Kingdom Hearts III: Graveyard of Memories

A/N: Up to the third chapter! . I hope you enjoy! Thanks for reviewing, a little goes a long way.

Notes: ITALICS--- Shows flashbacks and memories. I also use them for thoughts but I use ' ' with them for thoughts.

------------------- Scene change, gotta love these things when ya get a bit lazy! And when I show that the chapter is over and have my little notes below it.

DISCLAIMER: I don't own Kingdom Hearts. If I did... Well... Let's just say that shounen-ai fans would love it even more. XD

--Chapter Three: A New World --

Kairi held on tightly to the sides of her seat. This was her second time in the Gummi Ship, but she still didn't like it. Everytime a Heartless or Nobody ship came in view, she thought they were going to die. She would shut her eyes and start muttering prayers until either Sora shot them down. Sora and Riku found it very funny.

After they had been flying for awhile Kairi finally asked. "Where are we heading to?"

A quietness came over the Gummi Ship. Riku glanced at Sora who did the same thing back at Riku.

"Uhh..." Riku said. "I don't know... I guess we'll just stop by the first world we pass by."

"What!" Kairi exclaimed. "You mean you don't know where you're going? What kind of pilot are you?"

Riku gave her a slightly annoyed look. "Hey, at least I'm a better pilot than Sora or you put together."

Kairi and Sora had nothing to say to that, for he was right. Kairi had never even been in a Gummi Ship before and Sora wasn't the one who piloted when he was with Donald and Goofy.

They rode in silence for awhile until Riku annouced that they were approaching a world.

"Really?" exclaimed Sora. "Let's land! C'mon, land the ship, Riku!"

"Hey!" Riku shouted as he pushed an overly excited Sora away from the control pannel. "I'm going to land it, don't worry."

"Hey," Kairi said as Sora sat back down in his seat, "will this world have Heartless?"

"Hm... I don't know, Kairi. I guess we'll just have to see! Don't worry, me and Riku are plenty strong!"

Riku snorted at Sora's boast as he carefully landed the ship. "Don't give yourself a big head, your hair does that enough."

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"Nice landing, Riku!" Sora complimented as he helped Kairi from the ship. Riku had smoothly landed the ship in a clearing in some woods, hoping no one would find it.

"Where are we, you guys?" Kairi asked as she looked around.

"I don't know, but we should look around." Riku said as he started to walk off. Sora and Kairi ran to catch up with their silver haired friend.

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"Shush, Meeko. We're trying to sneak out and not get caught." whispered a tan skinned young woman. She wore a tan dress that fit her quite nicely and had a red tatoo around her right arm and a beautiful blue necklace. Her long, black hair reached down to the bottom of her back and had strong, determined, almost black eyes.

Her long black hair whipped around her as she ran swiftly through the familar woods, away from her village. Every tree, turn and rock were oh so familar to the young woman, which was to her advantage as she was trying to get some "me" time.

As she turned to head towards the river, she met some unfamilar...things. She had never seen anything like them before, they started to rise from dark circles in the ground and suddenly she found herself surrounded by them. They might have been small, but they were completely black and had small, yellow eyes. Occasionally twitching as they headed towards her, they began to come closer.

The racoon she was holding, Meeko, let out a squeak of fear and ran to the top of her head.

The girl, though, wasn't as afraid as her pet. She ran and picked up a sturdy looking branch from the ground and got into a fighting position.

One of the black things jumped up. The young woman raised her arms in defense, expecting to be kicked or clawed by the thing, but instead heard a 'whoosh' sound. She slowly opened her eyes, and then quickly opened them in surprise.

"Are you okay?"

The young woman turned to her right to find a girl, Kairi. The young woman nodded to Kairi and then looked at what was going on as the girls stayed at the sidelines.

"Excuse me, but who are you all?"

"Oh! I'm so rude! I'm Kairi. That," she pointed to the spiky brunette swinging his Kingdom Keyblade, "is Sora and the other boy," her hand moved to the silver haired boy with the Way To Dawn Keyblade, "is Riku."

As if on cue, the boys finished the last Heartless and walked over to Kairi and the young woman.

"Hi there!" Sora greeted.

"Hey." said Riku.

"Hello, Kairi already tolf me your names. I am Pocahontas." The racoon jumped off of her head and back into her arms. "And this is Meeko. I hope you don't mind me asking, but why are you people here? You don't look like those other people who came down here awhile ago."

"We came here to see if anything suspicous was going on." answered Riku. "And it looks like there is, since the Heartless are here."

"Those things..." Pocahontas said, "They're called 'Heartless'?"

"That's right." Sora said. "So, have things out of the ordinary been happening?"

Pocahontas thought deeply about Sora's question.

"Well," she started, " besides the Heartless that have just appeared, some men came down here, said they were claiming this land. They've been cutting down trees and digging up the soil. My people have been silently watching, but we can't for long, they're harming the earth and we won't allow it."

"Who came here?" asked Kairi.

Pocahontas shook her head. "I don't know who they are, but maybe they have something to do with those Heartless. Come on, I'll show you where my village is so we can come up with a plan. The others will be more than happy to help."

"Okay!" Sora agreed as he, Kairi, and Riku followed Pocahontas through the woods.

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"Ah, now aren't you glad you got a great guy like me to help you?" A man in a cream white dress shirt and black slacks. His blonde hair combed into a neat ponytail, but his face was covered by a decorative white mask with white feathers sticking out on each side, only revealing his nose and mouth.

"I must say, I did doubt you at first, but now I am glad I trusted you!" exclaimed a portly man holding a white pug.

"Well, Governor Ratcliffe, I'm glad your glad. Now then... For my payment-"

"Payment!" yelled Ratcliffe, tossing his pug aside. He stomped over to the masked man, face starting to get red. "I won't give you any gold of mine, if that's what you're thinking!"

"Hey, hey, hey!" the masked man backed away from the portly man. He rested on one of the still standing trees, not worrying if his shirt would get ruined. "I wasn't gonna ask for any of your worthless gold, I want-"

"Worthless! One once of gold is worth tens times as much as you would!"

"Calm down, didn't think you were so uptight about that stuff. Anyways, let me finish."

"Fine, you may."

"Thank you. Now, as I was saying, your gold doesn't interest me. I'm searching for some people, gotta round 'em up for something. Not that you really care about that, though." The masked man started to walk around, hands behind his back, almost in a business-like manner.

"What I want for my payment is-"

"Governor Ratcliffe!"

The masked man ran behind a tree, hiding from the man who had just appeared.

"What!" shouted Ratcliffe, obviously mad that he was interupted, and his red face was a giveaway too.

"Oh, sorry, sir, just wanted to ask how long we had to keep cutting down the trees and digging for gold."

"I'll tell you when I want you to stop when I feel like it!"

The man flinched and nodded as he backed away.

"He's gone, you know." Ratcliffe announced.

"I know," said the voice that belonged to the masked man, "I climbed the tree for a nice view."

Ratcliffe looked up, trying to spot the man in the trees.

"Over here!" he shouted.

Turning around and looking up, he found the masked man. "Okay then, finish up what you wanted your payment to be. Hurry because I'm getting quite hot in this heat."

"I bet you are." muttered the masked man. "On second thought, I think I'll talk the payment over with my people, hope you don't mind." With that, the masked man jumped down from the tree, gracefully landing on his feet, and walked off.

"Hmph. The man might be irritating, but he did help me find this place and also can control those Heartless things to keep away from me. I guess I do owe him. Well, as long as he isn't after my gold, he's tolerable. Come now, Percy, we're going back for a nice, relaxing bath."

The pug, Percy, that had been just sitting near a tree, jumped up into his master's arms and was carried all the way back.

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"Well?"

"Well what?"

"Don't act like you don't know!"

"Hey, let's not fight, you gu-"

"What now! Gosh, you all have been on my case lately! What's your problem?"

"My problem! It's you whose the problem!"

Suddenly, the doors that concealed the two who were arguing, opened loudly, as a large man walked through.

"Calm down, your fighting can be heard all over this place." said the man with a stern and annoyed tone. He had on a white robe and matching white boots. His face was concealed with a white mask, like the others in the room were wearing. As he sat down at the table where the others were, he started to play around with his unruly, short brown hair. "Now then, what's with all the fighting?"

The blonde spoke first. "I had just came back and what do I get? I started to get nagged by this guy over here. All I was gonna ask was how that Ratty boy should pay me."

"You should spend more time focusing than on how that man is going to repay you!" exclaimed the man who he had been fighting with. His body looked that of a man in his early twenties and was sligtly muscular. He too wore a white mask that only showed his mouth and nose, but his attire was made up of a light tan tank top with matching light tan cargo pants.

"Hey! I came to discuss what the payment should be!"

"You just came back 'cause you didn't really know yourself!"

The blonde flinched a bit and sat back in his chair.

"Mind if I say something?" asked the only girl in the room softly. She too wore the white mask like the rest that only revealed her nose and a bit of her mouth. She had long, dark brown hair that was tied up in a twist and looked like she was sixteen. Her clothes were just a soft, sleeveless yellow dress that went just below her knees, on top of her dress was a tight equally yellow shirt that covered her torso and had a white ribbon tied around the waist, white shoes that snuggly fit her small feet, and a Dancer plushie sitting in her lap.

"Go ahead." said the stern man.

"Well, I think that we should focus on locating them first. If my theory proves correct, then we'll be one more step closer!" she said with a smile that could not be hidden by anything, not even her mask.

The large man nodded. "Yes, you are right. We should. Now then, you two go." he said, motioning to the men.

The two men slowly nodded and got up from their seats.

"W-Wait!" the young girl shouted as the two men started towards the door. They both stopped and turned around.

"What?" asked the blonde.

"Uh...Um..." the girl stuttered. "May I come with you two? Please?" she nervously asked, clutching the Dancer plushie in her lap.

The two men turned to glance at each other and then to the stern man.

"... Why do you want to go?" the large man asked the girl.

"I... I just want to... explore a little."

The man thought about her request. "... Don't get hurt."

The girl smiled and thanked him as she ran to catch up with the two men. As soon as they left, the man did the same.

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A/N: Sorry for the delay! I've been having a bit of a writers block for this fic and my Organization one. D: But I finally finished it, though it has the most horrible chapter title D! Another thing I'm happy about, I finally introduced the villians! Though I didn't even give named or anything, or much description, save for the girl, but it was all for good reason.

Also, I'm having a bit of trouble with worlds. As you can see, I already got a Pocahontas world (Though I'm not sure what I should call it yet. D:) and I have another world I'm going to go to, but I don't have any other new ideas! DD: So, if you would be kind enough, could you recommend some new worlds via review? Or even pervious world that you would like to see in your reviews.

Thanks in advance!