Disclaimer: If I owned it, Kingdom hearts would just be a really big Yaoi fest, sadly I don't

Hm I hope you like this chapter It is the longet so far. Almost a thousnd words longer than the last one.

Chapter three: Everything comes together

Releasing Sora he looked in his eyes." Are you okay now?" He said Concern flashing in his eyes.

Sora looked up wiping remnants of tears from his eyes. Embarrassed he shook his head "I'll be okay. Do you think I'll every see any of my friends again, Ikiru? I need to know."

"You'll see them again, but I won't guarantee anything. But I have a feeling you'll be seeing Riku and Kairi very soon. In fact why don't we split up and look for them?" A small was smirk playing at his lips.

Sora nodded "We'll meet back here okay? See ya" He said waving Ikiru off.

Ikiru turned and walked off. Sora looked around. The town looked nothing like the Island. He looked at his surroundings. The only conclusion he could come up with was to enter the small shop behind him. It was as good a place to start as any.

A man turned to face him as soon as he entered the store. "Hey there how can I help…aw, it's only a kid." Disappointment evident in his voice.

"I'm not a kid. The name's Sora." He said offended

"Okay, okay simmer down. So why the long face, Sora? You lost or something?"

"No! Well, maybe. Where am I?" He asked reluctantly.

"Huh, maybe you should explain?"

So Sora told him everything. Where he lived, the shadows, Ikiru, and everything that came to mind. The look on the mans face said he knew more than he was telling. Suspicious, Sora decided to leave out the keyblade an d the strange dreams. After all, even he wasn't too sure about those.

"So this is Traverse Town. So gramps I'm really in another world?"

"Don't call me gramps! The mane is Cid. Not sure what you're talking about but this sure ain't your Island."

"Guess I'll look somewhere else for Riku." He said spinning to leave.

"If you run into trouble come back here. I'll look out for you." Cid said.

Sora sighed and left to start looking in another of town.

With Ikiru

From his perch on a roof of Traverse Town he could see everything clearly. Neither Riku nor Kairi were there. Riku ended up most likely in a different world and Kairi, he couldn't explain. She had lost her heart yet he couldn't feel it in the darkness.

However two of the King Mickey's servants were there. They were desperately searching for the key. Sora's key. Thoughts of Ikiru's past flicked into his head. Why did Sora have to look so much like HIM?

He sensed the familiar sound of Ansem laughing. Twirling around he came face to face with Ansem who wasn't hiding behind his hood. 'How bold of him' Ikiru thought

"Ikiru, how are you?" Ansem smiled falsely. Why the man pretended he could feel was beyond Ikiru.

Ikiru smirked up at the taller man. With a playful contempt in his eyes he said "Why Ansem, I do believe you are breaking the rules to our little game?"

"How ever do you mean?" Ansem smirked. Aggravating the other boy was too much fun.

"What do I mean!" He hissed playfulness gone. "I mean that in the last 48 hours alone you have broken almost every rule we made! You came to the islands, you talked to Riku AND Sora, and you had the heartless attack Kairi and the other citizens of Destiny Island and you personally saw to it that the Islands were destroyed!"

He was furious. "If anything had happened to Sora, I would have killed you myself! Do not tempt me Ansem. Do not."

"Who are you to threaten me? I am Ansem, Seeker of darkness! I have nothing to fear from you!" Ansem spat. His playful smile was gone, replaced by a visage of fury.

"You may seek the darkness all you want! But know this, while you seek the darkness I am what the darkness is made of!" With that he turned to walk away when Ansem grabbed his shoulder.

Ansem heard the soft chink of a key and before he knew it had a keyblade pointed at his throat. "How is this possible?" The heart shaped handle running up it the deadly blade. It was a soft shade of blue mixed with silver. The very tip had two prongs coming from it making it look like the blade had fangs. But it was missing one thing, a keychain there was none.

"It's a gift from Riku. Not that he knows he gave it too me. Not quite as good as Sora's though. Only a cheap imitation compared to his. It was made from both the darkness in Sora, Riku and my heart. Now be gone before you force my hand. And by the way, our little game isn't over." Ikiru smirked.

With a last look of contempt Ansem was gone. The second he was Ikiru dropped to his knees panting. The strength it took to summon that blade was too much unless he was close to Sora. He would have to remember that. Slowly his eyes slid shut and he drifted unconscious as it continued to sap his strength.

Sora had searched everywhere and had not found Riku or Kairi. Not to mention the Town was crawling with the monsters from the Island. Sora had to fight his way through the districts of the town and was truly exhausted. Deciding the next best thing to do would be to return to Cid. Sighing he walked in the Accessory shop.

"Still haven't found your friends huh? Take another look around town." Cid encouraged

As soon as he walked back out of the shop someone spoke to him.

"They'll come at you out of nowhere." The person said

Sora spun to the direction of the voice." Who are you?" he asked startled

"And they'll keep on coming at you, as long as you continue to wield the keyblade. But why? Why would it choose a kid like you?" The man said squeezing the bridge of his nose in frustration.

"Hey what's that supposed to mean?" Sora asked insulted

"Never mind. Now let's see that keyblade." He said walking forward

"What? There's no way your getting this"

"All right then have it your way." He said pulling out his sword. The handle shaped like a gun.

His fist charged with fire as he shot off a blast. Sora jumped back from where his feet would have been a few second's before as the ground lit up with flame. While he was distracted a the man jumped with alarming speed and landed a few feet in front of him and let out a swift strike against Sora's chest leaving a bloody cut.

The force of the blow knocked him down the stairs in front of the shop. Sora looked up just in time to block another sword strike. He saw his opening and took it. He let out two vertical cuts before the man recovered and slashed again, this time along Sora's shoulder.

Sora quickly distanced him self from the strange man and prepared for another attack. The man launched another fire ball and leaped in the air. This time Sora knocked it back. The man was stunned in mid air. Sora jumped too and unleashed a flurry of blows ending with a crushing blow that sent the man falling painfully to the ground.

The man stood back up panting and bleeding. He collapsed on one knee, his breathing intensified.

"Now…you're…gonna…You're gonna… uh" Sora's eyes rolled in the back of his head and he collapsed and fell to the ground. Hard.

Ikiru slowly sat up. Every part of his body hurt and he had a migraine. Rising to his feet he heard two voices coming from below. The king's servants. One resembled a duck while the other was more like a giant dog. Dropping down from the building he causally landed on his feet in front of the two.

They both screamed and jumped in the air. All the noise was making his head hurt. When they finally calmed down Ikiru asked" Where is your king? I must speak with him. He... has something that belongs too me."

A young girl who was behind the duck and dog tapped the duck on the shoulder. This resulted in more screaming. "Excuse me, did the king send you?" she asked timidly.

It was going to be a long day was Ikiru's only thought.

With Sora

When Sora awoke he was surrounded by darkness. The only light was the soft glow of the platform he was laying on. This platform was different. Every thing about it was wrong somehow when compared to the other ones he had seen.

The glow was brighter for one. But the thing that really caught his attention was the picture. On one third of it was a boy with the keyblade in his hands. He had spiky brunette hair that fell into his eyes. To Sora it was like looking in a mirror. He seemed to be sleeping. On his back were two beautiful white angel wings. They stretched across most of his third of the platform. Light. The tip of one of his wings touched the center of the platform, where Sora was standing.

Another third of it however, was a picture of Ikiru. He was sleeping too. In his hand there was another blade not a keyblade but similar. From his back there were two wings. But unlike the bright white the brunette's shined, Ikiru's shined with a sinister black luster. Sora was in awe. Darkness. The tip of his wing also touched the center of the platform.

The last part of it was covered by a third sleeping boy. This one had silver hair that reminded him of Riku. In his hand was a complicated looking sword. It too looked like a keyblade yet somehow wasn't. His wings were the strangest. One was the beautiful white of the first boy and the other was the awe-inspiring black of Ikiru's wings. Twilight. The tips of both of his wings touched the center.

A sharp pain shot through Sora's head. A thousand thought's splashed through his head. All of them were Ikiru. He recognized the voice. However one thought spoke more clearly than the others

"Get out of my head" Ikiru hissed

And in an instant Sora was flying through the nothingness back to the light.

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"Come on you lazy bum. Wake up."

Sora slowly rose from a bed. His eyes came to focus on Riku.

"You okay" He asked softly

"I guess…." Sora said his head in a daze

"Those creatures that attacked you are after the keyblade. But it is your heart they really want, because you wield the keyblade."

"I'm so glad you're okay, Riku" Sora said happily

"Riku? Who are you talking about?" The voice was now different. Female.

"I'm the great ninja Yuffie!" she said with pride.

Sora blinked whipping his eyes. Indeed there in front of him was a female that he had never seen before.

"I think you might've over done it Squall."

"That's Leon" He corrected. Sora recognized him. It was the man he fought.

Sora's eyes turned to the weapon at Leon's feet." The Keyblade" Sora said

"Yeah, we had to get it away from you to shake off those creatures. It turns out that's how they were tracking you." Yuffie slowly

"It was the only way to shield your heart from them. But it won't work for long. Still hard to believe that you of all people are the chosen one." Leon said swinging the keyblade. It glowed and disappeared before reappearing in Sora's hands.

"Well I suppose beggars can't be choosers "he sighed.

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

With Ikiru

"Okay you know that there are other worlds out there besides this one right?" The young lady, Aerith asked gently

"Yeah but there supposed to be a secret."

'They've been secret because they've never been connected until now." The young girl closed her eyes remorsefully" When the heartless came everything changed."

With Sora

"The heartless" Sora asked confused

"The ones who attacked you remember?" Yuffie offered

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

"Hey have you heard of a man named Ansem" Yuffie asked

With Ikiru

"Ansem?" Goofy asked

"Yes. He was studying the heartless and recorded his findings in a very detailed report."

At this Ikiru perked up. "Can we see them?" He asked

Aerith shook her head" Its pages are scattered everywhere." Ikiru let out a depressing sigh.

"Scattered" Donald asked. Ikiru winced. His voice was like nails against a piece of glass.

"Too many worlds" Aerith said softly.

"Oh, then maybe the King went to find them." Goofy suggested

"Those were my thoughts exactly."

"We have got to find him quick."

"No wait" Donald spoke again. "First we need that key." This provoked another wince from Ikiru. His migraine + Donald's voice Pain

"That's right the keyblade" Aerith said

With Sora

"So this is the Key" Sora said in awe examining the blade.

"Exactly" Yuffie said.

"The heartless have great fear of the Keyblade. That's why they'll keep coming after you. No matter what." Leon said morbidly walking away from Sora.

"Well I didn't choose this" Sora said looking away

"The keyblade chooses its master and it chose you." Yuffie said cheerfully.

"So… tough luck" Leon said nonchalantly

Sora stood up and walked over to Leon who addressed him curtly.

"Sooner or later the heartless will find you. You'd best prepare yourself" He said

Sora looked at him confused"Prepare myself?"

"To fight for your life. Are you ready?" Leon asked solemnly

Sora nodded. "Yuffie lets go join Aerirth. She should be there with the others by now."

"Leon' Yuffie screamed pointing to a heartless that appeared in the room. It was different from the other ones Sora had seen. This one was shaped like a small soldier in armor

"Yuffie go" Leon yelled Yuffie smashed though the door to the adjoined room smashing Donald. Ikiru's nose twitched. He smelled a heartless.

"Sora let's go" Leon yelled slicing trough the Soldier and knocking it out the window. He leaped down after it swiftly followed by Sora and Ikiru.

"Don't bother with the small fry. Find the leader" Leon advised before taking off

Ikiru landed softly beside Sora.' Well what are we waiting for?" He said smiling. He summoned a blade to his hand. The one Sora had seen him with in the dream. Ikiru swung it and cut through a heartless before following after Leon.

Snapping out of his daze he took of after them. A bold heartless leaped at his thought and was promptly slashed in two. He ran to the end of the alley he was in and took a door into the second district that let out by the water fountain. A heartless surprised him, biting him deeply on his shoulder. He stabbed it with the keyblade and kept going.

Sora ran though the center of the district killing heartless as he went. He crashed trough the door to the Third district. He took a deep breath as it actually seemed calm there. Ikiru was standing there as well. They dashed down the stairs and stood in the center.

"Sora look out" Ikiru yelled

Sora looked up to see two objects falling. A duck and a dog. He tried to get out of the way only too late as he was crushed by the two. Groaning Sora tried to clear his head.

The two people who had landed on him looked at the weapon in his hand. "The key!" they said unanimously.

The ground rumbled as stone columns shoot forth and block all the exits. Before they knew it they were surrounded by heartless. They quickly got to there feet weapons at the ready. Ikiru gave Sora a hand up.

"This… should be fun" he said before launching into the fray.

Sora slashed a nearby heartless and spun to cut another. One of the Soldier-like heartless leaped and kicked Sora in his chest. Before he could recover another out maneuvered him and slashed him on his back. Why was it always his back!

A sudden lightning bolt struck down and killed both of them. Donald Duck yelled out to him" Your Welcome" and continued fighting. Goofy crashed one with his shield against he wall and Ikiru stabbed it mercilessly. They stood back to back in the center of the area, all enemies killed.

Before they could relax, giant pieces of Armor felled fro the sky. They reassembled them selves so they looked like a giant suit of armor. It stepped toward them, swinging its massive feet trying to kill them. They scattered.

Ikiru jumped up slashing at the Armor's hand while goofy and Donald attacked the feet. Sora leaped back as its free hand came crashing down near him. He slashed it. The keyblade tore through it like it was tin. The hand exploded into darkness.

Ikiru dug his claw into the armor with one hand and slashed with the artificial Keyblade with the other. It too imploded into darkness. Ikiru turned his focus to the body of the heartless continuing his assault.

Donald sent a wave of fire at one of the feet while Goofy charged the other. The massive heartless fell as both of its feet were destroyed. The body spun around like a spinning top knocking away Ikiru, Donald and Goofy.

As soon as it slowed, Sora took a leap and destroyed the body of the heartless panting. The body shuddered violently as the head slid off the armor. A beautiful light shined as a heart was released from the armor and floated toward the sky. The body disappeared in a brilliant light.

"So you've been looking for me?" Sora asked goofy and Donald.

"They two have been seeking the wielder of the keyblade." Leon said. Sora resisted asking him where he had been during the fight.

"Hey why don't you come with us? We can go to other worlds in our vessel." Goofy suggested.

"I wonder if I can find Riku." Sora asked looking down with a soft sigh. To this Ikiru rolled his eyes. Did the boy think of any one else? Some things never changed.

"Of course" Donald said causing Sora's head to jump up.

Goofy leaned down "Are you sure?" he asked

'Who knows but we need him to come with us to help us find the King" Donald whispered. Ikiru scoffed. How treacherous.

"Sora, go with them. Especially if you want to find your friends." Leon offered

"Yeah I guess" Sora said Sora still depressed.

"But not like that. No frowning, no sad face, okay" Donald ordered.

Donald and Goofy looked expectantly waiting to see Sora's face.

"Cheese" he said looking up with a rather disturbing look on his face.

Ikiru turned away to stifle his laughter while Donald and Goofy burst into laughter.

"That sure is one funny face." Goofy said.

"Alright sure I'll go with you guys." Sora said perking up

"Donald Duck and Goofy at your service." They said.

"I'm Sora" They said all clasping hands.

"Just one question. What about Ikiru can he come too?" Sora asked

"Err…well" Donald began

"I don't think I'm invited Sora." Ikiru said

"Well then I'm not going either" Sora said defiantly

"Sora, you are going." Ikiru ordered marching angrily over to him

"No, I am not." He said pouting and stamping his foot.

"Well he can come. You were looking for the King too weren't you."

"Yes I was." Ikiru said solemnly

"Well if you're coming no more frowning for you either" Donald said.

Ikiru looked down. There was a moment of silence before he looked up causing Sora, Donald and Goofy to jump. His eyes turned pure red horns sticking up slightly on his head. His tongue flicked out like a snake's.

"Never mind just don't do that again!" Donald yelled.

Ikiru's face returned to normal. "I thought so." He said smirking.

"I'll meet you guy's in the first District. I have other business to take care of." Ikiru said curtly walking off without waiting for a response.

"Riku, wake up" a voice called out.

Riku rose slowly opening his eyes to the endless darkness. He looked around. The only thing he could make out was a boy standing off in the distance. The only Light came from the boy's sharp green eyes.

"I am Ikiru. You know you and me have a lot in common Riku." Ikiru said a dangerous smork on his face

"Ikiru, Ikiru. You cling to that boy Sora as if he can heal your broken past. Why do you still wish to resist fate? You were born from the darkness and in it you shall also end. Do you truly wish to replace Riku that badly?" Ansem said.

"This story is getting more interesting by the moment. Perhaps it is time I reveal to Sora just what you are."

Kingdom hearts disco beat: You are kind of right but Ikiru is not a nobody. But he does have a lot of reasons to want to get rid of Riku. The answer to what he is lies in Kingdom Hearts 2. The hints in this chapter are italicized. Think of the situation between Sephiroth and Cloud in Kingdom Hearts Two to get the relationship between Ikiru and Riku.

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