Chapter 8

"Making a Hero"

At Manse's fortress….

"Kenzo, I have a job for you." Masne said from his desk. "I want you to watch this kid at the next world they go to. That will probably be the Coliseum. DO NOT attack them though. And take Joachim. I've given him some instructions as well. He knows what to do. Confusing into your enemies is always a good plan." Kenzo nodded and left the room. Masne stood up and walked to the window "Let's see how he reacts to seeing Joachim." He said, laughing to himself.

At the Coliseum….

"And this is where the Keyhole is." Sora said as he, Riku and Zach worked to move a big block. "Hercules, Phil, you guys mind if we use the Coliseum for a while? I'm going to test this new hero-in-training and whip him into shape."

In the arena….

"I'm just letting you guys know that I know I'm probably not going to win, what with you being a seasoned Hero. And also I started feeling real weird like 5 minutes ago." Zach said as he stretched. "Quit making excuses." Violet said as she walked to sit next to Dash and Kairi, laughing as she did so. ('My god, she's got a beautiful laugh' Zach thought 'Oh damn it. I think I'm falling for this girl. And I can't blame that damn fruit, 'cause I don't believe in that 'legendary power' crap.') "It will just be me right now. I will use the flat of my sword, obviously." Sora said.

Zach and Sora's fight begins….

Zach ran at Sora, dashing to the right at the last moment, avoiding Sora's first swing and clipping him on the back of the leg with the Keyblade in the process. Sora immediately turned and swung his sword, which Zach promptly deflected. Sora wasted no time, however, and swung again, scoring a hit on Zach's left arm.

And the fight raged on until….

Sora struck the Keyblade, sending it flying. Sora watched it land and said "Now what you want to do now is call the Keyblade back to you by uuhh…." stopping mid-sentence because Zach had just driven his elbow into Sora's stomach. Sora doubled over in unexpected pain and thus was unable to block or even see Zach slamming both of his hands, clenched into a hammer fist, on his neck, knocking him flat to the ground. "You sure fight dirty, Zach." Sora said as he got up, watching and seeing that Zach had already learned how to call the Keyblade back to him. "Well if it's fight dirty or die, I'll fight dirty thank you. Plus I don't believe that you should stop fighting just because you lose your weapon. Get a couple of surprise hits in, knock 'em down if ya can, and kick 'em a couple of times while they're down before getting your weapon. Gives ya the upper hand."

The sound of a man laughing and clapping filled the arena. "Well done, Keyblade master." Kenzo said as he and the smaller hooded figure next to him rose. "No, put your weapons away. We're not here to fight. Just observing." "Well, screw that." Zach said throwing his knife at Kenzo. The knife was caught by the hooded figure and quickly thrown back, landing at Zach's feet. "Oooookkkkaaaayyyy, you're obviously a lot better than that last guy." Zach said. "Joachim, do whatever Masne told you to do and let's go." Kenzo said to the hooded figure.

And so Joachim pulled back his hood….

"What the hell?" Riku said "He looks like Zach." "DON'T COMPARE ME TO THAT TRASH!" Joachim yelled. "I'm just going to show you why no one, especially not him, can defeat me and my father. I'll just Sync up my Heart with his and…" "AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" Zach screamed as he dropped to the floor, writhing in pain. "What are you doing to him?" Violet screamed. "Just attacking his Heart directly. It's really easy to do to him, because of our similarities. I feel sorry for you guys, being stuck with a defective prototype like him." Joachim responded. "That's enough Joachim. We're not supposed to kill him. Let's go." And so they left. "Are you okay, Zach?" Sora said as he helped Zach to his feet. "It felt like the whole universe was screwed up real small and nailed through every cell in my body. How the hell did he do that? And why does he look like me?" Zach said "Do we need to get you to a doctor?" Kairi asked "No, I'm fine. Let's just go to the next world."

At Masne's fortress….

"It worked just as you said, father." Joachim said. "Good." Masne replied, smirking as he did so.

Stay tuned for the next Chapter of

Kingdom Hearts Neo

Agrabah is the destination, where

Sora and Aladdin catch up

While Zach and Violet sort of have their first date

And a New Organization member named Lupine stirs up trouble

In

"A Whole New World"

Authors note: Artwork of Zach and Joachim will be up at sometime in the near future, so look for that.