This is the first half of the Kirby's world arc of SAKFF. It has some changes from the things in Triple Deluxe, but I made it close to the story. Also, the Reality Shift in this world is called 'Inhale Star'. You'll see what it does, so enjoy!

(I do not own Kingdom Hearts or Sword Art Online. All I do is form my imagination from both stories, and share it with the world!)

Kirito's Team so Far

Komory Bat (Komory) MAXED

Magic/Techniques

Confuse (Sacrificed for Woeflower)

Zero Gravity (Sacrificed for Blaze)

Zero Gravira

Drain Dive

Confusing Strike

Stat Boost

Dark Screen (x2)

Magic Haste (x3)

Attack Boost

Magic Boost

Confusion Block

Attack Haste (x2)

Spirit Ability

Waking Dream

Sir Kyroo (Kyroo) MAXED

Techniques

Strike Raid

Blitz

Stat Boost

Water Boost (x2)

Cure Boost (x3)

Attack Haste

Water Screen (x3)

Attack Boost

Magic Boost

Stop Block

HP Boost

Support Ability

Combo Plus

Woeflower (Woe) MAXED

Magic/Techniques

Poison (Sacrificed for Kabuto)

Sleepra (Sacrificed for Halberd)

Sleepga

Drain Dive (Sacrificed for Drill)

Poison Dive

Stat Boost

Magic Haste (x3)

Attack Haste (x3)

Dark Screen (x2)

Magic Boost

Blindness Block

Support Ability

Treasure Magnet

KO Kabuto (Kabuto) MAXED

Defense/Technique/Magic

Link Block

Circle Raid

Fira

Icebreaker

Stat Boost

Fire Screen (x2)

Blizzard Screen (x3)

Thunder Screen (x3)

Reload Boost

Defense Boost (x3)

Tatsu Blaze (Blaze) MAXED

Magic/Technique

Fira

Firaga

Meteor Crash

Stat Boost

Fire Boost (x2)

Attack Haste (x3)

Magic Haste (x3)

Attack Boost

Fire Screen (x2)

Bind Block

Spirit Ability

Support Boost

Drill Sye (Drill)

Technique

Circle Raid

Blitz

Stat Boost

Attack Boost

Poison Block

Mini Block

Slow Block

HP Boost

Halbird (Halberd)

Reprisal

Steep Climb

Stat Boost

Attack Haste

Kirito woke up once again, taking another dive to another sleeping world. "Okay, what do I have to do, now?" Kirito asked, seeing the gate nearing him. The sign on the gate said 'Defeat 7 enemies." "It's a gate that requires defeating enemies, huh?" Kirito understood, "That's fine with me!" Kirito passed through the gate, entering the dive challenge.

The dive's environment looked like something out of a fairy tale, specifically something like Jack and the Beanstalk. The environment had thick clouds and spiraling beanstalks all about, and there were also grassy meadows that blocked parts of Kirito's path. Kirito had to maneuver himself all around the obstacles, noticing enemy targets, which were consist of mainly Halbirds. They were tough to take down in one shot during the dive, but it was thanks to some magic spells that he picked up during the dive that Kirito was able to defeat the amount of Dream Eaters needed to pass through the gate, making his way towards the next world.

When Kirito woke up, he discovered himself on a large leaf that was connected to an angled beanstalk, which twisted and curved towards the sky. Along the path ahead, the vines were entangled about a piece of land, with a small, dome-shaped house on it. It looked smaller than the average house, with a chimney on top, and it had star designs all around it, from the hidden ones on the walls of the dome, to the sign right next to it, to even the door handle.

"Does someone live in there?" Kirito questioned, looking up at the building. Pondering on his own question, he decided to venture forth to the building. He climbed up the beanstalk, which was pretty much like walking up a steep him, and found himself at the door of the building. He knocked, checking to see if anyone would answer. No one did. Kirito decided to enter into the building, so he opened the door inside.

(Insert 'Ignite' TV Size by Eir Aoi)

Without hesitating, Take the world of paradoxes,

(The scene opens with Kirito's face fading in from the left-hand side, his eyes opening as the symbol of the Original Keyblade wielders appear in the center. Kirito's face fades out as Asuna's face fades in on the right-hand side, opening her eyes as the Dream Eater Spirit symbol replaces the Original Keyblade wielders symbol.)

And shoot it with your hands

(Asuna's face fades out as Yui's and Leafa's faces fades in, back to back as they looked towards either side while Sora's crown pendant appeared between them. The crown shines brightly, then showing the title of 'Sword Art Kingdom: Falling Fantasy', with the Sword Art Kingdom symbol right behind it.)

In the warmth of fallen tears
We should've learned kindness

(The scene opens to Asuna standing on top of the school rooftops, looking out in the distance with a solemn expression. She looks down at the white Wayfinder in her hand, the ghostly image of Aqua passing by her. She closes her eyes as she clutches the Wayfinder tightly, then she looked seriously ahead, ready to proceed.)

So why do we keep hurting each other
And give birth to more hatred?

(Kirito is sitting on the porch outside his house, holding one of his kendo stick Keyblades he made in his hands, looking down at it with a serious expression. He then stands up and whips it around before stopping in his fighter's stance, as the ghostly image of Terra in his battle stance stood behind him.)

From the stinging pain I learn to be strong

(The first scene shows Gretinal at her desk, with Yui on one side, and Jackson, Latias and Cypress on the other, all looking at the screen. The next scene shows Yen Sid at his desk, with Donald, Goofy and Mickey on one side, and Sora and Riku on the other side.)

And gently blanket the future

(The next scene shows Leafa closing her eyes as she fall backwards into the black screen, only to be scooped up by the large hand of Young Xehanort. He waves his other hand forward as Heartless Oberon, Gouxus, Saïx and a black coat Recon stand around him, grinning maliciously. The screen distances from them to where Kirito and Asuna stood, angrily looking back as they charged.)

Without hesitating, Take the world of paradoxes,

(The scene next shows Kirito using Flowmotion to move around the city of Alne in Alfheim Online, taking out Nightmares that came at him, then slamming his Keyblade into the ground, causing a shockwave of energy that blasts away nearby Heartless.)

And shoot it with your hands

(Asuna appears leaping across the rooftops at high speeds with her Eaglider and Pegaslick at her side, unifying together into Dual Style: Bladecharge, and swinging her energy-extended Keyblade around, sending all Nightmares around her flying away.)

I ever so softly embrace, The sorrow that is covered in red tears

(The scene shifts to Asuna and Recon fighting with one another within the experimental lab at the top of the World Tree, Sora and Leafa's minds showing behind the two as they fought. Then it shows an open room within the top of the World Tree, and Saïx is going into Berserk mode as he faces Kirito, who roars in rage as he charges at him, determined to defeat him.)

Just as the ringing vibration, Marks the sound of the beginning

(The scene ends as Asuna and Kirito race forward towards the golden bird cage where Leafa was, surrounded by darkness and fast asleep, with Heartless Oberon and Gouxus standing in front of the locked gate, waiting for the two. Asuna and Kirito leapt at the two, producing their Keyblades to fight. Heartless Oberon and Gouxus produce their own weapons and leapt at the two, Oberon going after Kirito while Gouxus went after Asuna, and the frame freezes as they near each other, ready to attack.)

It might have been magic similar to Yen Sid's, or it was the Sleeping World, but the interior seemed to be larger than what it looked from the inside. It was enough for Kirito's head to reach the ceiling of the one-room house. It contained pretty simple lodging, including a fireplace, a TV set, a round rug around the room, a single light hanging from the ceiling, and a bed. Kirito noticed the small bed was occupied by a pink ball-shaped character, not even a foot tall, who was covered with a blue blanket, and rested on a star pillow. There was also a dark aura surrounding the character.

"Who is…" Kirito started, but then he remembered, "Hold on, isn't this guy one of the contenders at the Smash Cup in Yusnaan? He's a lot smaller than I remember. What's with that dark aura?" Kirito walked up to the pink ball, tugging at it. "Hey, you okay?" Kirito questioned, shaking it, "C'mon, wake up!" The character didn't wake up one bit. Kirito backed away, scratching his head. "Maybe it's a deep sleeper." he considered.

"That isn't the case." said a high-pitch voice from behind. Kirito turned, and saw what looked like a Wheeflower floating towards him, but upon closer inspection, Kirito realized it wasn't one. Although it had a flower-like appearance and size, the head of the floating creature had seven pink flower petals and blonde hair, the body had a leaf skirt with a rose zircon gem on it, and it had disembodied hands.

"Who are you?" Kirito asked as the floating being came in.

"I'm the Pink Sky Fairy." the creature answered, "Who might you be? One of the lower land's heroes?"

"Uh, if you mean I'm from the ground, then yeah." Kirito answered, "I'm Kirito."

"Oh, thank goodness! Another hero from down below to help us!" the Pink Fairy cheered, floating around Kirito. Compared to him, the creature was practically the size of Kirito's head.

"Please, you must help us!" the Pink Fairy begged, stopping in between Kirito and the bed, "We need your lower land hero's help in order to stop the evil queen from controlling us!"

"You mean him?" Kirito questioned, looking at the pink ball in the bed. Just then, he remembered who the creatures name was at last. "Oh, yeah! It's Kirby!" Kirito recalled, slamming a fist into his hand.

"Yes. You see, we used the power of the Dreamstalk in order to bring him up here." the Pink Fairy explained, "Unfortunately, just as he was about to go, a strange monster suddenly appeared, and placed Kirby in a deep sleep. Nothing we can do can wake him up."

"That's not good." Kirito realized, looking down at Kirby, "Well, no worries. I bet I can defeat this queen of yours."

"Oh, no! You mustn't do that!" the Pink Fairy retorted, bringing Kirito's attention back to it, "You see, this heroes powers are the only thing able to defeat our queen. I'm afraid you wouldn't stand a chance."

"Oh…" Kirito sighed, looking back down at Kirby. This thing was knocked out in the first round of the Smash Cup. How was it able to be much stronger than him? Well, he just had to respect the laws of this world, and help Kirby out.

"So, is there any way of waking Kirby back up again?" Kirito asked the fairy.

"You…you can do that?" the Pink Fairy asked, surprised.

"Sure. I may not look it, but I am a pretty tough person." Kirito stated, "Although, I wouldn't be anywhere without my friends. They helped me to becoming who I am today." Kirito's pocket suddenly glowed, and out came Woe and Komory, who cried out in approval. "Yeah, that includes you guys." Kirito chuckled, looking at the two.

"Well, if you are able to do so, maybe you and your companions can save your hero." the Pink Fairy decided, "The only thing I could come up with is to defeat that creature responsible for putting him into this sleep."

"Got it!" Kirito understood, "So where is it?"

"I'm afraid it is high in the sky, beyond the reach of the Dreamstalk in its' current state." the Pink Fairy sighed.

"However, if you can gather my friends, they might be able to help you reach the creature!"

"Sure thing!" Kirito understood, "So, where are your friends?"

"I'm afraid they, too, have been captured." the Pink Fairy answered, "They are trapped on some of the floating lands above us. I can use my powers to help you reach one of the lands, you can free my friend on it."

"Okay, then. Take me to that land." Kirito told the fairy, who nodded in reply.

They both left the house, standing on the Dreamstalk. The Pink Fairy floated upwards, and with a wave of its' hands, sparkles came out. All of a sudden, a part of the Dreamstalk began to vine its way up higher into the sky. It broke through some clouds, and Kirito saw the large floating land in the sky.

"That is known as the Fine Fields." the Pink Fairy told Kirito, "You will find one of my friends there."

"Okay. You stay here and take care of Kirby." Kirito told the fairy, "I'll help save your friend." Kirito began racing up the spiraling stalk, heading towards the floating land, with Komory and Woe racing behind him.

When they arrived at the area where the vines connected to the island, Kirito examined the place ahead. The vines began to grow flowers as they were closer to the land, and the environment looked cheery, with grassy road surrounded by odd-colored trees with cotton-ball like tops. "Well, here goes nothing." Kirito told himself, and he stepped off towards the road.

Kirito had just landed onto the grass when several Dream Eaters surrounded him. They were composed of Pegaslick, Necho Cats and Wheeflowers. "And of course, you guys…" Kirito stated, pulling out his Keyblade just as they appeared. Komory and Woe took positions by his side, and the trio went into action.

The battle took a little while longer than Kirito thought it would. While he knew Wheeflowers and Necho Cats attacks pretty well, the fact was that the Pegaslicks were a tough opponent. Despite looking like flying unicorns, they packed a serious punch against Kirito and his Spirits, unleashing cyclone, glide attacks, and even performing Sparkga on the team. However, Kirito switch out Komory with Drill, and used his and Woe to perform the Dual Action: Comet, eliminating the opponents.

"The power levels of these Nightmares are on a different scale compared to what we faced so far." Kirito pointed out, using Cura to heal himself, Woe and Drill, "We might need to keep on our toes with these opponents, now. Maybe we might even recruit a new ally that will be as strong as these other Nightmares." He heard Woe make an outcry, and added, "That's not to say you guys are weak. I just mean we need to grow more strength in our number of members on our team. Anyways, let's keep going. We need to find that fairy's friends." Kirito and his Spirits charged into the Fine Fields in hopes of finding the Fairy.

The area was quite beautiful, despite the opposing Dream Eaters that came in their path. It wasn't just the three sets of Nightmares that Kirito fought before that he had to deal with, but also Tama Sheep and Zolephants, too. The pathway did divide up into two parts, with a gap in between, and it rose and fell as it did so. Kirito and his Spirits had to watch their steps as they journeyed through the fields while defeating the Nightmares about them

After a while, Kirito found himself walking towards a thick wall of trees that blocked the path further into the land, which started to grow into more of a forest. "Now how do I get across this obstacle?" Kirito asked, "I could just chop away with my Keyblade." Kirito was approaching the trees with his Keyblade at the ready, but he suddenly noticed that the trees started to glow pink. Kirito stopped, seeing the aura. "Hold on. This looks like…" Kirito started. He suddenly realized that the glow meant it was a Reality Shift. It had been a while since he last saw this, so he kinda forgot.

"Drift!" Kirito shouted, diving out of reality and into darkness. In front of him was a glowing star, along with the outlines of the trees in front of him. "What do I do here?" he asked himself, placing a hand on the star in front of him. He felt the star was loose, and able to rotate. Kirito, feeling this, decided to see what happened if he rotated it. He started to spin it, and all of a sudden, the star started to create a vacuum of air. Kirito spun the star faster, and the vacuum became stronger and stronger, tugging at the trees. Kirito made the star spin so fast, the vacuum it made suddenly ripped the trees, roots and all, out of the ground, and shrink into the star.

Once all of the trees were sucked in, Kirito stopped spinning the star, and he was released out of the Reality Shift in time to see that everything sucked in by what he did was suddenly released as a shooting star, launched forward towards a group of Dream Eaters that were waiting on the other side of the trees. The launched star defeated them all. "You gotta be kidding me!" Kirito gasped, seeing what he had done, "This world's Reality Shift is something else." Drill and Woe both came to Kirito's side, shaking him from his surprised state. "Sorry. Let's keep going." Kirito told them, and he led the team onward.

The amount of trees increased as the area shift from fields to forest. The Dream Eaters they were dealing with also changed, switching Wheeflowers, Tama Sheep and Pegaslick with Peepsta Hoo, Pricklemanes and Staggerceps. The Peepsta Hoo were tricky, for they used all kinds of magic spells, and they could scan Kirito or his Spirits, and be able to avoid the teams attacks for a short period of time afterwards. The Pricklemanes were also a troublesome foe due to having manes that were like sharp needles and a spike ball tails, making it difficult for physical contact attacks. As for the Staggerceps, they were similar to KO Kabuto, only with other kinds of attacks, such as shot that caught and brought Kirito closer to it, and shot that sealed Kirito's magic and techniques for a period of time.

Kirito and his team had just finished another set of Dream Eaters, and he was growing tired. "We need to find a place to regain ourselves, guys." Kirito told Drill and Woe, who turned and nodded in agreement. Kirito looked about, and saw a pile of boulders in front of a small mountain. Kirito walked over to the boulders, and saw them starting to glow pink. Kirito understood what that meant, and underwent the Reality Shift, and sucked in the rocks with the Reality Shift's power before blowing them away as a shooting star. He discovered a cave that was covered by the pile of rocks. "I had a feeling that was the case." Kirito told himself, and he walked right in.

The cavern was spacious, and it didn't seemed occupied by Nightmares. "Good, we should be safe." Kirito told his Spirits, but then he said something that made him add, "Hold on." It was a Portal, floating towards the left-hand side from the cave entrance. Kirito walked up to the Portal, thinking about whether to activate it or not. Finally, he said, "I'll rest after this Portal is done." He turned to his Dream Eaters and asked, "Feel like you got enough energy?" Woe and Drill cried out in approval. "Then let's take this on." Kirito declared, and he touched the Portal.

The person he could see was a woman with deep blue eyes and long blue flowing hair, resembling Asuna's hair in some ways. "So your name is Shiida, huh?" Kirito understood, "And the goal is to counterattack a few times. Fine by me!" Kirito backed off, producing his Keyblade as the Portal produced the Dream Eaters he had to face; Pegaslick and new sabertooth-like monsters called Keeba Tigers. They roared at Kirito, who braced himself, then charged straight at the Nightmares.

Kirito and his Spirits could tell that this set of Nightmares were no joke. While the Pegaslicks were already tough enough, Kirito also realized that the Keeba Tigers were just as much trouble as them. Powerful claws, lunging attacks, and its' ability to produce aura versions of itself to attack made it difficult to protect everyone at once.

Nevertheless, whenever Kirito blocked an attack, he unleashed his Counter Rage to retaliate as best as he could. Plus, whenever he got knocked into the air by an attack, Kirito unleashed his Payback Raid, which allowed him to perform a Strike Raid technique back at his opponent. Whenever he knocked an opponent into the air, he unleashed his Steep Climb move, which allowed him to perform a sword spin in the air that knocked them further up. With all the reprisal techniques he gained, plus a little help from Drill with the 'Link Action: Roll Call', he was able to accomplish the Portal's goal, and defeat the monsters.

Kirito placed his Keyblade away, and doubled over, panting. Drill and Woe also were showing signs of exhaustion. "I…I think we dealt with enough for now." Kirito panted, seeing all the prizes they gained from the Portal. Kirito felt his Dream Eater recipe book glow, and he pulled it out. "Okay, so what's the new Spirit we can make?" he asked as the pages shuffled. It stopped on a page close to the border between the regular and advance Dream Eaters. "Looks like we've got a tough one here." Kirito noticed, "This Dream Eater is called 'Ryu Dragon'. You know, I've always been curious what it would be like to have a dragon like Pina."

Kirito placed his Spirits away in their cards, and began to pull out the materials needed to create the new Spirit, and realized that after gathering so many materials in the past up to now, he could make a high ranked version of the Ryu Dragon. He had gained enough Prickly and Brilliant Fantasies, and decided to add one of his Circle Raid techniques as an added boost of defense to his Spirit. He then backed off and focused himself.

"Dream Eater, beckon to my side." Kirito chanted, "Come forth, and fight with me against Nightmares!" The ingredients spun around and came together, then there was a flash of light, a puff of smoke, and Kirito's new Dream Eater appeared.

The Ryu Dragon was, indeed, a dragon-like Spirit. It had a mainly green body and tail with small orange spots, with pale yellow underside, orange to red horns, claws and spikes on its' back, an orange beak-like mouth, bright-colored wings that curved downward, and a tail that reminded Kirito of Kyurem's back in the Pokémon world; a conical end with feathers spiked around it. The Spirit emblem was on its' forehead, and its' eyes were purple. It was also as big as Drill.

"Nice to meet you, Ryu Dragon." Kirito greeted his new Dream Eater, who looked about at his surroundings, "I hope we can become good partners. I'll call you Ryu for short. Sound good?" Ryu looked to Kirito, tilting its' head, then roared in approval. "Great." Kirito sighed, sitting down with his back on the wall, "Now to see what new powers I can gain from you guys." He pulled out Drill and Halberd's cards, seeing as they were the only ones Kirito had not maxed out, and saw that after all the fighting he had to do up to now, he had gathered about 700 Link Points.

From Drill, Kirito discovered more parts of the board thanks to a secret panel, and gained a boost in item power, resistance to stop magic, a boost to stamina, a double boost to attack speed, a defense boost, and gained access to the Sonic Blade technique, leaving him with one more boost to go.

From Halberd, Kirito also unlocked more parts of the board thanks to the secret panel, and gained a resistance to stop magic as well, a boost to attack speed and power, a triple boost to magic speed, and an additional attack to his air combos.

From Ryu, Kirito gained not only a boost in stamina, but also a new technique called 'Superglide', which allowed Kirito to glide through the air at high speeds. This intrigued Kirito, believing it to be like flying in ALO.

Once he got everything all set up, Kirito examined his attacks on his Command Pad, and noticed that Sonic Blade was something he couldn't do, but Asuna was fully capable of. "Guess I should send her back a powerful move in return for the Cura spell." Kirito told himself, and after looking around, discovered how to send things to Asuna, and sent the Sonic Blade to her. Besides that move, Kirito had no need to change around his attacks. As for his Spirits, considering how exhausted Drill and Woe were, Kirito changed them and Komory about, deciding to work with Ryu and Kyroo in front, with Halberd in reserves.

After doing all this, Kirito was rested enough from the previous battles, and was able to move on. "Kay, guys. Let's keep moving forward." Kirito told his Spirits, and he exited the cave with them at his side. As soon as they left and stood in a patch of sunlight peaking through the trees above, they heard an outcry in the distance. "What was that?!" Kirito asked seriously, turning to where the scream came from. Kyroo croaked at Kirito, signaling him to go where the scream was. "Right. Let's check it out!" he replied, and the team raced through the forest to their destination.

Kirito kept racing through the forest, dispatching the Dream Eaters that came in their path. Just as Kirito guessed, Ryu was quite the fire-element fighter. Its' fiery attacks not only consisted of a fire breath, but creating scorching lines through the ground in several forms, and it even took to the sky, unleashing all kinds of fire breath attacks from below.

They finally reached the edge of the forest, where they saw the thing that screamed before. It was another Sky Fairy, only this one had yellow petals around its' head, making it look like a sunflower, and a gold gem on the small chest. It was also trapped high inside a cage, and several Dream Eaters were surrounding it, eyeing up at it.

"Someone, please help me!" shouted the little fairy, "I don't want to be horderves for these monsters!"

"I'm on it!" Kirito called out to it, ready to fight.

Kirito, Ryu and Kyroo all took off and started to take out the group of forest Dream Eaters, using every technique they had on them. Kirito utilized a Link Action with Ryu, and discovered it to be Decussation, which was the same as his Link Action with Kyroo. The two managed to dispatch six of the Nightmares using their speedy and powerful attacks, ending with a double slamming shockwave. It took the team a couple minutes until they defeated the surrounding Dream Eaters.

Kirito looked up at the cage, and saw a handle on the bottom of the cage. He leapt up and grabbed ahold of it, and used his own weight to pull it down. The cage folded open, and the Yellow Sky Fairy was freed from captivity. Kirito landed back on the ground again, and watched as the fairy floated down to him.

"Oh, thank you so much!" thanked the Yellow Sky Fairy, "I thought I was never gonna get out without going into someone's stomach."

"Don't worry about it." Kirito assured her.

"You must be a hero from the lower lands." the Yellow Sky Fairy assumed, "Please, help my people from captivity! That monster trapped us in those cages, and summoned the creatures to pollute the skies."

"Tell me, what kind of monster was it?" Kirito asked, pulling out his Dream Eater book, "I have seen several kinds of Nightmares, and this book contains all kinds. Show me which one you thought you saw."

The Yellow Sky Fairy watched as Kirito flipped through the pages, examining each of the Nightmares. Finally, it cried, "That one! That was what I saw!"

Kirito frowned at the Dream Eater the fairy pointed out. "That Dream Eater I saw in Traverse and Twilight Town." Kirito noticed, seeing the picture of the Spellican Nightmare.

"You know this creature?" the Yellow Sky Fairy asked.

"Yeah. In fact, I've been searching for this creature for a while." Kirito answered, "Well, that explains the abundance of Nightmares here." Kirito placed away the book, and turned to the fairy. "Can you help me get higher up the Dreamstalk? I need to get to it as soon as possible."

"Of course!" the Yellow Sky Fairy, "However, I can't get you all the way up to the creature, but I can get you to another island where another one of my people is at."

"Great. Well, I'll just have to take care of whatever Dream Eaters are up there, too." Kirito sighed as they exited the area.

After a while, Kirito led the Yellow Sky Fairy back to the Dreamstalk again. The fairy flew forward, and sprinkled sparkling lights onto the stalk. The Dreamstalk started to shake, then it started to grow higher and higher into the air. Kirito raced up the stalk, placing his Spirits in their cards for the time being, and the Sky Fairy followed.

When the stalk stopped, Kirito reached the top, and saw a more earthy landscape in front of him, with some mountains in the distance. "What is this land called?" Kirito asked as the Sky Fairy caught up.

"This is known as the Old Odyssey." the fairy replied, "I'm sure you will find another one of my people here. Please be careful; these lands are quite dangerous."

"I'm sure I'll be fine." Kirito answered, "You head back to Kirby's house. The Pink Sky Fairy is there with him."

"Okay, and thank you, again!" the fairy answered as Kirito got off the Dreamstalk and onto the next land.

When he landed on the ground and looked about, he was surprised to see that the sunlight had suddenly turned into twilight. The sudden change in the sunlight did startle him at first, but he shook it off. He was already use by now to the changes in the environment such as this, so he took off into the land, re-summoning Ryu and Kyroo to his side once more.

The Old Odyssey was a rather rocky environment, but it also had pinwheel flowers and diamond-shaped rocks that formed patterns alongside the path. Then there was the stranger parts, involving floating rock in the air that were provided as platforms, along with gusts of winds coming out of the holes in the ground that helped Kirito climb higher up as he could tell that he was heading to the mountaintops.

Then there were the Dream Eaters Kirito had to encounter. The land contained Halbirds, Ghostabocky, Ducky Geese, Iceguin Aces, and Tyranto Rexes. Kirito could tell that the strongest opponents he had to deal with were the Tyranto Rex, which were T-Rex like Dream Eaters with powerful physical attacks, along with fire breath and fire bombs, too. Not to mention that considering the unleveled ground, Kirito had to endure some tough battles.

"Dang it!" Kirito moaned, enduring a tail swipe from one of the Tyranto Rexes while keeping his footing on the slope he was on, "If these keeps going, I won't be able to make it to the top at all!"

He slipped back on some ice left behind by a Iceguin Ace, and slid down the slope. Kirito managed to find some ground to dig into, but he grimaced at how much further behind he was to reaching the top. However, Kyroo reappeared right next to Kirito, and croaked as he pointed to something. Kirito looked over and saw what looked like a cave entrance into the mountain.

"You think that's an easier way?" he asked his Spirit, who nodded in response, "Okay, then let's take it!" Kirito called up to Ryu to join the two, and they entered the cave.

The interior of the mountain, as Kirito found out, was freezing. It reminded Kirito a lot of the castle hanging above Jötunheimr, where he gained the Holy Blade Excalibur. Fortunately, he was well-disciplined in enduring the cold, and progressed through the cave. While the floor was icy, and difficult for him to keep his footing, instead of going up a slope, there were ladders and platforms that climbed their way up to the top, which was easier for Kirito. The monsters were less hazardous here than they were outside, containing only Komory Bats and Iceguin Aces.

After a few minutes of going through the ice caves, Kirito's team finally made it outside again. Since they were higher up the mountain, the exterior of the mountain had more ice and snow than before. "Well, I think we can guess where the Sky Fairy is at in this place." Kirito told his group, looking up to towards the top, where the clouds covered the peak. "It has to be at the very top of this place. We don't have that much farther to go, so let's get up there as quickly as we can."

The Dream Eaters outside contained Pegaslick, Iceguin Ace, Halbirds, and Ghostabocky. The exterior was similar to the ice caves, where instead of a steep slope, it was several levels of flat surfaces for Kirito and his Spirits to leap up and get onto. Kirito's Superglide ability that he gained from Ryu also game in great help, since he could down glide around at high speeds, but it was only gliding in the air, so he slowly descended as he flew. What's more, his Spriggan wings would appear every time he did this. Nevertheless, the ability made it great for Kirito to use aerial dodging, and quickly close in on a target without Flowmotion.

Kirito had just made the highest platform underneath the clouds. He looked up to see that the clouds looked different to what he knew clouds to be. "It seems pretty thick." Kirito pointed out, seeing the clouds. Ryu took off into the sky, attempting to pass through the clouds. However, the clouds made Ryu bounce right off of them. "Since when do clouds do that?" Kirito asked, seeing Ryu descend back down next to him. He looked about the place, hoping to find a way around the clouds.

He then noticed a pile of large ice pieces. Walking over to it, Kirito noticed them starting to glow. "I think I know how to deal with this." Kirito stated, "Drift!" Kirito entered his Reality Shift, and started sucking up all the ice blocks with the spinning star. When he gathered all of them, he came out of the Reality Shift, but didn't see an entrance back into the mountain as he thought. Instead, the star was shot into the air, striking the clouds above, and making them disperse. Kirito gasped as he finally saw what was on the other side of the clouds. It was a tower-like castle, sitting on top of the peak of the mountain. The disappearing clouds also showed Kirito more platforms to leap up at in order to reach the frosty castle. "This has to be the most useful Reality Shift I have ever dealt with!" Kirito stated.

The team started to climb up the platforms, making their way to the castle at the peak. It only took them about a couple minutes, but they finally were able to reach the top. They looked up to see the castle's top. Kirito was sure that the Sky Fairy was somewhere up there, and it was up to him to head up there to find it.

Kirito had just started walking towards the entrance when a black portal suddenly opened up in front of him. Kirito stopped suddenly, and watched as a new figure stepped out of the portal. He looked about Kirito's age, and he had some similarities to Saïx's appearance, only his hair was silver color, and he had golden eyes on him. Even so, there was no mistaking the Organization's black coat on him.

Kirito immediately readied himself to fight as the young man approached him. "I'm glad I have got the chance to meet you, Kirito." the boy greeted him.

"Who are you?" Kirito asked, frowning at the man, "Are you with Oberon and Saïx?"

"You could say that." he answered, then after a pause, he said, "You know, I really wanted to meet you for a while. However, I was spending too much time on more…pressing matters than this."

"I'm SO glad you finally took the time to meet me then." Kirito stated sarcastically, "Excuse me if I'm not jumping in joy in meeting you." The young man chuckled at this.

He then looked at Kirito seriously, who glared right back at the man. Kirito felt the person in front of him was examining Kirito, sizing him up. "It's as I thought." the young man finally stated, "Your heart is being protected by our darkness. I guess that's why…"

"I don't know what you're talking about!" Kirito barked at him, "Now tell me; where is Suguha?! I'm here to get her back!"

The young man turned away from Kirito as he answered, "Your sister is the least of your concerns. Shouldn't you be more worried about the rest of your comrades? I was sure we warned you that one of you would join Leafa in her slumber in darkness."

"Yeah, I remember that warning." Kirito recalled, "But I know Asuna, Sora and Riku are more than capable of enduring whatever schemes you and your buddies are coming up with. And as for me, I know I won't be swayed by anything you guys say. My heart is connected by my friends, and they keep me strong through all of this!"

The young man looked back at Kirito again. "Well, you are right about one thing, at least." he told him, "We won't be able to lay a finger on your heart. It is far too protected from us to do anything, more than even you can realize."

"What do you mean by that?" Kirito asked.

"Nothing, at the moment." the young man answered, "Just that if you were by yourself, you would be much easier for us to control. I guess that's why we had hoped to separate your heart from them, but the bonds you hold are too strong for us to break. No matter, the one we are targeting right now is almost at his breaking point. It's only a matter of time before he will be all ours."

"Who are you talking about?!" Kirito demanded, racing towards the young man as he opened a Corridor of Darkness, and stepped through it, making the portal disappear behind him.

Kirito stopped at the spot the door disappeared. He looked about, seeing if anyone else was there, but there were no signs at all, apart from his Spirits, who came in from behind Kirito. "That guy said that their target is almost at 'his' breaking point." he muttered, "Guess that means that Asuna's out of the picture. And if they aren't targeting me, that leaves Sora or Riku."

Kirito frowned as he thought about all that guy said to him. "How am I being protected?" he asked himself, "And who the heck was that guy? He seemed to know me well." Kirito pondered on what he was talking about, but Kyroo and Ryu snapped him out of his thoughts. "Yeah, you're right. This isn't the time to space out." he told them, "If Sora or Riku are in danger, then that means we have to finish this Mark of Mastery quickly. Let's find that Sky Fairy, and stop that Dream Eater!" With that, Kirito entered the tower with his Spirits.

The team entered into the castle, and started climbing up the stairs to the top, dealing with all the Dream Eaters that interfered in their path. Parts of the path led outside, along the exterior of the castle. Finally, the team made it to the top of the place, and saw another Sky Fairy trapped in a cage. This one had a purple flower for a head, but the petals folded around its' head, covering its' eyes, and a green bud on top. It also had a leafy dress as well, and an amethyst on its' chest.

"Hey, you okay in there?" Kirito asked, racing towards the cage.

"Oh, sure. I'm totally comfortable inside this dinky cage on a frozen peak." the Purple Sky Fairy answered sarcastically.

"Right, sorry." Kirito apologized, "I'll get you out of there." Kirito leapt up and pulled the lever underneath. The cage folded open like the other one before, and the Sky Fairy flew out.

"Ah! It feels so good to move about!" it sighed in relief, "Thanks for the save. You do not know how cramped it was in there, and it is so cold high up in these mountains."

"Well, saving you was the reason I came up here." Kirito replied, "Your friends asked me to help save you so that you guys can take me to stop the Dream Eater that put you guys in those cages and put Kirby to sleep."

"I get it." the Sky Fairy understood, "Well, we should head out of here before my leaves freeze up on me." The Fairy flew off, and Kirito watched it leave for a couple seconds before racing with it from behind.

After a while, Kirito and the Sky Fairy finally made it back to the Dreamstalk. It was a lot shorter than going up the mountain, especially since both of them flew or glided over to the stalk. The moment they arrived, they heard someone shout, "You guys!" they looked down the stalk and saw both Pink and Yellow Sky Fairy fly back up to them.

"You two are safe, as well, I see." the Purple Sky Fairy noticed.

"It's all thanks to Kirito." the Yellow Sky Fairy answered.

"You are certainly turning out to be quite the great hero." the Pink Sky Fairy stated. Kirito didn't think of himself as a hero. He just did what he had to do for his friends.

"Do you think we have enough of our people here to send Kirito to fight the monster?" the Yellow Sky Fairy asked the others.

"Only one way to find out." the Pink Sky Fairy answered, "Everyone, let's do it!"

The three Sky Fairies flew up high above the Dreamstalk, with Kirito watching them rise. Once they reached a high enough place, the trio started to dance about in a circle, and started to sprinkle down their magical energy onto the Dreamstalk. Kirito felt the vine quake a bit, and start to grow with Kirito on it, causing him to rise high into the air. However, when he got to where the fairies were, the Dreamstalk stopped growing, and Kirito looked about, confused.

"What happened?" Kirito asked.

"I'm afraid our powers were not enough for us to send you to the monster." the Purple Sky Fairy answered, "I'm sorry, but we have no idea what to do from here." Both of the other fairies looked at each other, worried.

Kirito thought about it for a second, then he smiled as he stated, "Don't worry. I know someone who has always cared for me when my power was not enough. I'm sure she'll come through for us."

Just then, the group heard an outcry from below, and saw three more Sky Fairies rise up from below; one was a white lily, one was a red rose, and the third was a blue violet. "It's more of our people!" the Pink Sky Fairy gasped.

"But I thought those guys were also captured!" the Yellow Sky Fairy thought.

Kirito knew who it was that saved them. "Thanks, Asuna." Kirito thanked her, "You're always helping me out when I need it the most."

(Cue Sword Art Online OST: 'Dance With Me')

The three other Sky Fairies joined Kirito's three, and after a happy reunion, the six fairies concentrated, and started to dance about in the air. It was actually quite beautiful, to say the least. The six of them were in great harmony with one another, sprinkling down the magic energy as one onto the Dreamstalk, which started to shake. All of a sudden, Kirito felt the stalk rising again, this time with the six Sky Fairies' powers. It rose higher and higher into the sky, high above the Sky Fairies. Kirito looked down at the fairies, who had stopped dancing and waved up at Kirito, wishing him luck. Kirito nodded back at them, then looked seriously up towards the sky.

When the vines stopped, Kirito could see that his surrounding had turned into nighttime, with the moon glowing brightly in front of him. There were intertwining vines in front of him, and Kirito saw something moving in the distance, shadowed by the moonlight. Kirito frowned as he recognized the figure. It was no doubt the Spellican, hanging above a large flower.

Kirito felt his Command Pad vibrate, and he pulled it out to see that he had gained a new command skill; Double Impact, in which he could perform two Sonic Impacts in the air after an Air Slide. While it did seem useful for battles, Kirito felt that in movement cases, the Superglide was a better thing to use. He placed the Command Pad away, and used the said move to fly over to where the Dream Eater was at. 'It's time to end this fight!' Kirito thought to himself.

Kirito landed on the tip of the flower's petal, and ran over to face the Spellican. Ryu and Kyroo both reappeared right next to Kirito, ready to fight. The Spellican turned and was surprised to see the trio. Kirito, on the other hand, recognized the color schemes of the Spellican.

"I know you. You're Twilight Town's Spellican!" Kirito stated, "Well, it's time you stop fleeing and start fighting!"

(Cue Kirby Triple Deluxe OST 'Moonstruck Blossom/Queen Sectonia 2')

The Spellican screeched as it rose into the air, Kirito looking up at it as it did so. Suddenly, it pulled its' magic book hat off and read an incantation. Kirito felt the flower start to vibrate, and he looked down to see that the petals were starting to close on themselves. The Spellican was trying to trap Kirito in the closing flower. Kirito saw the Spellican dive down below, and Kirito chased after it, leaping out just as the flower petals closed into a bud.

Kirito dove as he watched the Spellican attempting to fly away. The vines intertwined all around them, making it impossible for either party to escape. However, Kirito had the same feeling as he did whenever he dove into each world. This meant that Kirito was now in a dive session, with the objective to catch up with the Spellican.

Kirito started dashing down as quickly as he could to catch up with his target. The Spellican wasn't gonna make it easy for him, and unleashed a meteor that was directed towards Kirito. He avoided the attack with a spin dodge, and kept the pursuit. The Spellican fired two sets of three dark orbs at Kirito, who did his best to avoid the attacks. The Spellican continued this pattern of dark orbs and meteors at Kirito, attempting to slow him down. While he was hit at a couple points by the Nightmare's attacks, but Kirito continued the pursuit. Finally, he was able to reach the Spellican, and unleashed a charging slash at it, damaging it.

The Spellican screeched in pain, and there was a flash of light. All of a sudden, Kirito, his Spirits and the Spellican were on top of a new flower with smaller flowers hanging above them. "I don't know what happened, but now, we can fight normally, can't we?" He charged in with his Spirits, unleashing a Firaga right off the bat. It struck the Spellican, who waved the flames from its' face afterwards, and saw Kirito leap in with several slashes, joined in by his Kyroo.

It doubled back from the attacks, and teleported way, reappearing aways from the group. It then opened its' book, and summoned five stars, which started to home in on Kirito. He leapt up and used the air slide to dodge, followed by two consecutive Sonic Impacts. He was just about to close in when the Spellican teleported, reappearing on another part of the flower away from Kirito. He raced at it quickly while seeing it summon more stars.

"This might be a little tough." Kirito told himself, "Ryu! Kyroo! Let's keep on our feet!" Ryu and Kyroo understood, and charged in for the assault.

The Spellican sent the stars at Kirito, who did his best to avoid them, but got struck by a pair, and had to endure. Kyroo unleashed an Aqua Raid that struck the Spellican just as it teleported. It reappeared once again, this time close to Ryu's position. The dragon took this chance, and unleashed a four-hit burning slash before it could send more stars at its' master. Kirito raced in from behind, and unleashed his Howling Octave Sword Skill, unleashing the 8-hit fire combo onto the Nightmare.

The Spellican reeled from the damage, and became dazed for a moment, giving the team a chance to unleash a set of attacks onto. However, once it recovered, the Spellican teleported away, coming from behind, and made its' staff produce a long blade of light. It started swinging it about, knocking Ryu out, and it almost got Kyroo had Kirito not used the Link Block technique to block and stop the attack, retaliating with a Circle Raid to knock it back.

The Spellican quickly got onto its' broomstick, and started to fly away. "No way you're gonna get away from me!" Kirito barked, flying after it with his Superglide. In speed, Kirito was able to catch up, but the Spellican rose onto one of the small flowers above. Kirito's gliding couldn't help him ascend, so he landed at the stem of the flower. The Spellican then formed a magic circle underneath it as everything went dark, and suddenly, meteors started raining from the sky. The attack caused damage to the trio, injuring them heavily.

Kirito regained himself, and used his Flowmotion to bounce up the stem towards the Spellican. "You want a meteor shower? I'll give you one!" Kirito barked, and he made his Keyblade glow brightly, and he unleashed his Meteor Crash onto the Spellican, heavily damaging it. It teleported away towards the ground. "Come back here!" Kirito barked, and he leapt off the flower in pursuit of the Spellican.

The Nightmare was tougher than any other Dream Eater Kirito had encountered yet. He did underestimate it due to how it always ran away before in Twilight Town, but now it was on the offense, and it was more powerful than what he had thought. It was able to move about so quickly, and unleash homing stars, swings from its' blade of light energy, and summon meteors from above. One flaw it DID have, however, was it wasn't able to take pain well, and it flinched if it got hit, making it easier for Kirito to unleash more and more attacks on it until it was able to regain itself.

After a few minutes of fighting, Kirito, Ryu and Kyroo had surrounded the Nightmare, who was pretty worn from its' attacks. It screeched at the trio as it rose up and flew over to the edge of the flower, which started to close. "This again?" Kirito asked, watching the Spellican as it dove downward. Kirito recalled his Spirits as he glided over to the flower, and leapt after the Spellican as the flower closed.

Now entering a new dive, Kirito pursued the flying Spellican as it flew downward. It started to unleash the same attacks as it did before, unleashing meteors and dark orbs back at Kirito, only at a faster rate. Kirito did his best to spin dodge, dash, and endure all the attacks that came his way during the dive, trying to catch up with the Spellican. "You are not gonna get away from me this time!" Kirito shouted, and with one final dash, he caught up and slashed at the Spellican, making it stop flying.

In a flash of light, Kirito and the Spellican reappeared on a new, different-colored flower, with multi-colored flowers above and around them. Kirito also saw a bright light that nearly blinded him. The daybreak sun was starting to peak out in the clouds in the distance. The Spellican used his near blind state in an attempt to strike Kirito with its' homing stars. Fortunately, Ryu and Kyroo came in and unleashed their long-ranged attacks to counter the stars. Kirito's eyes adjusted, and he was able to see the Spellican again. "I'd like to see you try that again!" Kirito barked, using his Cura spell to heal him and his team, and he charged in for the attack.

The Spellican teleported away, and unleashed more stars and Kirito, but he used his Firaga from afar to blast it and stop it from attacking. He closed in the gap with Kyroo by his side while the Spellican created another blade of light. "Let's do it, Kyroo!" Kirito declared, "Link Action! Decussation!" The Spellican attempted a wide slash at the two, but they vanished and started rapidly attacking all about it, dashing and slashing at it with everything they had, ending with a double shockwave that sent it toppling aways from them.

When it rose up again, the Spellican screeched in anger, and sent purple dust balls flying all around it. The dust balls then transformed into small versions of its' own broomstick, only they stood upright and walked around similar to the magic brooms at Disney Castle. Kirito looked at the new targets, and then notice the Spellican vanishing. "Hey, get back here!" Kirito barked, looking about to see where it went. The Spellican was gone.

The small brooms, on the other hand, waddled around slowly, and Kirito had to wonder what they could do. He got his answer when a couple purple lightning bolts shot directly on top of him, damaging him.

"Why you…!" he growled, and he charged at the brooms, slashing at them with all he had. Ryu and Kyroo joined in on the assault, doing everything they could to defeat them, while they sent lightning bolts continuously on top of Kirito before he could avoid them. Within moments, Kirito was on his knees, injured by the continuous damage. Ryu leapt up and started breathing fire down onto the brooms, damaging and destroying a couple. Kyroo came to Kirito's aid and used its' Curaga to heal Kirito. "Thanks, pal." Kirito thanked him.

Kirito then noticed that the brooms were all glowing a pink aura. "Drift!" Kirito shouted, entering the Reality Shift. He then started to spin the star, sucking in the all of the brooms with its' vacuum. It was slightly more difficult than the other times, but Kirito managed to suck them all in. After doing so, Kirito came out of the Reality Shift, and watched as the star that sucked them in shot towards the wall of vines surrounding the stage, and it exploded, destroying all of the brooms.

The Spellican reappeared, and unleashed more stars down at Kirito. Kyroo got in the path of the stars, and got heavily damaged by them. "Kyroo!" Kirito shouted, catching his Spirit as he collapsed from the damage, "You should rest yourself. Let someone else take a shot." He swapped out Kyroo for Halberd, who screeched as it was ready to brawl.

The Spellican was far away from the team, with Ryu flying towards it. It sent stars towards Ryu, but Halberd unleashed laser feathers in retaliation, and the two attacks canceled one another in a massive explosion. Ryu came out of the smoke caused by the explosion, and sent powerful blasts of flames at the Spellican, causing it to shrill and disappear, reappearing near Kirito and Halberd. Kirito saw this and unleashed a Sonic Impact to strike the Spellican. Halberd used its' teleport rush do continuously damage the Spellican. Kirito ended the team attack with his Meteor Crash technique.

By the time the two finished, the Spellican collapsed onto the ground, dazed by the combined attacks. Ryu came next to Halberd and Kirito's side. "Let's give this guy the power of our teamwork!" Kirito told his team, and they focused as one, "Dual Action! Trinity Limit!" The trio suddenly stood in a triangle formation around the Spellican, creating a magical circle underneath them. The trio then produced a ball of swirling light that trapped and repeatedly damaged the Nightmare. It kept going and going until Kirito leapt up and unleashed a flipping slash, slamming his Keyblade down onto the head of the Spellican, causing the magical book-hat to be cut in half.

The trio came out of their attack, and watched as the Spellican was sent flipping backwards, crying out in pain. It then tumbled over the side of the flower, separated by its' broom. Kirito led the team over, and watched it plummet, then witnessed it vanished into a sparkling of lights, fading from existence. The Spellican was finally finished.

"We…we did it." Kirito told his team, who cheered in victory. Kirito sighed as he fell back in a sitting position, glad the battle was over. He felt his Command Pad vibrate, and pulled it out to see that his command deck increased once more, now having eight slots in total, and the Sleepga spell took the spot. He also noticed a new technique to his roster; a Reprisal technique called 'Sliding Circular', in which Kirito could perform a double sword spin after a dash. "Looks like I got a great boost to powers, thanks to defeating that Nightmare." Kirito stated, putting his Command Pad away.

He then noticed the wall of vines started to shift all around him and his team, and watched as they rapidly parted about, with a few of them that formed a downward bridge. Kirito watched this all happen in amazement. He looked to his Spirits, who looked exhausted from their fights. "Why don't you guys take a break, okay?" Kirito told them, "Oh, and thank you for helping me in this fight." Ryu and Halberd cried out in response to this, and recalled to their cards. Kirito got back to his feet again, and wandered down the bridge of vines, wondering where it might take him.

Kirito continued down the path, passing by the floating clouds about him. He then noticed the path ending off in the distance, heading back to Kirby's house again. Since the battle against the Spellican contained a couple diving moments, it was only natural that Kirito would have gone further down the Dreamstalk. He then wondered that if beating the Spellican really did reawaken Kirby.

Before he had arrived to the house, Kirby's ghostly body, now awakened, was finally able to come back to his own body. It floated down next to him, and entered his own body. With it together again, Kirby opened its' eyes, and stood up on his bed, stretching its' stubby arms out as it yawned. The Pink, Yellow and Purple Sky Fairies were right next to him, and were cheering in victory that their hero had reawakened.

Kirito entered the house to see Kirby hop off of the bed, happily greeting the fairies before looking to Kirito. "I see you're wide awake." Kirito noticed, "Looks like defeating the Spellican really did help you, after all."

"Oh, thank you, Kirito!" the Pink Sky Fairy praised him, "You defeated that monster, and saved Kirby! I don't know what we would've done without you!"

Kirby approached Kirito, who looked down at him. Kirby's height didn't even reach up to his knees. Not only that, but Kirby couldn't even talk properly, and could only say the word 'puyo'. However, Kirito could tell that he was really grateful for Kirito saving it. "It was no problem." Kirito answered, kneeling down close to Kirby, "I was kinda after that monster when it escaped me before. Sorry that you got involved with it."

Kirby blinked, confused at why he would apologize, but he smiled and cooed again, waving its' hands. "He's not upset by it." the Yellow Sky Fairy told him, "In fact, he seems pleased because he got to meet you."

Kirito looked from the fairies, then back to Kirby, who leaped up and down, agreeing. Kirito smirked at this. "Yeah, it does take some troubles like this to meet new friends, huh?" he stated, "That's constantly happened to me. Guess there're silver lines in every kind of trouble."

"True, and don't forget that we got to meet you." the Pink Sky Fairy added, "We now got to see more heroes from the lower lands."

"Yeah. You're amazing!" the Purple Sky Fairy stated. Kirito grinned embarrassingly at this.

He then looked back at Kirby. "Now it's your turn to play the 'hero' role." he told the pink ball, "Do everything you can to help these guys, and always remember that you have friends by your side. Whether they are close, or far away, their hearts are connected to you." Kirby nodded in understanding, smiling. With everything said, Kirby walked around Kirito, and exited the house.

"Wait for us!" the Pink Sky Fairy cried out, and it led the other two fairies as they exited the house, with the Yellow Sky Fairy closing the door behind, leaving Kirito alone.

A while after they left, Kirito noticed a glowing Keyhole appearing in the open air close to the ceiling. "The last Sleeping Keyhole." Kirito noted, looking at it, "With this one, I'll unlock all seven Keyholes. I still haven't found Leafa yet, but I get the feeling this Mark of Mastery exam has changed quite a bit."

He thought back to many situations that happened in the other Sleeping Worlds. He thought back to when the man in the black coat and hood he first encountered in Twilight Town. He then remembered Heartless Oberon in the Garden of Time. He then remembered to when he and Sora both encountered Oberon and Xemnas together during the second visit to Twilight Town, warning them of Leafa's capture. Then there was Saïx, who appeared in Edolas. Finally, he met the young man here, in this world. Just then, he recalled that the young man's voice was the same as the one in Twilight Town during the first time around. That meant he was there at the very beginning.

"Who was that guy anyway?" Kirito asked, thinking to himself, "He seemed interested in me so much. There was something about him that felt familiar, but I can't really point it out. Then there was the fact that he said I was 'protected' in a way more that I realize. What did that mean? Is somebody protecting me? Could it be Leafa's power of Bonds?"

Kirito had so many questions going through his head, and he had a hard time deducing a simple answer out of each of them. The one question that bugged him most of all was this; If he were to unlock this Keyhole, would it help him find Leafa? Maybe once he awakens back in the Realm of Arrival, he could ask Gretinal if she could find Leafa's whereabouts. Either way, he wasn't gonna get any answers solved by standing around here.

Kirito produced his Keyblade, and waved it to the Keyhole. A beam of light shot out and connected with the Keyhole, shattering the reality around it and pouring the light onto Kirito. "Hold on, Leafa." Kirito told himself, "I promise you, Asuna and I will save you!" And with that, Kirito was succumbed to the bright light of the Keyhole.

Next time on SAK FF:

Asuna: Kirby is not waking up from his deep sleep, so I need to find the Sky Fairies in order to make it to the top. The floating lands are quite interesting, and the battles are tough, but I won't give up until I complete this! Hey, there's Recon again. Huh? He thinks I care more for this Mark of Mastery than Leafa? That is so not true, and I'll prove it!

Next Time on 'Sword Art Kingdom: Falling Fantasy!'

Dreamstalk! The Road to the Truth!

Kirito & Asuna: The Dreams have yet to be discovered!