Hello fellow readers this Bob. You know what I'm here for! To entertain you in another exciting episode of Kingdom Hearts Legacy of Hearts! Last chapter was very intense and complicated if I say so my self… but a lot of secrets were revealed. But you know there is always something else about to happen just when things settle down. Any way enough talking and let's get on with the next chapter! And a reminder I don't own Kingdom Hearts.

Chapter 7 – Chain of Events

SLASH! The gigantic Heartless king fell to his knees as Sora took the last attack making sure it was defeated. The doors to the city begin to open. They looked at each other and jumped out of the old dusty city together. The next thing they noticed was that they were flying through dimensions with out a gummy ship. "AHHHHH!" they all screamed as they fell at extremely fast speed.

THUD! Sora hit the ground hard and his whole world started to spin quickly around him. He was sore all over his body and surrounded by different colored rays of light. He attempted to stand up but knelt back down and held his stomach in pain. "I must've fell a long way.." He looked around for Kairi and Zack, Nothing. "Not again…" he thought. This time he used all his energy to stand up and keep his balance. His head was throbbing and he could feel blood dripping slowly down his forehead. He with drew his Keyblade unaware of what threats were near and what they were planning to attempt. "No need for that here…. For the door is already locked." Sora spun around quickly. "Who said that?" he exclaimed. Areies then appeared before him. "Welcome to The Enchantment Portal Sora… never thought I'd see you here." Sora backed up a step. "Arieth? What are you doing here?" He asked. "I once use to travel here with my mother long ago. She smiled. You see I am an ancient…. other wise known as the Cetra. My people have been wiped out by the human race from witch world I came from. This is were we originally formed." She put her hands up and looked around. "This is my birth town. It is called the Promised Land, other wise known as the Enchantment Portal. Sora put his Keyblade up and let down his guard. "Oh I see.. He thought deeply. So when I was falling through dimensions I somehow fell into your world…" He sighed and scratched his head. "But I lost Zack and Kairi in the process…" Arieth looked at him with concern. "People were with you?" she asked curiously. Sora shook his head and began to scan the area. "Yeah…. you didn't happen to see them fall anywhere near by did you?" he responded back. She shrugged her shoulders. "I haven't seen anything out of the ordinary." She examined Sora's status and began to giggle. "You seem to be a little beat up… sure you don't wanna take a rest first? Sora then began to notice that he was exhausted when he thought about the situation. "Yeah I think I'll take your advice on that one..." He Yawned and followed her up stair way into a area blinded by light. Once he stepped through he noticed he was in front of a small brick house. The house had a red roof and was surrounded by flowers blooming vigorously. A old woman opened the door smiling as Sora and Areis approached the house. "Hello mom!" Areis said happily. She greeted her mother with a kiss and a hug and introduced Sora. "This is one of my friends his name is Sora.. He's the one that is helping protect the worlds just as Cloud, me, and the others did before." Sora thought about this. "Helped save the world? Was her world in jeopardy just as his was?" Sora waved and smiled. Her mother studied Sora's eyes closely. "You are troubled? Are you not boy?" Mother asked Suspiciously. Sora was caught off guard by this surprising question.

"Uhhh… well I've gotten separated from my friends and I was going to start looking for them…"Sora began."But I told him to rest here for a bit." Areis interrupted. Smiling brightly, Overruling the whole conversation. Mother stepped aside and let them both inside and Areis showed Sora upstairs to the vacant room. ?Once he had unpacked he decided he want to take a nap. "If you need anything just whistle." Areis reminded him. Sora smiled and she closed the door behind him. Sora laid his head on the pillow and his whole body sunk in the fluffy comfortable bed.

"Hm…. Didin't notice I was actually this tired. He began to turn drowsy and his eyes closed slowly." He continued to think to himself. "I hope Kairi and Zack are together… Kalstella is probably searching for all of us." A flashback appeared in his mind. How could Kalstella be Ansems daughter? Yeah… they show a family resistance… I'll give them that. He then realized that he was standing up looking out the window. "Ah!... How did I… ?" He shook his head and looked out the window. The moon was full shining so bright that Sora could see everything slightly easily. He began to think. "What am I doing resting here? Zack and Kairi could be in serious trouble…" He got up and packed his things. Once he had finished getting dressed he step out the door quietly. He noticed Areis sleeping soundly in her room and tipped toed down stairs slowly for the floor was squeaky. Once he was far away not to be heard he began to walk quickly to the door. He was stopped by Aries's mother. "And just where are you off to?" she asked curiously. "I was going to.." Sora began but she cut him off. "Just going to go and leave her like that Cloud boy did too huh?" Sora thought hard about this and linked the situation together. Aries and Cloud came from the same world. I don't anyone who's name is Cloud. And they both were to members who help save that big incident dealing with the meteor. "Those two use to know each other?" Sora asked mysteriously. Mother shook her head and laughed softly. But of course my boy.. "those two were something else, Him her, and his group of friends… god knows how many there was. She sighed." Then Areis died. Sora's eyes grew wide. "She died! I just finished talking to her!" Mother put her hands on her hips and looked up stairs. "It's a long complicated story son…", but Sora was curious. Well I have the time to listen he said.

Meanwhile

Zack woke up surprisingly by a bob in the head. He got up quickly then fell back down. His forehead was killing him. He covered his eyes as the blaring sun showed down on him. "Zack my boy, what have you gotten yourself into?" He looked around and scanned the area. He was on a beach. He looked down beside him and found the object that had hit him. He picked it up and stared at it dismayed. "What the hell is this?" It was a blue and white ball shape rugged, and disoriented but mostly the shape of a sphere. "Hey give me back my blitzball ya!" A kid called from behind him. Zack turned around "a blitz…what?" The kid looked at him and shook his head. "Wow I must of hit you pretty hard if you can't remember the best sport in the Spira." The kid responded. Zack looked up confusingly. "Hold on for a second…" He had to think and connect his thoughts. "I'm on the beach, I'm separated from Kairi and Sora, I have no idea where I am, and im talking to some chump who keeps talking about some sport called "Blitzball"." He looked up and examined the boy. He had orange hair, dark black eyes, looked around 5 and a half feet, couldn't be no older than 12 years old. "What's your name kid?" Zack asked enthusiastically. The boy scratched his head. "My name is none of your concern just call me Lou." Zack sighed. "Fine have it your way "Lou"." He responded.

He stood up and stretched his legs and his arms. "Ok so exactly where are we?" he asked. Lou's eyes practically came out of his head. "What's wrong with you man are you foreign to this land or something? This is no other than great city of Besaid." Zack blinked his eyes thoughtlessly. "Uh… ok.. am I suppose to be surprised or something?" Lou smacked his forehead. "Nevermind…. Dad always told me never to talk to people you find in the water." He said sarcastically. Zack's stomach growled loudly. He laughed to himself and rubbed his tummy. "Hey Lou my boy do you know where I can find some grub?" Zack asked excitingly. He smiled happily once Lou nodded his head and began to head down a trail with his blitzball held in his hands. "Now all I need to do is find Kairi and Sora and I'm set." He quickly began to run down the hill and follow Lou down the trail.

During that time

"Wake up Kairi….Kairi……..dammit Kairi Wake up!" Kairi shivered and quivered as she was splashed by a bucket of water. she quickly sat up straight and rubbed her eyes. "Ugh… what is it?" She waited for her eyes to come into focus. The scenery was dark and dim. Once her eyes were in tune she noticed someone standing up in front of her. She looked up slowly and strained her eyes to see who it was. "Heh heh heh… long time no see huh Kairi." She was amazed to see that the mysterious person happened to be Riku. "Riku! It's you!" she yelled enthusiastically. She got up and hugged him tightly. Riku's eyes began to water as he gasped for breath. "I see you still have that ferocious bear hugged pact down." He said wispily. "Whoops sorry about that." Kairi giggled. She then let him go and wiped the hair out the front of her eyes. "Where are we?" She asked curiously. She looked around and scratched her head. Riku's eyes then grew serious. "Were not in a safe place… we should keep moving." He said quickly. Kairi looked at him concerned. "What has you jumpy all of a sudden?" she asked. Riku shrugged his shoulders. "It's more of what I have foreseen that scares me." He said slowly. Kairi stared at him. "You had the dream too?" She asked curiously. Riku turned around. "What dream?" he responded. Kairi shook the thought out of her head quickly "Oh nevermind it's nothing." She said.

"Anyway our objective is to get out of this hellhole as soon as possible." Riku began. Kairi cut him off with her giggling. "Did I say something funny?" he asked. "When did you start talking like you're a sergeant or something." She said goofily. Riku shook his head. "No that's just how long you have been away from me." He said happily. He grabbed her in a headlock and played around with her hair. "Where's your bigheaded friend anyway?" he asked, Refraining to Sora. Kairi then remembered that she had gotten separated from him and Zack. She sighed deeply. "I don't know what happened to them, we got separated after we switched through worlds." She responded. Riku raised his eye brow. "Them? Who else is with you two?" he asked mysteriously. "He's a friend we met along the way. She replied. His name is…." Kairi was cut off. At that moment a loud rumble was heard far off in the distance. Then the sound began to increase and the dimness of the mysterious area grew darker. "Looks like those bastards haven't had enough." Riku said tiredly. He withdrew his Keyblade. "You up for some combat action?" he smiled. Kairi closed her eyes and shook her head then withdrew her keyblade also. "Like I got a choice …" she replied.

Once Mother had told Sora the story about Aries, which was the plot of Final Fantasy 7. She asked him what he was trying to accomplish. Sora scratched his head. "Well I'm in a sort of sticky situation." He sighed and began to pace around the room with his hand on the back of his head. He continued. "To make a long story short I have to save this world plus all the other worlds out there from being combined into this one world that is ran and filled by darkness." Mother looked at him exotically. "Well that sounds pretty serious." She responded. He shrugged. "After I found this keyblade every day has been pretty hectic…he said sarcastically. "I've gotten use to the fact and accepted my fate that there's never going to be a day when I rest easy." He finished.

At that moment Areis had started to come down stairs. "You are up already dear? You just went to sleep a little while ago." Mother said with concern in her voice. Areis yawned. "Yeah I feel great.. besides I still have to help Sora find his friends." Areis you know you can't leave the Promised Land what help will you do? His friends are most likely elsewhere." Mother replied. "Yeah well I'll show him to the exit. The Promised Land is vast and wide someone who doesn't know it well can get lost for hours easily." Aries said grabbing her rod stick." Mother sighed and put her hands on her hips. "Once you make up your mind to do something I never have a chance changing your mind do I?" she said meekly. Areis laughed and waved her long braided hair. "You always say get out of the house It's good for your health." She responded teasingly. She turned to Sora. "Are you all set to go?" Sora stood up and shook his head. "Yeah let's get going." He replied quickly.

Once they left Aries's house they began crossing a light stream full of multi colored fish of all different varieties. Sora looked up into the dim sky and yawned loudly. "I guess I was a little more tired than I thought.." He said sleepily. The sky resembled different shades of colors… sort of like the arctic lights. He looked at areis and thought. "She must love it here… it's so peaceful… No heartless no monsters… nothing but peace and serenity." She turned to him and smiled. "What is it…. something on my face?" she asked playfully. He choked up on his words looking for a excuse. "Oh no I was just day dreaming... sorry for staring." He coughed and rubbed his forehead. He was starting to feel a little weak.. He wondered if he was becoming ill.

"Does being here have a effect on people who aren't you…. Know… dead?"

Sora asked. She let out a little chuckle. "You don't have to worry about some weird side effect just from being here." She reassured him.

Once getting near the cross section between The Promised Land and The new world Sora was about to enter when he noticed Aries was fading away. "Hey Areis look at your arm your disappearing!" He pointed. Her figure was disoriented and very shadowy. "Don't worry that's just the effect of me being too close to the real world." She replied. "I'm afraid this will be as far as I am able to go with you." She ended slowly. Sora waved and smiled. "Thanks for helping me Areis I hope to see you again." He responded. He ran through the barrier and automatically felt the peacefulness and innocence of the promise land fade away as he entered this unknown world. Once through the portal he noticed it was extremely cold. He looked around and figured out why. He was on top of a huge mountain. "Great…. just great." He said flatly. He took a couple of steps and lost his balance. "Whoa!" He stabilized himself just in time. He had gotten lucky in front of him was a Gigantic crater. No less of 300 feet deep and 200 feet wide. Sora's heart was pumping out his stomach. He wiped some sweat off his face. "How am I sweating in this kind of weather?" He thought. He had no time to worry about that he needed to find Kairi and Zack. He knew Zack could take care of himself. He wondered if Kiari was alright….."

At that time

BAM! A heartless rotated into the darkness as Kairi slashed him back with her Lady Luck keyblade. "Man, where did all these heartless appear from!" Riku said in disgust as he slashed through multiple black figures with yellow eyes. "They must have got reinforcements… there wasn't half as much of these guys as there was last time!" He said angrily. Two winged heartless slashed him at the same time crossing each other leaving a huge X on his stomach. Riku yelled in pain as he flew back into darkness. "Riku Are you ok!" Kairi yelled out worriedly as she tried to make it over to him and give him some medical aid. He jumped back up off his back and landed on his feet. "I've had about enough of this…" he achieved to whisper out clenched teeth. As more heartless attempted to strike at him he balled up and red auroras begin to shine around him. Next he unleashed his energy and performed a move Kairi had never seen before. "BLAZING TEMPEST!" He yelled out ecstatically. At that point red wings sprouted out his back and his keyblade turned into flames. Next he started to revolve and rotate continuously sucking in the heartless. He spun faster and more vividly creating a blur of red and black. He was a human fire cyclone. Kairi stared at him with wide eyes amazed at the sight. He began moving around sucking up more darkness with each rotation sending out red flashes as the heartless flew out the tornado in flames. Kairi couldn't see how that was possible. She didn't even think Sora could pull something like that off. Next the cyclone ceased and Riku fell on his back quickly.

Kairi ran over to him hastily. "Riku are you alright?" she exclaimed. His face seemed ditzy for a second, but then his peculiar cocky smug came back on his face. "Yeah I'm alright just got a little dizzy that's all. He replied as he stood up. But now is not the time…" he finished seriously. How are going to get out of here! There is no way out!" Kiari said cowardly. Riku smiled and laughed. "Come on Kairi you think im some amateur.. I think I know the perfect way out of this death trap." She turned to him surprised. "But I'm going to need your help… he continued." She nodded her head. "First I need you to stand 2 feet across from me. Next I need you to copy the inscriptions I write in the ground." "She shook her head and moved to her designated position. Riku began to scrape his Keyblade against the dark floor making adhesive looking symbols. Kairi then began to do the same copying the symbols identically opposing 2 feet from him. As they drew the symbols more heartless were arriving to finish them off. "Hurry we must finish before were interrupted!" Riku exclaimed loudly. Once he made the last inscription the symbols began to light up. "All right I'm done!" Kairi confirmed shortly after. Riku smiled. "Great… let's do this." He stabbed his Keyblade into the ground and chanted out "In the depths of danger do are souls evadingly drape, By the power of the Keyblades unleash an escape!" All of a sudden a huge light began to sprout out of the symbols then a door formed in the middle of it. The heartless were inches away getting closer by the second. "Hurry lets get out of here!" Riku yelled to Kairi motioning her through the door. She ran and jumped through and he dived in after her.

Well fellow readers there goes another chapter down. Oh Yeah! I'm feeling good right now! This chapter was mostly a lead up chapter so if you weren't feeling it no worry's chapter eight is sure to have you smiling. But any way if you have any comments or any idea's you know there is only one way to tell me. R E V I E W. You know you want to ;) Lol Well anyway this chapter u found out a lot about areis and cloud, Riku's back in action, and Zack is stuck in Spira with no idea what's going on. Well we will have to wait and see what happens next. Well any way until next time…..