. Its mouth was half open, its silver-white teeth glistening in the half-light of the few electric lamps. It growled softly.

I've been waiting for you.

Sasha blinked, and it took her a moment before she realized that it was the dog that was talking to her.

Come, girl. Let us dance.

With those words it lunged forward, and she barely managed to dodge to the left. Its teeth grazed her right wing, and pulled both wings closed with an audible snap. Her actions had been so energetic that the bones had hit against one another as the wings closed. She rolled right under the dog as it turned to try to face her, and jumped up on the other side. She brought her axe up, but the dog dodged, and the blade only cut a few hairs.

"Shit!" she hissed, and tried to jump out of the way of the dogs lunging jaws.

The dog was very agile for a creature its size, and managed to dive and grab her by her leg. It spun around and tossed her over the little balcony, and she landed with a hard thump on the ground below. The dog growled as it jumped down after her, and she shakily rolled away from its sharp claws. She sprang up, her wings spread wide and fluttering to help her balance, and faced the dog again.

Her leg hurt badly, the numbness spreading from her ankle to her knee, and she had a hard time standing. The next moment the dog attacked, and she jumped up with her good leg, beating her wings rapidly to get into the air. The dog rebounded; it turned to face her and she dove down, this time slicing across its face. It howled in pain, then turned after her, one eye gushing what seemed to be an oily substance, the other glowing a brighter red than before. It pulled back its head, then thrust it at her, and icy winds assailed her.
          She frantically tried to stay in the air, but her feathers iced over and she plummeted down. She managed to twist, and landed a bit better than the first time. Now, though, she was getting mad. Electricity began dancing overt the frozen feathers, and she pointed the axe at the dog. The two stared each other down, then the dog charged with a roar. She flung her axe at it, and it turned over and over in the air. One of the blades connected with the dog's head, embedding itself deep in the side of its face. The dog continued forward, oily blood pouring out of its jaws, eye gleaming madly. Sasha raised her hands to the heavens, electricity dancing across her frame. She looked up, her wings spread, the glow brightening to almost white, then disappeared.

The dog's jaws snapped shut with a loud crack just where she had been standing. It pulled back, looking around in a confused sort of way. Whimpering a little, it blinked oily blood out of its good eye and tried to find her. Its wings twitched suddenly as it detected a strange energy. Where did it come from? Its head swung left and right, trying to detect it. What was that?! It stopped turning its head and gazed ahead. Up? It thought, and then turned its head skyward, just in time to meet the brilliant blue-white flash of descending lightning.

Sasha breathed a heavy sigh of relief, closing the doors that led from the Third District into the First. That was one hell of a fight, but she got her munny. There was a lot, over twenty thousand by her count. That made her very, very rich, she thought as she limped her way across the courtyard of First District and towards a sign that said "Item Shop". Just as she reached the middle she noticed a young man standing by the stairs, inspecting an interesting looking blade. She stopped for a moment, looking at him and his weapon, until he glanced up at her. She looked away hurriedly and continued onward, her wings fluttering from pain every other step. She felt the man's gaze follow her all the way to the Item Shop. She heaved a sigh as she entered the shop, almost running into a young lady in a pink dress.

"Oh, sorry." Sasha stepped aside quickly to keep from running into her.

"Its all right, its my fault. Too much of a hurry." The lady laughed as she hurried past and walked out the door.

"So, you wanna buy something?"

Sasha turned to see three young ducklings sitting in different areas of the room. At first she was a little shocked at seeing them, but it was over quickly. She limped up to the counter.

"Yeah, lets see, I'll take that…"

A half hour later she had the things she needed, and she by the steps, arranging everything. Not only had she bought potions, ethers, and elixirs, she had gotten some weapon enhancers, and Cid had sold her some good accessories, and also this backpack, that could hold as many things as you wanted to put into it, but would never change size.

Sasha strapped on the backpack, and stood up, testing her newly healed leg. She had only needed one potion to heal the minor wounds, but her leg had needed two. She straightened up headed to a dark corner of an alley, where she could use the amulet to beam back to Limbo. She sighed tiredly and touched the stone. In a flash she was gone.

We love insane Sephy! Yes we do! YES WE DO!!! ::pinching insane Sephy's cheeks::

Sephy: Stop! Leave me alone! ::tries to get away, trips over an innocent looking dog::

Sephy: STUPID DOG!!

Muahahahaaa! R&R please. Yes, there will be much meeting and much more funniness. And craziness. There's Insane Sephy, how could there NOT be craziness?!?!