Chapter 13

---------------R-Y-A-N---------------

I woke up in our hotel room. My shirt, and pants were off. I had a dream about Yumi, I thought to myself as I sat up out of the bed. I looked down on the floor, and there my underwear was. I felt a sudden urge to laugh slightly, but I stopped myself. It was a dream wasn't it? I got out of bed, and looked who was on the other side. Nobody, I was relieved, I had been sleeping by myself. I placed my underwear back on, left the room, and walked into the Kitchen for a small drink.

"I had this strange dream, about Kazuma," I heard a voice say. I looked up to see Yumi standing on the other side of the room. She was sitting around the table, and she wore a robe. I flipped the light switch to on, and stared into her empty eyes. "I miss him so much."

I walked over to her, and kneeled down next to her, "it's okay, we''l find him, I promise you."

"YOU KEEP PROMISING!" she shouted. I jumped away. My heart raced.

"I'm, sorry," I said. I rushed into the room, leaving her at the table. I pulled on some red shorts, and a black tank top. I rushed into the living room, and put on some black sneakers. I opened the door, and walked out into the hotel hallway.

"Where are you going?" she asked.

"I'm going to go think," I said starting to whimper. I rushed towards the elevator, and pushed the up button. I didn't want her to follow me, so I burst into the staircase, and ran upstairs to the rooftop.

---------------A-X-E-L---------------

Axel jumped towards the man with the two Keyblades, swinging his weapons fiercely. The man blocked every blow that Axel dished out.

"C'mon Axel, you know me better than that," the man said as he Kicked Axel in the chest knocking him into a nearby wall.

Axel looked up and saw the man dragging his Keyblades, while running towards him. He lifted them above his head, and brought them down upon him. His weapons disappeared .Axel felt a jolt of pain run though his body, as he looked down at his chest where the Keyblades sat.

"Yeah, I do," he said as he grabbed the man's neck, trying to squeeze the life from him, but it wasn't working.

"Nice try," the man said lifting his now bloody Keyblades from Axel's chest. Axel slid to the ground, eyes closed. "Your slipping Axel."

"I haven't fought in a while kid, cut me some slack," Axel said standing up from his slouchy position.

"Well excuse me," the man said as he jumped backwards a few feet. "But I'm no kid anymore." Axel drew his two weapons once again, and jumped towards the man. He threw one at him, as he flew up into the air.

The man knocked the weapon up into the air, allowing Axel to catch it. The man flew up into the air, and flew up after him.

"GET BACK!" Axel yelled as he threw his arms out. Blasts of fire hot out of his two weapons, knocking the man back on to the pearly white ground. "Now, let's make it hot as hell in here!" Axel landed on the ground, and rose his right hand in the air. A ring of fire surrounded the two, allowing no escape.

"Just like old times Axel!" the man yelled in order to allow his voice to be heard over the roar of the flames.

"Just like old times," Axel ran towards the man with both his weapons in hand. The man jumped back allowing Axel to almost tackle him, as their bodies collided, the two ran closer to the fire. Without warning Axel jumped back, and jumped up again, the man had no time to avoid his next move.

Axel came crashing down just as the man fell on his back, head touching the fire. Just in time he got back up, but the two still ran into the fire.

"Nice moves," Axel said.

"I could say the same about you, but I'd be lying," the man said. The two were now standing on the walls of fire. The man swung his Keyblades as hard as he could, but Axel blocked the blows with blinding speed.

"TAKE THIS!" the two yelled at the same time. Both were holding one of their weapons to neck point.

"Not bad, Roxas," Axel said as he lowered his weapon and jumped away.

"Your not so bad yourself, and I ain't lying," Roxas replied removing his hood showing his face. Axel put his weapons away and ran towards Roxas, with tears in his eyes. He wrapped his arms around him.

"Hey, this is a new coat," Roxas said laughing, and hugging Axel back.

---------------M-A-X-&-H-U-E-Y---------------

Where are we, has anybody noticed that we were missing? Max stood alone in the dark rainy city along with Huey. The two were cold, and alone.

"Where are we?" Huey asked.

"I- I don't know, but haven't the others noticed that we were missing yet?" Max said.

Huey shook his head, and walked towards a skyscraper with a giant television screen. On it was nothing, but static.

"I see you have made encounters with the sacred Keyblade Master," said a man as he stepped out of the shadows of a dark ally. He wore a coat as light a day.

"Yes, Sora," Max said. "But we're now traveling with a boy who has the Keyblade."

"Yeah, but doesn't that make him A Keyblade Master?" asked Huey.

"Worlds will clash, only one survivor will make it to the top, the darkness will devour those who stand in it's path," the man said. "Those with the purest of hearts will engage in a battle, a war, the Keyblade war."

"Keyblade War?" The two confused boys asked.

The man held up three fingers, "three is the number of years that will pass from this day, until the end of many worlds."

"Will lives be lost?" Huey asked.

"Many lives, the dark, and the light will collide, only one Keyblade wielder, will survive the five dark years of the Keyblade war," the man faded away, into nothingness leaving the two boys behind.

"Hey, we've got to tell Ryan," Huey said.

"Yeah, but how are we going to get out of here?" Max asked.

A portal of darkness opened in front of the two boys.

"Should we trust it?" Huey asked looking at it funny.

"Let's go," Max said as he stepped into the portal, Huey followed.

---------------R-Y-A-N---------------

I looked out upon Wing City, thinking to myself. I'm sorry, I'm sorry Yumi. She seemed so strange, why was she acting like that.

"I always used to live by myself before this, is this how room mates usually act?" I asked myself.

"Well, not exactly," said somebody from behind me. I turned around to see Yumi dressed in her school uniform. "I'm sorry for the way I acted,"

"Why should I forgive you?" It pained me to ask that question.

"Would it help you if I said that I was really, really sorry?" she asked.

"Not really," I replied as I turned around looking back out at the city. For some reason I started to laugh, and I looked down at me stomach to see Yumi's hands. She was tickling me. "Okay," I said laughing harder, "okay, I forgive you." She let go of my gut, both of us still laughing.

A strange force knocked us both down, flat on our backs. In front of us stood two boy's. One sort of Goofy, and the other was short, and looked like a Duck.

"Max, Huey, what are you doing up here?" I asked.

"Haven't you noticed, we've been gone for like a few days," Max said.

"What are you guys talking about?" Yumi asked standing to her feet, then helping me up to, "I just saw you this morning, laying in bed."

"Well if we were gone, and you saw us lying in bed..." Huey stopped in mid-sentence then dashed towards the staircase.

"Let's go!" I shouted. We chased after Max, and Huey to the hotel room. The door was opened, meaning they had just ran inside. Yumi and I charged into the room, seeing Max, and Huey standing in front of another Max, and Huey.

"So, these are the guys who've been relaxing in our bed huh?" Max asked as he drew his sword and shield.

"I can't believe this," I said summoning my Keyblade.

"You'll need more than a simple Keyblade to defeat those creatures, fools," said a voice.

"Who's there?" I yelled.

A man in a black coat appeared in front of the fake Max, and Huey, "It is I, child." The man walked forwards, and stood in front of Ryan.

"So you lied to us, you never gave Max, and Huey back to us," Yumi said.

"Does it matter?" the man said.

"So, if you took Max, what are those things?" I asked.

"I've created two clones of Max, and Huey. But I didn't have the information I needed for them to communicate properly with you, so I only programed them to sleep," the man said.

"W- who are you?" the real Max asked.

"I'm of the tides, I am a descendant of the ocean," the man said. "The shores of which you stand on will be overflown one day."

"What are you talking about?" Huey asked.

"Yeah your not making any sense," I said. I jumped at the man with my Keyblade, but I was fell right through him. I fell to the ground face first, but it seemed so soft. I stood up and looked around this strange place. I was standing in the light, on the opposite side where I was standing was nothing, but a hallway of darkness.

"Where am I?" I asked as I walked around the light space. "This place seems like Betwixt and Between."

A bright explosion of light exploded in front of me. I was shot backwards, and I hit the ground like a stone. A ball of white came towards me, but I ran in the other direction. It exploded, and knocked me face flat. I stood up, and looked around. Many white creatures hovered around me. On their faces was a cross, a familiar cross that I'd seen before.

I jumped to my feet, and summoned my Keyblade. The creatures all attacked me, but they couldn't dodge the lightning fast moves of my Keyblade, or they just weren't moving. Why aren't they attacking me? I asked as I fought fiercely. Then I heard giant footsteps.

I turned around to see the same monster I fought Moonlit City. I jumped up, and threw my Keyblade at the creature's head. It evaded the attack easily, and smacked me. The power of the slap was only minimum to what I felt when I hit the ground. What's going on? I looked in my hand expecting to have the Keyblade there, but it wasn't. I stood up slowly, and looked up. The man stood on the side of the black creature.

"Look kid, I don't want to place pain upon your body, but you're sort of making it hard," he said as a black sword, with a red, and gold handle attached to it. He jumped down and stood in front of me.

"Where is my Keyblade?" I asked. The man held out his hand. A silver, and black heart shaped Key chain sat in his palm. I took it, and a new Keyblade appeared. It had a black blade, and handle. The blade was shaped like a crown, with a white shaft, and hand guard. "What is this?" I looked up. The man was gone, and painful words rang into my head.

A broken heart, a lost love, a hidden past, Sleeping Memories.

---------------S-O-R-A---------------

Sora grabbed the switch of the large Machine.

"YOU GUY'S READY?" he shouted down to Jack, and Donald.

"Yeah, we're ready Sora," Jack shouted. Sora pulled down on the switch, and jumped in the front of the bright light that shot out of the machine. He felt his body changing as his feet came closer to the ground. When his feet finally touched the ground, he looked down at himself.

"It worked, IT WORKED!" Donald shouted.

"We're back to our normal size!" Jack shouted. "Now grab the bottle, we've got to get to the forest, and put it inside the easter tree."

"What?" Donald shouted.

"Yeah why can't we open it now?" Sora asked.

"Because, if we open it here Halloween Town will fade into Oblivion, it will no longer exist," started Jack. "It will become Halloween Town, and all of it's inhabitants, even us."

"Oh, so now we've got to wait longer to get to Goofy," Donald said. "Which means it's going to take even longer to find Huey, and Max."

"It's okay Donald," said Jack. "We'll get Goofy, but who's Max, and Huey?"

"Max is Goofy's son, and Huey is Donald's nephew," said Sora.

"Oh, you got separated," said Jack. "Don't worry, I just know you guy's will find them."

"Thanks," said Donald.

"Okay, let's get out of here, and to the forest," Sora said as he walked towards the graveyard of Halloween Town.

---------------?-?-?-?-?---------------

The man in the white coat stood in the center of the dark mansion. He looked around to see a boy, very young, with hatred in his eyes.

"Why are you here?" the man asked.

"Because, I'm looking for Sora, and Kairi," the boy said.

"Do you see them here?" the man asked.

"You took Kairi, I know it," the boy said looking down at his shoes. A tear escaped his left eye.

"You disgust me Riku," the man said. Riku looked up and summoned his Keyblade.

"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH HER?" Riku yelled.

"I don't plan on telling you," the man said turning away from Riku.

"Why, I've lost her before, and now she's missing again," Riku fell to his knees. He started to cry.

The man walked up to Riku, and placed his hand on his shoulder. Riku's Keyblade disappeared leaving him empty handed.

"I will assist you on your journey to find Kairi," the man said, "but your heart is no longer pure."

"Ansem..." Riku said to the man, standing up on his feet. "Become one with me again, I will turn to the darkness to find Kairi once again."

The man laughed and turned away from Riku, "I'm sorry, but I won't."

"What, WHY?" Riku shouted.

"You accepted the Darkness before, but you still threw me out of your heart," the man said as he started walking towards the door of the large mansion.

"Please, I won't do it again," Riku said as he reached out his hand towards Ansem. Ansem smiled to himself, and reached his hand out towards Riku. There was a blast of light, and then a boy. He wore a white coat, and had silver hair with a large black streak running down the center of it. He held a weapon, two weapons. A Keyblade and a sword.

He stared down at the Keyblade, Heart Unlocker, then he looked at the sword, Soul Eater.

"It seems we have fused Riku," said the boy. "Together we will find, Sora and Kairi."

"Yes sir," said a slightly higher voice from the boy's body. The boy vanished leaving the room empty, and broken just as it had been before.