A/N: Chppie 2, yaay! Other than that, I got nothin' to say. :P

When she had cried herself dry (which fortunately didn't take long), Mizu wiped her face off and decided to have a look around, if only to find somewhere that she could get a weapon of some kind. She walked out of the allyway and saw, to her astonishment, Leon leaning up against a wall, apparently waiting for someone. He saw her and politely looked away, back at the shop he had been staring at.

Mizu looked at the shop, too, and nearly gasped when Sora came out of it. Leon shoved himself off from the wall and walked towards Sora.

"They'll come at you out of nowhere," he said, making Sora jump.

"Who are you?" Sora demanded, pulling out some kind of weapon that could only possibly be the Keyblade.

"And they'll keep on coming at you," Leon continued, ignoring him, "so long as you continue to weild the Keyblade. "But why? Why would it choose a kid like you?"

"What's that supposed to mean?" Sora protested.

"Never mind," Leon said. "Now, let me see that Keyblade."

"What?" Sora yelped, dropping into a defensive-but-offensive position.

"All right then," Leon said, pulling out his Gunblade, "have it your way." Leon ran in and swiped his Gunblade at Sora in a huge over-hand arc, then side-armed, and continueing the pattern until Sora was knocked out.

"Now..." Sora was saying, "you're... gonna... You're gonna..." Sora hit the pavement with a dull thud.

"Oh, that's gonna leave a lump," Mizu muttered.

"Aw, you're slipping, Leon," said a girl coming in behind the man. Mizu felt a jolt of familiarity at seeing this girl's face, too, only stronger this time. Mizu backed away a step and pointed at the girl.

"Dear god, I know you too," she blurted.

"Leon," Yuffie said, staring at Mizu with an odd look on her face. "Who is she? She looks like the Munchkin..."

"You noticed it too?" Leon asked. "I thought it was just a trick of the light. Anyway," Leon knelt down next to Sora and picked up the Keyblade. "I went easy on him." Leon stood up again. "It looks like things are worse than we thought. A lot worse..."

"Can someone fill me in or are you gonna ignore me for the rest of your conversation?" Mizu asked tartly. Leon shook his head.

"Sorry, Kage, but I don't want to get you involved in this," he said. Mizu snorted.

"I'm already involved," she snapped. "Sora's my friend, and my other two friends are missing too. And I can't ignore the fact that the Keyblade just happened to show up in my friend's hands. You're including me whether you like it or not." She leveled a glare at both Leon and the girl, who looked at each other. Leon raised an eyebrow questioningly at the girl, who shook her head and said, "I dunno, Leon, this could get too dangerous for her to handle."

"I can handle anything you can throw at me," Mizu snapped.

"Really?" Leon asked, then attacked her. Mizu stepped out of his path and stuck her foot out to trip him up. Leon regained his balance quickly and rushed her again, but Mizu ran up close to him and grabbed his wrist, preventing him from attacking with his Gunblade at least temporarily. Leon backed down and glared at her, then sighed. "Fine, you pass."

"Good," Mizu said. "Now you gonna fill me in or what?"

"I suppose we should," Leon said. "But let's get somewhere a little more private, first. I don't want just anyone to hear this."

"I still say you're slipping," the girl said absently, looking at Sora.

"I went easy on him," Leon admitted, also looking at Sora. "Looks like things are worse than we thought. A lot worse..."

"Could someone fill me in PU-LEASE!" Mizu snapped.

"Fine," Leon said, picking up Sora and starting to walk away. "Follow me..."