Chapter 11

The next morning the tired group woke up and started walking. Their new mission was to find the keyhole of this world and seal it. The only problem was no one knew were the keyhole was, but they trusted that Sora will guide them to it.

"Are you sure you know what you're doing?" Inuyasha asked Sora.

"Of course I do," Sora said. "The Keyblade has never let me down before." Sora held the Keyblade in this hand, the blade glinting in the morning sun.

"Inuyasha you must have more faith in Sora," Kagome said. "We will find the keyhole and stop the Heartless from destroying the world."

Three Heartless suddenly appeared in front of them. Each had a big blue, armored body and was holding a shield that looked like a lion. The eyes on the shield glowed. A ball of fire came at them, fired from one of the shields. The group dodged and jumped out of the way. The second Heartless let loose a stream of ice, which hit and froze Sango's foot.

"Sango!" Miroku said and with his staff hit the Heartless lion shield. The shield then lunged at him and bit him, knocking him back. Then the Heartless began approaching Sango. It let out a fire ball but was cut away by Inuyasha. Donald then used a stop spell, freezing the Heartless in place.

"How do we kill these things?" Kagome asked.

"Attack them from behind, that's their weakness." Sora said, who was already running behind one of the Heartless. He struck it a couple of times with his Keyblade and destroyed it. Goofy also ran behind another and rammed into it. Inuyasha ran and slashed his sword at the final Heartless but at the last moment it turned around and unleashed a fire ball right at him. He took the whole blast and went flying back.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome said and got out one of her enchanted arrows. She pulled it back in the bow and let it fly. It glowed, gathering up energy, and struck the Heartless shield, cracking it. Then the arrow continued into the Heartless and killed it.

Kagome ran to Inuyasha while Donald and Goofy went to help Sango and Miroku. Goofy helped lift Miroku up while Donald cast a healing spell on them and unfroze Sango.

"Where those Heartless?" Inuyasha asked as he got up.

"Yes, but a different kind of Heartless." Sora said.

"How many kinds are there?" Miroku asked.

"Many kinds," Sora said. "The ones we fought last night were Shadows, and these just now were Defenders."

Several more Heartless then appeared. Three appeared in the air, each having a bell shaped body, the black and red Heartless symbol on them. They each had six angel like wings and rang as they flew. Four other Heartless looked like floating magicians dressed in purple hats and cloaks. Each carried a staff in their hands. The final two Heartless also flew above them and had black, humanoid bodies, though they had no face, only eyes. The two carried huge serrated swords.

The angel winged Heartless attacked first, drawing their wings in on themselves and then releasing a gust of wind as they opened them again. One gust lifted Donald and Goofy high into the air while the others dodged again. Sango threw her boomerang at one of the angel winged Heartles. It struck one and destroyed it and on the way back hit one of the wizard Heartless. The remaining three wizard like Heartless then released a volley of fire balls at the group. Miroku let loose his windtunnel and sucked up the fire balls including one of the wizards. Inuyasha fired his wind scar at the huddled Heartless but the wizards disappeared before it hit and the angel winged Heartless protected themselves by covering their bodies with their wings.

Kagome fired an arrow at the dark humanoid Heartless but they proved too fast for her attack and dodged it. They then flew straight at her and slashed with their swords. Sora intercepted one sword and pushed it away with his Keyblade. He attack the Heartless and struck it but the Heartless attack with its sword again. It hit Sora and sent him reeling back a little. Inuyasha stopped the other Heartless before the blade even came close to Kagome. The Heartless was destroyed before it even knew it. Meanwhile Sora recovered from the attack and let out a string of attacks of his own, stopping the Heartless.
Goofy and Donald returned and stopped the last two angel winged Heartless before they could protect themselves. The other two magician Heartless rematerialized but were quickly dispatched by Sango's weapon. After the battle Sora identified the new Heartless. The ones with the angel wings were called Angel Stars, the magician ones as Wizards, and the last group as Invisibles.

"Do they always just appear like that?" Kagome asked.

"Yes so we have to be careful as we walk," Sora said. "But in each place we go their will only be a limited number of them."
Inuyasha suddenly picked up his ears. "Get out of the way!" He said as he pushed everyone away. The ground they had been standing on suddenly exploded.

"What was that?" Kagome asked as she got up. They were all surrounded by a cloud of dust.

"I think we're being attacked." Miroku said.

"Right you are." A voice said.

"I know that voice." Sora said. The dust cleared and all were able to see who was speaking. It was another boy, this one much taller than Sora but dressed similarly. He had silver-white hair.

"Riku." Sora said.

"That's right." Riku said. "Missed me?"

"What are you doing here Riku?" Sora demanded.

"Same as you, trying to stop the Heartless from destroying this world." Riku said.

"But you are working with the Heartless." Sora said.

"Yes, but this is a special case," Riku said. "There is a power in this world that can easily defeat the Heartless once and for all."

"What is it?" Sora asked.

"I'm not going to tell," Riku said. "But I'll give you a hint: that girl over there has what I need." He pointed to Kagome.

"Do you mean the jewel shards?" Sora said.

"Yes."

"I'll never let you take them." Sora said as he got his Keyblade back out.

"Me neither." Inuyasha said as he joined Sora.

"So you two are going to try to stop us?" Riku asked.

"Us?" Sora asked. Another explosion sent them flying away and brought up another cloud of dust. When it cleared another figure was standing next to Riku.

"Sesshomaru." Inuyasha said with a sneer. "Strange to see you working with someone. Why is that?"

"I will not let the Heartless destroy this world," Sesshomaru said. "But if anyone shall kill you it will be me."

"You do know that he is a human." Inuyasha told his older brother.

"Yes, but he is not a true human." Sesshomaru said.

"Enough talking," Riku said as he got his Souleater blade out. "Give us the jewel shards Sora."

"No, Riku." Sora said.

"Fine," Riku said. "Then die."