I have transcended to an existence of only the Heart. I should have come back as a Heartless, but there is no sign of such a transformation.

My body has surely perished. However, I am different from other Heartless, keeping memories of before, and I have not taken on the form of a Heartless. It is clear that there are still many things to be studied.

In order to cross over to the dark side, which is not this world, you must go beyond the door of Kingdom Hearts, the place connected to the world's heart. The innermost part connected to the world's heart, the place connecting to the world of darkness. (I will record the details in another report...)

There are still so many unknown worlds.

The present world.

The world of darkness.

The world of light.

And, the world in-between.

Where does the true paradise lie, I wonder?

-Ansem

Report Page# 12

Sora read the report. Then he re-read it. After that he simply stared. He eventually looked up, slowly. Donald and Goofy were looking at him. But Donald shook himself and seemed to shrug the report's words away. "Okay. We didn't finish collecting the report pages. So what?" He asked, climbing into the cockpit of the gummi ship.

Sora didn't notice he was shaking his head. "I don't know Donald...I think that this means something. I mean, for two years, the Heartless had been gone. Now they are back. Somebody is giving ordinary people the power to control them, which means that they can probably control the Heartless themselves. And now the sudden appearance of a new Ansem report? It looks to be connected, somehow..."

"Maybe Sora's right Donald." Goofy said slowly. "They all started showing up together..." Donald didn't want to hear it though. He turned back to Sora. "I'll bet you 100 Munny balls that its all coincidence. Ansem has nothing to do with this. We beat him two years ago!"

"You're on!" Sora yelled back. It can't be coincidence. It all fits. Something's going on. Who's behind the Heartless? Sora wondered as he climbed into his seat. The Gummi ship started to rock slowly, indicating that it was booting up its engines. Donald closed the cockpit window and soon they were once again rocketing away into the sky.

BHK slept quietly in his chair, while Kairi was scrolling down through their Gummi Ship's menu. BHK had locked the Gummi ship into a new configuration, so that it actually spoke instead of typing itself across a screen. And, of course, BHK had set the voice to some soft, woman's voice that sounded as if she was constantly trying to seduce her listener. It was getting old fast, at least for Kairi.

BHK had password-locked the voice setting, however from Kairi's screen, she could apparently change the "attitude" of it. She scrolled through millions of phrases, dragging and dropping the ones that she liked. She set the phrases into the computer core, and locked it with her own password. BHK would have a very rude awakening.

That done, she continued through the main menu. "OH! Cool!" She exclaimed. Apparently, the ship had a radio-like feature, with hundreds of songs for each category. She pulled out some headphones from the dashboard and started to listen.

Kairi managed to keep this up uninterrupted for an hour (commercial free!) But eventually the computer broke into the station she was listening to. "Calling pilot. Calling BHK..." BHK didn't move, but kept right on sleeping. "YO!!" The computer screamed. BHK snorted and bolted upright, looking around. "Whass goin' on?" He asked, drowsily. Kairi sniggered.

"Good morning. We are now approaching a plethora of oncoming objects, mostly asteroids and meteors, however there also seems to be a mass of other Gummi ships heading towards us. Are you going to get off your lazy butt, or should I take care of it?"

BHK raised an inquiring eyebrow. Kairi was covering her mouth, giggling uncontrollably now. BHK shook his head and pinched the bridge of his nose. "Switch to manual piloting, and continue scan."

"As you wish, commander." The joysticks reappeared and BHK took a firm hold on them. "Hold on big boy," The computer said instantly. "Why don't you ease up a little bit there. The controls are very sensitive. If you wish to use a bear-hug grip like that, with these settings, go ahead, but you'll end up crashing into something before you can blink."

BHK gave Kairi a, "What-the hell-have-you-done?" Kind of look. Kairi started laughing again. A small beeping sound went off. "Those other ships are closing in on this vessel. We seem to be surrounded on all sides. Ten ships."

Now Kairi stopped laughing. This was getting serious now. "Computer" BHK said. "Adjust control settings accordingly to how I use the joysticks. Bring weapon systems online."

The turrets gave a slight rotation and the ship shifted to manual. The Heartless ships were still getting closer. It was going to be a little rough. Kairi strapped in her seat-belt.

BHK relaxed his grip on the joysticks slightly and slowed the engine. "There's a large asteroid field up ahead. We can use the asteroids for cover." BHK explained to Kairi. He moved the ship forward, keeping his eyes open.

As they maneuvered closer to a large asteroid, a rocket missed their ship by inches, but blowing the rock to smithereens. BHK swore and turned the engines to max. Three Heartless ships were within view now, firing upon BHK and Kairi. BHK did his best to avoid their blasters, however the rest of the confirmed ten ships, began firing too, instantly making evasion harder.

"Targeting system online!" BHK yelled, as a laser rushed past. "Targeting online." The computer responded. BHK immediately locked on and fired. The laser hit its target and destroyed the enemy ship.

Kairi yelled out as the ship was hit in the side by enemy fire. The ship rocked back and forth, but BHK kept it together and fired the standard guns. The blasters kept the enemy at bay as the computer locked onto another potential target.

BHK fired the laser. The Heartless ship was hit and erupted in a flash of light. The Heartless were down to eight now. BHK did a barrel roll, effectively dodging a large amount of oncoming lasers.

"The turrets are beginning to overheat!" Warned the computer. "Ease up!" BHK ignored the command and aimed toward another large asteroid. After taking a few rounds, the asteroid exploded, taking down two more Heartless ships within its blast radius.

But then they were hit again. And again after that. BHK fought to regain control of the ship and shot a laser toward another Heartless ship. This laser had not been guided or locked and the ship was hit in the side, but not destroyed. In retaliation, the Heartless fired two missiles.

BHK barely dodged the first one, but the second hit the ship hard. "Aagh!" BHK grunted. "Engine #2 is out of commission. Stabilizing wings have been severely damaged. Ship armor at 30 percent and dropping!" The computer reported.

The Gummi ship was spinning out of control. And a strange feeling came over Kairi. It was as if someone was pulling on her, trying to bring her somewhere. She heard BHK swear ahead of her.

"There's a world below us! We're caught in its gravity and the remaining engine doesn't have enough power to pull through!" BHK flipped some switches and punched a button. "The command system's frozen! There's nothing I can do. Kairi! Brace yourself for a crash landing!"

BHK pulled back hard on the joysticks, but to no avail. They were already tumbling through the world's stratosphere.

This surprised me. I said I'd cut back a little on the updates, but this chapter actually took a suprisingly large amount of time to finish. REVIEW!