A/N: Sorry about the long time between updates, but my family and I took a trip to South Dakota for ten days and I kind of had to pack and stuff... Anyway, here's Chappy 3 and stuff, please don't hate me!

"So," Mizu said, seating herself at the room's only table, "what the hell is going on?"

"How about we wait for your friend to wake up," Leon suggested. "I don't want to repeat myself either."

"Good luck," Mizu said with a snort. "That kid could sleap through an earthquake. But, y'know, I got plenty of time where my friends are concerned, so yeah, we can wait."

Leon and the girl exchanged looks again. The girl shook her head and shrugged, then turned her attention back to Sora. Mizu just watched them for a bit, then sighed.

"Well, so long as we're waiting," she said, "I'd like an introduction."

"I'm Yuffie," the girl said.

"That counts," Mizu said with a shrug. "My friends call me Kage."

"Nice to meet you, Kage," Yuffie said, then turned her attention back to the unconcious Sora again. "Come on, lazy bum. Wake up." Sora stirred a little and opened his eyes, sitting up. "You okay?" Yuffie asked, concerned.

"I guess," Sora muttered.

"Those creatures that attacked you are after the Keyblade," Yuffie explained. "But it's your heart they really want, becuase you wield the Keyblade."

"I'm so glad you're okay, Kairi," Sora said, apparently not having heard a word of what Yuffie said. Mizu burst out laughing.

"Kairi?" Yuffie asked. "Who are you talking about? I'm the great ninja Yuffie." By now Mizu had managed to compose herself, but offered yet another un-lady-like snort at the "great ninja" bit. Yuffie ignored her and turned to Leon, saying, "I think you might have overdone it, Squall."

"That's Leon," Leon replied absently.

"That must be some lump you got, Sora," Mizu said.

"Shadow!" Sora said, surprised to see Mizu. "What're you doing here?"

"Waiting for you to wake up so these two can explain what the heck's going on, that's what," Mizu said. "So, now you're up. Can you two please fill us in? Starting with the Keyblade?"

"The Keyblade..." Yuffie said, pacing. "Yeah, we had to get it away from you to shake off those creatures," she explained to him. "It turns out that's how they were tracking you."

"It was the only way to conceal your heart from them," Leon said. "But it won't work for long. Still, hard to believe that you of all people are the chosen one." Leon picked up the Keyblade from beside him as he spoke, then swung it in a side-armed arc, where it disappeared then reappeared in Sora's hands. "Well, I suppose beggars can't be choosers."

"Why don't you start making sense?" Sora snapped. "What's going on here?"

"I've been trying to get them to tell me that ever since they knocked you out cold," Mizu said with a grin at the offended look on Sora's face.

"Okay," Yuffie said, "you know there are many other worlds out there besides yours and this town, right?"

"Well," Sora said, but Mizu cut him off before he could continue.

"We guessed," she said. "Well, Riku did. He first started thinking about it the day Kairi showed up. My arrival kind of confirmed it. Something tells me this isn't supposed to be common knowledge. A bit like a secret, right?"

"They've been secret because they've never been connected," Leon said. "Until now. When the Heartless came, everything changed."

"The Heartless?" Sora asked.

"The ones who attacked you," Yuffie explained patiently, now sitting next to Sora, "you remember?"

"Those without hearts," Leon continued. "The darkness in people's hearts--that's what attracts them. And there is darkness within every heart."

"Hey," Yuffie asked, "have either of you ever heard of someone named Ansem?"

"Ansem?" Sora asked.

"The name sounds familiar, but..." Mizu said, shaking her head. "You have to remember, I have amnesia, so I couldn't say for sure. Why? What about him?"

"He was studying the Heartless," Leon explained. "He recorded his findings in a very detailed report."

"I'd like to see that," Mizu said. "Where is it?"

"It's pages are scattered everywhere," Yuffie said, almost sadly.

"Scattered?" Sora asked.

"What'd you do, Sora? Forget how to talk in whole sentances?" Mizu asked, earning a glare from Sora.

"To many worlds," Leon answered Sora, ignoring Mizu. "We think someone went to go find them, but there's something he needs first. A 'key' of some sort. Most likely, it's the Keyblade."

"So," Sora asked, holding up the Keyblade. "This is the key?"

"Exactly!" Yuffie said.

"The Heartless have great fear of the Keyblade," Leon explained. "That's why they'll keep coming after you, no matter what."

"Well, I didn't ask for this!" Sora said, almost angrily.

"The Keyblade chooses it's master," Yuffie said consolingly. "And it chose you."

"So tough luck," Leon said, leaning against the wall again.

"How did all this happen?" Sora asked. "I remember being in my room..." Suddenly, Sora jumped to his feet, shocked, and a little frightened. "Wait a minute! What happened to my home? My island? Riku! Kairi!"

"You know what?" Leon said, apologetically. "I really don't know."

A/N: Suspense... SUSPENSE! BEWARE THE SUSPENSE, BWAHAHAHA!

Teek: ((holds up a frying pan)) Mi-chan, can I borrow this?

Mizu: No, I'll do it. ((beans me with the Frying Pan Out of Hell)) SETTLE DOWN, BAKA ONA!

Me: ((lump)) Owie... T-T