Disclaimer: I, the person who is writing under the name of Karin Starsen, am NOT stealing these characters. I am NOT stealing a story line, and I am most defiantly NOT stealing their creative worlds and creations. All of this does NOT belong to me… I am simply using there great creation to write my interpretation of a story. But I will NOT have anyone steal from ME either… thank you.

The only characters that I own are Jembore and his brother Venbar. Penny and Xander. Ask for permission to use them.

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Tidus saw Yuna, Rikku, and Paine at the fountain. He couldn't bring up the courage to walk over. Yuna had changed so much… he couldn't tell if it was just her outward image… or if it was really all of her that had changed. Lulu had said that Yuna didn't really talk about me all that much anymore, but sometimes she got a distant look in her eyes. As if she was missing something, and she couldn't find it in her mind. I know how she feels… Tidus thought.

He was about to step out when the girls suddenly stood. Yuna had a huge smile on her face, and Rikku jumped excitedly in the air. They had a mission. They all got up and walked in separate directions. They seemed to be choosing people at random. He could see them saying, "Excuse me!" then rambling on about something. He didn't know what… But he wanted to know. They girls spread further and further, and then they started down separate streets. Tidus decided that if he wanted to know what they were talking about he would have to ask one of them, and the only one that had never met him before was Paine. He walked forward and headed down the street she chose.

When he found her again, she was talking to a little girl. The little girl frowned, and then shook her head. Paine stood and nodded, then the girl ran off with her friends. Tidus took a deep breath and stepped forward.

"Excuse me?" he asked.

Paine whirled around and gave him a weird look. Then her eyes grew wider. "Shuyin?" she asked.

"Who?" Tidus was puzzled.

Her face returned to normal. "Oh… never mind, you just looked like somebody I knew… well, what do you want?"

"Urm, what are you asking all these people about? That little girl for instance?"

"I was wondering if they had ever seen a black fiend before. A fiend with a large hole in it, sort of like the shape of a heart. It's huge."

"I'm sorry, but I've never seen anything like that. Not here, or when I was alive."

"Oh, thanks." She turned around, and left. Tidus wanted to stop her and ask about Yuna, but he couldn't bring himself to do it. Besides, she was already talking to somebody else. Tidus shook his head, then went back home. He thought about what she asked while he was leaving.

A fiend? That killed all three of them. I don't know what it could have been. We all traveled all over Spira, and we never saw anything like that. I'll go back and ask Lulu. She'll know what to do.

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Kairi ignored Jem. She ran forward to the fiend that Sora had killed not only once, but twice. It's thick suit of armor looked impenetrable, but she knew otherwise. Her dagger glowed brilliantly in the moonlight as she started to attack the body of the heartless.

Jem was right after her, attacking the hands with lightning attacks, and a few fire ones here and there. Kairi added a small water one once in a while, but mainly kept to her dagger. Ven and Penny each had a foot, Penny jumping just out of reach then snapping it with her whip.

All of a sudden, the large body twisted. Kairi was hit and blood started running down her leg. She yelled, but staggered forward anyway. Her long dagger penetrating the steal of the heartless. Her leg suddenly felt better, and she realized that Penny had used a potion on her.

"Thanks!" she yelled back.

"No problem!" replied Penny, jumping by her. Soon both the feet and one hand were destroyed. Ven and Penny went to the other hand, and Jem came to help finish of the body of armor. It was over soon enough. The armor broke, and its heart flew into the air. A white glow was left in its place. The glow slowly floated down, and it embedded itself into Kairi's dagger. Kairi was amazed by the sight. Her dagger now gave of a faint glow, even if the moon was behind the clouds. It felt lighter in her hands, and somehow more powerful. Then her body felt cured, and pure. The others were amazed as well.

"Ouch!" Penny cried. She just realized that her forehead was bleeding. Jem was about to toss her a potion when Kairi inturupted him.

"Wait!" she said. They all looked at her like she was crazy. "I think that I just learned how to use Cure…"

She spun the dagger, then held it out pointed at Penny. The white light swirled around her arm, into the dagger, then swirled around Penny. In a moment, Penny was cured. The bleeding had stopped and the cut was gone.

"Cool!" Penny said. "Now we don't need to spend as much money on potions! Alright Kairi!"

They all smiled, even though none of them felt happy. Something was going horribly wrong with all of their worlds. They needed to figure it out soon, or else the universe could die.

"So… where to next?" asked Kairi.

"I don't know. I think we should go find Leon…" Jem said.

Kairi looked up quickly. "You know Leon?"

Jem smiled. "Yeah… he's out cousin."

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YRP met back at their house. They all sighed and plopped into a chair, or on the floor. Yuna lay spread across the couch.

"Gosh! So many people! I'll have faces flashing through my dreams for weeks, and I won't even know who they are!" Yuna said.

"I know," Paine replied. "But I got some information."

The other two sat up quickly with interest. "Really?"

"Yeah. Some man… he said he was from a place called Traverse Town. This creature I explained, he said it sounded a lot like a Heartless. World hopping evil…. Things…. They steal worlds hearts or something. But he said that the key bearer had destroyed the heartless, or the leader Ansem, years ago. This kid named Sora."

"Ansem!" Yuna cried. "He was the first person that I met here! But… he wasn't evil. Or maybe he was once… but he isn't now. I saw it in his eyes."

"I think that we should pay this Ansem a visit," Rikku chimed in.

"Tomorrow," Paine said. "I need sleep." And with that, she closed her eyes. Yuna and Rikku didn't complain. It was night anyway, they went off to their rooms, and fell asleep.