Disclaimer: The same as the previous chapters. KH and FF belong to Square-Enix. BOF belongs to Capcom.

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"Well, are you sure that they are on that ship?" Bosch asked Riku.

Riku nodded. He knew that Sora was on the ship. He could feel his presence close by.

"Yeah, I'm sure," he answered truthfully.

Bosch decided that the best chance that he could take was to check the boat. If they were there, then he could easily ask them to hand over Sora. And if they did not…..then he could sink the ship anyway, and pretend that it was destroyed by a storm. That would not be too difficult. If Sora was on the ship, then he would survived. His powers would protect him.

Riku suspected the thoughtful and sinister look on Bosch's face and could that he was planning something. He was not stupid. "What are you gonna do?" he asked, suspicious.

"Oh, you will see," Bosch answered in a hostile tone before walking towards the doorway. However, Riku was quick to block him.

"Get out of my way!" Bosch shouted.

Riku had his Keyblade pointed right at Bosch's throat.

"If you dare do anything to Sora or Nina, then I will…."

Bosch just smiled. "Oh, Sora will survive…..don't forget….it was his Keyblade that saved him from the dragon…..and it will be his Keyblade that would save him from anything that….happens to the ship. But Princess Nina…..I am not sure about…."

"What do you mean, you are not sure about Nina?" Riku growled.

The general then looked at his guards. "Take care of him," he ordered.

Three guards then moved towards Riku. Two of them grabbed his arms, making him drop his Keyblade. The third pointed a gun at the silver-haired youth's head. He pulled the trigger. The boy staggered and slowly fell to the ground.

Just then, the dark-haired woman in purple entered the room. She noticed Riku's body on the floor.

"Sir…..what did you…"

"It's okay, he's not dead, Captain Ursula," Bosch replied. "It was only a tranquilliser gun. We can't kill him just yet…..not until he's completed his part of the bargain…"


They saw the airship descend. Zidane, Sora and Yuna noticed it as well.

"You don't think that we've been discovered, do you?" Sora asked, worried.

"I don't know," Zidane said.

The airship landed on the water right beside the boat. The people on the boat crowded together on the deck to see what was going on. The captain stopped the boat's engine and ran outside to see what was going on.

Nina floated a few inches above the ground in order to look ahead, but the airship was so far away that she could barely see.

"Do you wanna use these?" Zidane held out a pair of binoculars. Nina thanked him and took them.

Nina inspected the ship. It was certainly a Suverian airship. The symbols told her so. Looking into the distance, she could see a small window at the front of the airship. Behind the window were two people. One of them Nina could make out to be a tall woman in a purple suit. Who could she be? A captain, maybe? The other…..a man in black trousers…..blue cloak and blue tunic…..blond hair…..could it be…..

Nina descended.

"What's wrong, Nina?" Sora asked, as he trapped inside the crowd and therefore could not see.

"I….it's them…" Nina gasped.

Suddenly, a voice called out through the speakers. It was not the captain's voice….but General Bosch's.

"Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. This is General Bosch of the Suverian Army speaking."

Sora opened his eyes in shock. Have they been found out?

"What's going on?" Yuna asked, not completely certain what was going on.

"I apologise for interrupting your journey to Luca, but from what I have heard from a few eye witnesses, there are a few suspicious characters on board your ship" Bosch's voice said through the speakers.

Yuna looked at Zidane. "I swear, it wasn't me!" she pleaded, afraid that the others would suddenly turn to her in suspicion, thanks to her talk to Nina the other night.

"It's okay – I believe you," Zidane replied calmly.

The voice continued. "These suspicious characters are four very dangerous criminals – associated with the underground group the Returners."

Heh…..dangerous criminals? Yeah, right. Zidane smiled to himself. He may have robbed a few manor houses…..picked lots of pockets from rich merchants and nobles, which would have caused a lot of annoyance, but they did not cause fatal danger, as far as he was concerned.

"One of them…..is a boy with brown spiky hair and blue eyes who goes by the name of Sora."

Crap, Sora thought. He had to hide somewhere. If anybody on the ship found out who he was, then….

"Another is a girl from the Fae tribe…..who goes under by the name of Nina, the Princess of Wyndia. Take note that this girl is an impostor….posing as the princess in order to think that Wyndia is cooperating with the Returners."

What on earth? Nina thought. How dare he call her an impostor!

"When the real princess has been abducted by the Returners…"

The real princess kidnapped by the Returners? Who would believe such a ridiculous story? Nina said to herself. The crowd started talking to each other, confused about what was going on.

"The third is a boy….a short boy with blue hair and red eyes…..who, like the princess, has also been taken hostage. He was taken from his home in Treno five days ago. His parents are very worried about him."

"We have to get out of here," Ryu whispered. He was standing next to Sora.

Sora nodded. "But how? We're in the middle of an ocean!" he exclaimed.

Ryu was unsure about this. If he was alone, he could probably escape easily. He could just run away, jump into the sea and then escape by flying, but Sora and the others…..they still did not know his secret, and if they found out…..well, Ryu did not know what the consequences would be. It was simply not worth the risk.

"Finally….the forth criminal is a wanted thief who has plundered many of the houses in Treno….stealing many precious valuables…" the voice ranted on

Well, they at least they got me right, Zidane smirked.

"I would advise that you hand these criminals over to the Suverian army….if you are concerned for your safety…"

Sora gulped. Maybe he should give himself up….he was uncertain what Bosch was going to do with the people on the ship if they did not do something but he knew, by what he saw of Bosch so far, that whatever he would do, it would certainly not be good.

"I have established a contact signal between the airship and the boat. Therefore, if you know anything about four people matching the exact description those criminals, then let us know. We will be waiting."

"Hey, who's that kid over there?"

A man randomly pointed to Ryu. A few people turned to see the boy. Ryu turned white.

"Hey….that kid!"

"His eyes!"

"They're red…"

"Outta my way for a second…" The captain pushed his way though the crowd and moved towards Ryu. Before Ryu could run away, the captain grabbed him and stared into the boy's eyes. Ryu struggled.

"It's okay, child….I'm not going to hurt you…" the captain said kindly.

Ryu still tried to free his arm from the captain's grip. Thinking quickly, Yuna walked towards the other side of the boat and closed her eyes.

"Well, you certainly have red eyes," the captain gasped. "What's your name, boy?"

Yuna opened her arms out as if she was praying. A couple of people watched her, wondering what she was doing.

Suddenly, everybody gasped as a huge purple circle began to form around Yuna. She was performing some sort of spell, but Sora did not know what. It was certainly nothing that he had seen before. He knew that she could use Glyph magic, but this definitely not a Glyph spell.

Just then, a huge creature appeared from nowhere. A creature with a pale brown torso and legs, huge glue and graceful wings with golden rings attached to them. It had a long pointy face.

Yuna stroked the animal and then beckoned to her friends. Ryu managed to free himself from the captain's grasp and ran over to Yuna.

"Yuna…..did you….?" He began.

"No time to explain. Just get on!" she ordered, climbing onto the creature's back. She then pulled Ryu up. The monster did not seem to object. Sora, Nina and Zidane followed, also climbing onto the creature's back.

By that time, the rest of the people were watching the Yuna and her friends in amazement as they saw the creature appear and the five companions climb onto its back . The creature did not attack….as the young brown haired girl seemed to have some sort control over it.

"Fly," Yuna whispered to the creature.

The creature floated upwards until it was about twenty feet above the ship. It then turned and north and flew away.


Bosch was watching the event on the ship involving Sora's escape from his telescope. The mysterious appearance of the strange creature caused him to step back in shock. That creature…..did that girl just summon it?

Immediately, Bosch put his telescope away and then shouted to the pilot "Follow that monster!"

The airship ascended and turned north.

"Full speed ahead!" Bosch yelled at the top of his voice.


They had now been flying for ten minutes. Everybody was silent. Yuna felt uncomfortable about revealing her powers too soon, but this was the only escape method that she could think of. Eventually, Zidane was the first to speak.

"Yuna…..this…….is this…..the reason that the Empire's after you?" he asked.

Yuna nodded slowly.

Ryu had been staring thoughtfully at Yuna for the past ten minutes. He knew exactly what Yuna was and why the Empire wanted her and like Sora, he had to make sure that the Empire did not capture her.

"Guys…." Sora suddenly shouted.

Zidane turned around. "Huh? What's wrong, Sora?"

Sora pointed. Behind them, he could see the Suverian airship. It was travelling quite fast…..towards THEM!

"Yuna….they are catching up with us!" he started to panic.

Yuna looked behind her and saw that Sora was right. The ship was following them at quite a speed. She turned towards the creature.

"This is the fastest I can go!" she cried. "If I make Valefor go any faster, he'll get tired!"


He was catching up with them. Bosch grinned. Ursula, who was standing beside him, frowned.

"Don't look at me like that, Ursula….it saves us from having to blow up that boat."

Ursula said nothing and walked away.

Bosch shut his eyes and started to move his hands. Bosch was a powerful magician...powerful enough to target spells at far away distances- as long as they were in his line of sight.


Valefor howled and jerked as Bosch's fire spell hit him, causing Sora to fall off. Sora, however, was saved by Zidane who managed to grab his wrist. Sora was now hanging over sixty feet or so above the ocean, with Zidane holding onto him tightly.

Another fireball hit Valefor, who swayed sideways.

"Yuna, is there anything we can do?" Nina screamed. Yuna could not answer. She did not know what to do. Valefor was going slowly now. Unlike the other creature she could summon, Valefor was not very strong and could not attack. On the other hand, Yuna could see land ahead of her. It must be an island…..all she could do was hope that she could reach that island…

Now, it was a wave of lightning that hit not only Valefor, but Zidane, Ryu, Yuna and Nina as well.

Because of the shock from the lightning, Zidane accidentally let go of Sora's hand, causing him to fall….

However, whether Sora reached the ocean or not, he did not know because as he was falling, something extraordinary happened. His key started to glow….and within seconds, he was surrounded by a blinding white light….


Sora began to stir.

He could feel his fingers digging into something that was soft, but had a rough texture. As his eyes focused, he could see that he was lying on what looked like sand. The sea was just about ten metres away from him. He was on a beach.

Sora's eyes soon focused and he quickly sat up. How did he get here?

As he began to think, he remembered being chased by the airship and being hit by bolts of fire and lightning. Then he was surrounded by a bright light coming from his key….that must have been what saved him.

Sora stood up. Amazingly, he was not hurt, nor could he find any marks that suggested so. At first he was relieved, but after a few seconds a thought came to his head……..what happened to the others?

From what he could remember, Nina, Zidane, Ryu and Yuna were attacked by lightning and the fire. Did they fall off as well? He could not remember.

Sora lowered his head. It was all his fault. If it were not for him, the dragon would not have attacked Wyndia. Riku would not have disappeared. The airship would not have chased the boat or Valefor.

Sora kicked at the sand in anger, but this only brought sand into his eyes, which made him even more frustrated. He cursed loudly and dropped to the floor, staring at the ground.

He heard a growl.

Sora turned around, grabbing his Keyblade which happened to be lying beside him (Sora did not know how it got there, as he had left it in one of the ship cabins inside a bag). Standing about twelve metres away from him was a familiar creature with red legs, red wings and claws on his hands and feet and wings. It had long white hair, and glaring red eyes. Sora recognised the creature instantly.

It was the dragon.

The dragon stared at Sora. It glared at him for a few seconds. To his horror, Sora noticed that he was carrying something……no, someone….it seemed to be a young girl with blond hair. Wyndian wings.

"Nina!" Sora yelled. He suddenly started to walk towards the dragon, his key pointed towards it. The dragon lifted its feet off the ground and floated into the air. Sora was prepared for any attack that the dragon was going to throw at him.

However, to his surprise, the dragon made no attempt to attack him. It remained in the air for a few seconds and then disappeared into the trees ahead. Sora followed the dragon.


Sora fought his way through the forest, using his Keyblade to cut down grasslands of bracken that stood in his way. His mind was focused on two things – finding that dragon and recovering Nina. He had already lost the dragon, who went deep into the forest and out of sight.

Eventually, Sora came to a small clearing. He suddenly stopped. Sora had this mysterious feeling that he was not alone. He looked down at the ground. He was standing over a clumped patch of flowers. Flowers of all different colours – red, white, blue, yellow and pink. Sora had never seen these type of flowers before.

"Heeheeheehee!"

Sora turned around. What was that noise? Where did it come from?

But nobody was there. He looked around about four five times, but he could not see anyone. Maybe he was just imagining things.

"Heeheeheehee!"

Sora looked up. He could have sworn that he heard some giggling.

"Who's there?" Sora shouted.

He still could not see anybody, but…

"Heeheeheehee!"

Sora then knew that he was not hallucinating. Someone……someone was there.

"Whoever you are, come out and show yourself!" Sora demanded, holding his key very tightly.

"Hey! He wants to fight us with his Keyblade!" a voice from nowhere said.

"Meanie!" added another.

So…there was more than one of them?

"Who are you guys? Are you with the Empire?" Sora asked. He felt as if he was talking to thin air.

"Hey, Bluebell! He thinks that we're part of the Empire!"

"He sure is a dummy for saying that, Njomo!"

"Yeah, dummy!"

Puzzled, Sora raised his hand to scratch his head. However, his hand reached something long and slightly furry. What the…?

Sora tried to pull this long and slightly furry thing, but it would not come off. The more he tried to pull at it, the more it hurt.

"Heheh….he's trying off his ear!" giggled a voice.

His WHAT?

"What's going on here?" Sora yelled.

Suddenly, he saw sparkles of light appear right before him. A few seconds later, Sora saw himself standing right in front of a small creature, who was about the height of a water bottle. This creature had the body of a human – a naked human. Its blue hair was so long that it reached past its feet. The creature had little fly wings on its back.

"Who…the hell are you?" Sora asked, suspicious of this creature.

The creature just giggled. Sora aimed his Keyblade at the creature. "I said….who the hell are you?"

The creature made a cross face. "The Keyblade Warrior's not a very nice person, Njomo," it muttered.

"Yeah, he isn't nice," the other voice added.

Sora was confused. "Huh? What Keyblade Warrior are you talking about?"

Another creature appeared. Like the first creature, it small and had the body of a naked human and had wings. However, its hair was red, not blue.

"Bluebell, he doesn't know what a Keyblade Warrior is!" the creature chuckled.

"What a dummy!" Bluebell laughed in response.

"Keyblade Warrior? What the hell's goin' on?"

The two creatures stopped laughing and looked at him intently.

"Well, shall we tell him, Njomo?" Bluebell asked his friend.

"Yeah, we'd better….especially after what we've done to his ears!" Njomo giggled in response.

Sora touched the long furry thing on his head again. There was another furry thing on the other side of his head…were they….his ears?

"Wh….what have you done to my ears?" he gasped.

Njomo just continued to laugh hysterically before then suddenly conjuring up a small mirror out of nowhere. "Take a look! Heeheehee!"

Sora screamed.

In the mirror, he could see two long and large……rabbit ears. They were long, with dark brown fur. Bluebell was rolling in the air with laughter.

"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY EARS?" Sora yelled.

The two creatures did not answer as they had found this incredibly funny.

"I WARN YOU….YOU DON'T CHANGE ME BACK, THEN.."

"Okay, calm down, Keyblade Warrior," Njomo backed down. "We'll turn you back…if YOU STOP DESTROYING OUR HOME!"

"YEAH, STOP RUINING OUR HOME!" Bluebell yelled.

Sora was confused. "I'm……destroying your home?" he asked, unsure what they meant.

"YEAH, YOU ARE! YOU'RE STANDING ON IT RIGHT NOW, YOU DUMMY!"

Sora looked down at the ground. He was standing on the patch of flowers.

"GET OFF OUR HOME!" Njomo shriked.

Sora quickly moved away from the flowers, confused. "Uh….th-thhose flowers are your home?" he stammered.

Njomo nodded. "Yeah, it's our home – we're fairies and we live in that patch of flowers….and now you've wrecked it, you dummy!"

"I….I'm sorry….I didn't know.."

Sora's ears were finally turned back to normal…..after a couple with 'mistakes' that Bluebell had made when trying to revert them back to human ears.

"Finally…." Sora sighed with relief.

"It's a pity…I liked the mouse ears…" Bluebell sighed in disappointment. "They really suited you…"

"What's THAT supposed to mean?" Sora asked, annoyed. Bluebell just giggled.

"Hey, at least you got your original ears back!" Njomo said in a calm manner. "And our home is saved, Keyblade Warrior!"

Keyblade Warrior….why did they keep calling him that? Sora did not understand. He had better ask.

"Uh….what do you mean by 'Keyblade Warrior'?" he asked, curious.

The two fairies started giggling again. Sora scowled. He decided that he never wanted to meet another fairy again for as long as he lived.

"Hey, Bluebell! He's been carrying that huge key around with him….and yet he does not know what a Keyblade Warrior is!" Njomo squeaked to her friend.

Sora was not amused. "Okay….I'm a Keyblade Warrior…but I don't know what the hell that is….." Sora knew that his key weapon was a Keyblade….Zidane had told him that. However, all he really knew is that the Empire were after him because of this key. What he did not really know was what a Keyblade Warrior actually was. Zidane had never told him….

"Okay….we'll tell you then!" Bluebell chirped optimistically.

Sora sat down beside the flowers, careful not to actually sit on them. He did not want another bunny ear incident. The two fairies floated in the air.

"Well, you know that key thing of yours is called a Keyblade, then?" Njomo said.

Sora nodded. "I know that the Empire are interested in me because of this Keyblade…but I don't know why, though…"

Njomo smiled. "Well, then you're gonna find out quite a bit," she stated. She took a deep breath, as if about to give a lecture. "You're weapon is shaped like a key, right?"

Sora nodded.

"Well, a key unlocks doors, doesn't it?" Bluebell then said.

"Don't interrupt!" Njomo told him, annoyed.

"You didn't say anything, dummy!" Bluebell said to her.

"I'm not a dummy!" Njomo shouted, insulted.

"Yes you are!"

"No, I'm not!"

"You guys are not helping!" Sora moaned.

"Okay, sorry about that…well, as Bluebell said, a key locks and unlocks doors," Njomo said quickly.

"Yeah…" Sora answered, just catching what Njomo said. "So….I'm special because I have the power to lock and unlock doors?"

"Yeah, but not just any old doors!" Bluebell exclaimed. "The Keyblade Warriors have the ability to unlock special doors….doors that hold the deep secrets of the world!"

Unlock doors that hold secrets of the world…….is that what the Empire wish for? To find the Keyblade Warriors to discover more about the world or something like that? Sora remained confused. Just then, a thought came to his head….

"Wait a sec….when you said 'Keyblade Warriors'…..you mean….there's another Keyblade Warrior besides me?"

"Yeah, there is!" Njomo nodded. "But he has a different Keyblade from you.."

"Are the Empire looking for him as well?"

"Yeah….they need both Keyblade Warriors…" Bluebell replied.

"Why?"

"He's asking too many questions.." Njomo giggled.

"Yep, too many questions…" Bluebell laughed.

"Why doesn't he ask the dragon instead?" Njomo randomly suggested. "The dragon would know something, wouldn't he?"

The dragon would know something…dragon…..

Sora jumped up. "SHIT! Nina!" He turned to the two fairies. "Sorry….um…..did you say 'dragon'?"

The fairies nodded.

"Right….hey, did you see a dragon pass by here? I was….um….looking for it…" he started to feel guilt for not helping Nina.

"Yeah…" Bluebell pointed to the left. "He went that way."

Sora started to run in that direction as fast as his legs could carry him.

"Wait!" Njomo called out.

Sora stopped for a second.

"Take this." She gave Sora a stone. It was about the size of Sora's hand…quite large and had many beautiful colours on it.

"It's a fairy drop," Bluebell declared. "You'll need it in order to find your way round the forest.

"Oh…thanks…" Well, that would be useful. He did not know his way around the whole forest. "Um….how does it work?" he asked, looking at the fairy drop.

"Well, where do you think the dragon is?" Njomo asked him. "Heeheeheehee!"

Sora turned around. "Where do I 'think' the dragon is? I don't even know where it wen-"

Njomo and Bluebell had gone. They had just vanished into thin air.

To be continued…

Yeah, the tranquilliser gun is one of those type of guns that put enemies to sleep, just like the ones in Metal Gear Solid 2, even though this fanfic has no relation to Metal Gear Solid whatsoever.

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Okay, sorry I haven't updated much…..I'm afraid this is not the good time to write fanfics, as it is the middle of my AS exams, which last about five weeks or so. So please be patient when it comes to updates. Plus, as I have said before, I go to boarding school, and is blocked on the school internet, so I can only send in chapters at the weekends!