Songs of the Same Shade

{A Short Story}

Author's Note:

Hello once again my readers I've decided to write this one-shot for fun. It's a sort of crossover thing of two worlds that for some reason I felt both deserved to be in this. Don't ask but I just felt like mixing it up with my OCs included. Enjoy ^-^

Location: Unknown

Inside of a large ballroom crowded with people a disruption in the atmosphere occurs. "What is that?" Someone asked frantically pointing at the ceiling. The disruption was the ceiling bending down almost to the point of touching the floor. It looked as if the ceiling was going to bust open any minute. "Why does this always have to happen after we save the worlds?" Someone squawked. The bubble finally burst open as it touched the ground to reveal a group of people in a pile on the floor. "Do you all mind getting off me!" An agitated male exclaimed angrily. "I would love to get off you if a certain blonde would get off of me." A female answered in an annoyed tone. The entire room stayed quiet and observed the group of people at the center of the room. A few moments later the group untangled themselves and was standing on their feet. "I don't know if anyone else has noticed but we seem to be the center of attention." The same female said. Then six people stepped forward towards the group.

"Who are you?" A brown haired boy asked. No one said anything as the two groups stared at each other. "We should be asking you the same thing now shouldn't we?" Another girl asked. "We're not the ones who burst through the ceiling and gate crashed our party." A silver haired boy said. "Furball the next time you send us to another dimension try giving us a safe landing." The male from earlier said. A little white rabbit jumped onto the man's shoulder and looked at him. "Mokona is sorry!" It said with its piercing blue eyes."What is that thing? It talked!" A girl with long black curly hair asked. "You don't think it's a new breed of heartless do you?" The girl next to her spoke. "It can't be a heartless it's white!" The brown haired boy argued. "What if it's some new cross breed of a nobody and a heartless?" The silver haired one said. The gate crashers all looked at each other confused as to what these people were talking about. "If you're talking about Mokona I don't know what a heartless is but Mokona is not one." The brown haired girl said. "Ok enough of the lies. Who are you people really? Some new members of the Organization?" The brown haired boy accused with a narrow stare.

Two boys stepped up to front of the gate crashers group and stared at the other two of the opposite group. "Look we're sorry we crashed your party but don't go accusing us of something we didn't do." One of the boys said. "We're very sorry about crashing your party." Another girl said with innocent green eyes. A small mouse in a black coat stepped up between the two groups. "Sora, Riku that's enough. I think we're being unfair to them before we can hear their story." He said. "But King Mickey just look at them! They're all wearing strange clothes and that rabbit thing looks like a heartless or nobody." Nikki argued. "Holy crap! Did that mouse just talk!? And he's wearing clothes!" The brown haired girl on the gate crashers side exclaimed. "Niisan! Can we take him with us?" A young girl asked excitedly. "Is a talking mouse really that surprising to you, Akira-san? After the dimensions we've been to." Another brown haired girl asked. "Mokona can you feel the feather anywhere nearby?" The other brown haired boy asked. Mokona jumped up onto his shoulder and stood there. "I can feel some kind of power nearby but it's hard to tell if it's the feather." Mokona said.

"I think some introductions are in order here to clear things up a little." The blond haired man said. The two groups stood in silence until King Mickey decided to break the tension. "My name is Mickey, the brown haired boy is Sora, the silver haired boy is Riku, the red haired girl is Kairi, the brown haired girl is Akiko, and the black haired girl is Nikki." King Mickey said while pointing to each person as he said their name. "Well I guess since you went first it would be rude of us not to introduce ourselves." The blond said with a smile. "Oh no you don't! I'm taking over the introductions this time." Akira said icily. "Awe! But Autumn-chan why do you have to steal my fun!" The blond whined with a grin. Akira gave him a small glare while putting her hands on her hips. "Because the last time we let you do introductions I ended up someone's wife!" She countered menacingly. "I apologize about those two. My name is Taiki, the little girl next to me is Alex, the brown haired boy with the blue cloak is Justin, the one next to him is Syaoran, the girl with the green eyes is Sakura, the girl with short black hair is Nina, the tall man in black and red is Kurogane, and the two arguing is Akira and Fai." Taiki introduced.

"What brings you all here?" Sora asked. The group of travelers looked around at each other in a silent agreement. "It's a long complicated story but we're here looking for something." Nina summarized. The other group looked around at each other suspiciously then nodded. "Well, we could help you look for it if that's alright?" Sora offered. All the eyes of the travelers turned to look at Syaoran for his verdict on this offer. "Alright have any weird or strange things been happening here lately?" Syaoran asked hopeful. Sora's eyes locked onto Syaoran's as a look of recognization crossed his face. "Nothing really major or weird as far as I know." Sora answered with a thoughtful look. "What is it you are looking for if you don't mind me asking?" Riku asked guarded. "It's something important that belongs to someone important to me." Syaoran answered without hesitation. "Maybe you should stay awhile and you might get some clues about what you're looking for." Akiko suggested. Sora smiled and walked over to Syaoran putting his arm on his shoulder. "Hey! I'm sure if we're all looking, we'll find what you're looking for in no time!" He said with a cheesy smile. Syaoran looked confused at first while looking up at the older teen.

"Wait a minute! Who said I agreed to going to this stupid party?" Kurogane said. Akira grew a sly look on her face as she turned to look at the Ninja. "That's too bad because for all you know they could have sake." She said in a mock disappointed tone. That made Fai and Kurogane perk up at the mention of sake. "Well…I guess it won't be that bad. Just hurry up and find the feather kid." Kurogane mumbled. Three sets of giggles were heard after he said that then everyone went back to enjoying the party. The travelers had split up to pursue their own wishes and get information on the feather. "Well if you're going to stay for the party then you should dress accordingly." Kairi said as she walked up to the group. The girls of the Tsubasa gang all looked at each other confused. "Dress up?" Nina asked nervously. "Yes. Haven't you noticed that your group is the only one not wearing evening attire?" Akiko asked. Sakura, Alex, Nina, Taiki, and Akira looked at the trio of females clothes closely. The one named Akiko wore an elegant long sleeved midnight blue evening gown with black lace on the end. She wore long black elegant gloves, and black studded heels. Around her neck sat a gold necklace with a small dried out starfish attached to it. She had a light amount of blue eye shadow and a touch of red lipstick. Kairi who was standing in front of her was wearing a dazzling, short sleeve, pink and white gown that had ruffles and was tied with a pink ribbon in the back. She wore dainty short white gloves, and short pink heels. Around her neck was a ribbon with her good luck charm hanging from it. She wore a touch of peach blush and light pink lipstick. The last girl named Nikki was standing next to Akiko. She was wearing an orangish red sleeveless gown that had white lace on the end which flowed past her ankles, long white gloves with intricate swirls, and pearl white heels. On her neck was a checkered choker that matched her earrings. She wore no makeup and had a mini tiara sitting on top of her head.

The Tsubasa girls blinked as they each looked down at their own clothing shyly. "Don't worry; I'm sure Belle has enough dresses that each one of you will find something you like." Akiko said as the trio led them over to a woman dressed in a dazzling bright yellow ball gown. She finished talking to a man who was dressed in what one would consider princely clothing. "Belle! We would like to introduce you to some people. Meet Taiki, Sakura, Alex, Nina, and Akira." Nikki said. Each person mentioned bowed or curtsied in respect for the obvious Princess. "It's nice to meet some new faces especially here." She said with sincerity. "Um, Belle-hime we were wondering if we could borrow some clothes since we stick out so much?" Nina asked her. Belle's face lit up in delight before motioning the five girls to follow her. They all looked at each other with nervous looks before glancing back at the other three girls for confirmation. Kairi the seemingly kindest of the three gave them a smile. "Go on! She's very nice." She said in a comforting way. The girls followed the Princess out of the ballroom and into the east wing where her room was located.

With the boys, Justin narrowed his eyes as he noticed the girls leaving the ballroom. "Relax kid, they're following Belle who is one of nicest people you will meet." Riku stated after noticing the look Justin was giving. Justin turned his intense gazed onto Riku with an irritated look. "Don't call me kid. You don't know me so don't act like it." Justin spat venomously as he stared into those greenish- blue eyes. Riku moved to the point he was standing up and glared down at the teenage boy in front of him. "You can't be any older then Sora and just as I don't know you, you don't know me. But, since you and your friends gate crashed here it's only reasonable I'd be weary of you." Riku spat back even colder to him. Sora who was standing not too far away with Syaoran turned his head watching as the two teens stood glaring at each other. "It looks like Riku and your friend aren't getting along very well." Sora said nervously. Syaoran turned his head away from the direction of the door and over to the two teens. "Ano Justin-san won't do anything rash. I hope…" Syaoran said with quickness. The two heroes stood on the side clueless as to what to do about the two friends glaring daggers at each other.

"So Syaoran was it? Do you mind telling me a little more about your journey?" Sora asked him casually. Syaoran turned to look Sora in the face again before looking down causing his face to became hidden beneath his hair. The air between the two was thick with tension and silence. Syaoran stood there quietly for another good few minutes before he started talking. "Sakura…who is the princess of my country and someone who is important to me has lost all of her memories. We're on a journey to find her memories that took on the form of feathers and are scattered through different dimensions." Syaoran explained then paused while glancing at the door again. Sora stood there with his arms crossed and a thoughtful look on his face. "How did her memories turn into feathers?" Sora asked confused. Syaoran turned to look at Sora with unmoving steel eyes. "Someone out there is after her power and caused this to happen. The same person is looking for Sakura's feathers just as we are." Syaoran explained. "Wait how are you travelling to different worlds?" Sora asked still confused. Syaoran stared down at the floor at the mention of how their travelling. "There is a woman called the Dimension Witch who grants wishes for a price. Everyone in our group paid the price of our most prized possessions…. to gain the power to travel dimensions." Syaoran answered quickly with a pained expression. Sora caught the tone of pain in his voice. "Why so down then? I'm sure with all of you looking for the feathers you'll find them in time and she'll remember you." Sora tried reassuring. Syaoran stood next to him completely silent.

"I'm not afraid of you just because you're older!" Justin yelled at Riku. The two stood across from each other in a threatening manner, Riku suddenly had enough and summoned Way To Dawn, while Justin summoned Rakuri in the same instance. "It's time you learn to respect your elders and witness the power of the keyblade." Riku retorted back and fired a firaga at Justin. Justin growled annoyed and flipped backwards only to wince in pain when the firaga seeked him out and grazed his left arm. "You think a little fire is enough to stop me?" Justin replied then jumped backwards channeling his magic directly into his fingers. Syaoran and Sora ran over to the two springing into action as they both stood between the two with their own weapons raised. "Riku stop! They are not our enemies and this is not the place to fight." Sora said with seriousness. "Justin-san this isn't like you at all, they are not our enemy. Save that kind of fighting for when the real threat shows up." Syaoran explained in a calming voice. Riku and Justin both glared at each other one last time before putting their weapons away. The two heroes sighed in relief at diffusion of the situation. "I wonder what the girls are doing." Sora asked in wonder.

With the Girls, "Belle-hime you have so many dresses to choose from!? I mean I really like this dress that I picked out." Akira said with glee as she twirled around in her new dress. Akira's dress is a short sleeved, lavender and white, ankle length dress. She wore dark purple heels and wore long lavender gloves to match, her hair was decorated in an Aphrodite style and clipped with a small purple heart, and on her neck was a dark purple ribbon tied into a bow. "Akira-chan you look really pretty!" Alex exclaimed in awe. "Thank you. But, so do all of you." Akira complimented back. Taiki and Nina both stood shyly by the window. Taiki was wearing a sparkling, short sleeve, ankle length, silver dress with matching silver slippers. She wore a sterling silver crescent moon necklace on her neck and short white gloves. Nina is wearing a knee length, no sleeve, midnight black dress with a blood red ribbon tied in the back. Her hair is down and tied with a small red satin ribbon and her earrings are little black moons. Sakura is wearing an ankle length, mid-sleeve, pale pink dress with strips of silver transparent cloth tied into a side bow. Her gloves are long silver transparent gloves with little wing designs on them. She's wearing pale pink slippers with little white wing designs on them. Alex was wearing a ruby red, short sleeved, dress with white ribbons tied on both sides of it. The bottom of it was covered in white lace and she wore short gloves, black stockings, and ruby red shoes to match. Her hair was left flowing down with a small ribbon tied onto the side to keep her bang out of her face.

"Do I look ok in this?" Sakura asked everyone shyly. "Sakura-chan you look very cute, wait until Syaoran sees you." Akira teased the princess shyly. Sakura blushed shyly and held up her hands in defense to cover her face. " A-ano you look cute too Akira-chan...I-I mean you all do." Sakura said trying to pull the attention away from herself. The others all smiled at Sakura's cuteness and looked at one another with a knowing look. "All right. I think it's time we get back to the party before the others start thinking something happened to us." Nina said as she guided Taiki and Alex out the room back to party. Belle followed behind the three as Sakura and Akira were the only ones left in the room. "A-akira-chan I wanted to ask you something." Sakura stuttered nervously. Akira stopped walking and turned back to Sakura-hime with a curious look. "Sure. Whats on your mind Sakura-hime?" Akira asked curious. "Y-you've mentioned that we've met before and that we both live in Clow Country..." Sakura question as she paused suddenly. "Yes. I have mentioned that to you before. What about it?" Akira asked with a frown having a feeling of where this conversation was going. "I was wondering since I don't remember...could you tell me anything you know about Syaoran-kun?" Sakura asked desperately. Akira sighed at Sakura's request feeling her own heart clench in pain knowing the consequences of answering her question. "Sakura.." Akira said sadly. "Just please...I have this feeling deep down that Syaoran-kun lived in Clow Country once.. and w-we..we-re...fri..."Sakura was saying as she suddenly frozen and fainted. "Sakura-hime!" Akira exclaimed as she caught the now unconcious princess. Even if I told her everything it would be erased from her mind the instant she heard it. Their price is truly a heavy one, why is it so heavy I'll never understand. Akira thought. Akira was starting to move Sakura to Belle's bed when her vision started fading and she felt herself and Sakura slipping to the floor rapidly. Not now!? Akira fell to the floor along with Sakura as both laid there still and emitting an aura of different color. Sakura's aura was pink and Akira's was light purple as they both laid there rigid and still.

With Everyone Else, "Where's that music coming from?" Nina asked as the four ladies entered the main hall again to find music playing. "Ah there you all are. We were wondering what was taking you all so long." Fai said as he stood in front of them along with Syaoran ,Sora ,Riku , Akiko ,Nikki , Kairi ,Justin , and Kurogane. "Sorry we took so long. There were so many dresses and clothes to pick from." Alex said as she grabbed her Nii-san's leg and hugged it tightly. "So any word on the feather's whereabouts?" Nina asked. The others all shook their heads no. "Please don't give up. Why don't you stay and enjoy the party some more and you may find out more information from the others." Belle suggested before walking away from them all to be with the Beast. "Hey where's mokona?" Taiki asked looking around for him. "Where else would the furball be?" Kurogane answered pointing over at a group of women crowding and fawning over something. Taiki laughed nervously at mokona's position and glanced at Justin who was fiddling with his bow tie. "When did you all get changed?" Taiki asked noticing they were all in different clothes now. "When the five of you went off with Belle-chan earlier to get changed. Wasn't my idea of fun but if we want to blend in here its required." Justin explain with a slight blush. Taiki giggled at his blush as he looked away from her shyly. Nina blinked as she listened to the music and inwardly groaned. "Ok, no offense but what kind of music do you all listen to? This music isn't exactly to my taste you know?" She responded with distaste. "Didn't know you actually had a favorite type of music Nina-san." Taiki said surprised. "Yea I do and I only really listen to it when I'm alone...god forbid sing it in front of other people besides Akira." Nina confessed looking away. "Justin turned to look at her surprised now too. "Wait...you mean you actually sing?" He asked. "Look can we get off the subject of me singing?" Nina suggested quickly to the others. They all laughed at her embarrassment and went off to do some things on their own for the time being.

Location: Beast's Castle Courtyard

"Do you see them in the room yet?" A man's voice asked with bordem. "You know you should really practice some patience it might payoff in the future you know." A younger male's voice responded. The first male turned to the other one with a look of annoyance. "Just because we're supposed "partners" doesn't mean I have to cooperate or be polite to you." He said icily. "Well listen up young Xehanort if you want to get closer to your target without this going south then you'll cooperate with me. Otherwise you're welcome to barge in there right now and get your arse owned by all those heroes and that king upthere on your own." Sosuke responded icily back with a small smirk. Young Xehanort smirked at him and stayed silent. "Alright then, well lets head up to the second floor as planned. For this plan to work we need the right bait and need to stop a certain plot ruiner from spoiling everything". Sosuke reminded him as the two headed towards the building with malicious intent. I have not forgotten our first encounter and the three of us shall be reuniting sooner than you think. Sosuke and Young Xehanort both headed towards the east wing and started climbing up the vines towards the balcony.

Location: Belle's bedroom

Sakura awoke suddenly rubbing her eyes with a confused look on her face. "What was it we were talking about?" She asked sleepily. Next to her something shifted bumping into her knee not so gently. Sakura looked down only to find a rigid Akira slowly twisting and turning in her sleep. She gently tried to shake her awake but no such luck. "Akira-chan?" She asked meekly to the girl who didn't reply. She looks like she's having a nightmare of some sort. Akira twisted and turned more violently in her sleep as if she was running away from something as her chest rose faster withe very passing minute. The latter tried shaking the girl a little harder before she decide to place a hand on the other's head and started gently stroking it in an attempt to calm her down. Akira's breathing evened out almost imediately then the girl shot up rapidly breathing hard with wide eyes. "Akira-chan are you alright?" Sakura asked with concern for the third time. Akira looked at her almost imediately at the sound of her voice before gripping the princess's hand not so gently.

"Sakura...we have to go now! Before those two can find us here. We have to find the others and stay with them." Akira basically commanded frantically before jumping up dragging sakura with her. Sakura winced at the tight grip akira had on her hand before starring scared at the older girl. "A-akira-chan whats going on?" Sakura asked as the two stood in Belle's room. "Two very bad people are in this dimension with us...and with our help the worse case scenario will happen here tonight."Akira answered tightly before shivering as a chill runs up her spine. "You wouldn't be talking about us now would you?" A male's voice asked. Akira and Sakura turned around to face two men of different sizes. One had long silver hair and a black coat on that covered most of his body and the other was very familiar. "Sosuke...didn't think I'd be seeing you again so soon after our last encounter." Akira said icily. Sosuke smirked at the two girls with such malice as he approached them slowly. "No need for introductions or usual monologue since I'm sure you've already seen our arrival coming long before we even came." He said coolly before starting to advance on the two with a now materialized sword. Akira rushed towards Belle's door before ripping it open with a bang as her and Sakura rushed out into the hall. We have to hurry to the ballroom! Sosuke sighed and looked to his new partner with a tilted of his head. "Go ahead do what you do best so that we can get this over with." Sosuke inclined. Young Xehanort kept a blank face as he suddenly summoned nobodies onto the scene as they started spreading out in the castle reeking havoc.

Sakura determinely tried her best to keep up with Akira's fast pace although her dress was slowing her down. The two were a few inches away from the door when suddenly greyish white creatures started appearing out the ground surrounding them. "What the…"Akira said confused as one of the creatures took a swipe at her. She jumped back in surprise and stood defensively in front of Sakura. I didn't see these creatures in my dream. They look different from the ones I saw.. Sakura shook slightly then turned akira so she could see Sosuke standing in hall by the door staring at them as his eyes glowed a omnious green. Akira breathed through her nose slowly as nervousness settled into the pit of her stomach. "Sakura-hime when I tell you run...don't hesitate." Akira explained to the Princess with seriousness. Sakura clung tighter to Akira as the creatures moved in on the two. This wont be easy to get out of will it?

Location: Ballroom

All the guests were laughing and fretting about with class and dignity enjoying the party. "Fai-san you're really weird you know that right?" Alex said to him as he held her steady. "Honestly Alex-chan I'm more unique. But thats a secret between the two of us ok?" Fai said jokingly. Nina huffed at their conversation with an overly annoyed face. "Oh come on my dancing isn't that bad is it?" Sora questioned joking to her. With that being said Nina snapped her attention back to him with a embarrassed look."Sorry that look wasn't meant for you Sora-san." She apologized. He raised an eyebrow at that but put on one of his goofy smiles. "You know I bet if you talked to him, you'd understand each other better." Sora advised in a chill matter. Nina stared blankly for a second then fixed a serious glare on the keyblader. Sora gulped at the glare she gave him then laughed nervously as he handed her off. That was a close one seriously.

Everyone in the ballroom started clapping after dancing then looked towards front where Belle and Beast were standing together with King Mickey standing not too far behind them."We are happy you all were able to make it to the Beasts and I's reception party. Especially our favorite trio and all their friends." Belle said as she pointed towards Sora and his friends general direction. "Two to three years ago if it had not been for their help the prince would still be a beast and the curse never would have been broken. So thank you everyone for attending this special day with us." Belle said with a award winning smile. Sora,Donald, and Goofy looked at each other with the cheesiest of smiles. "To think we were on a journey to save the worlds only 2 years ago. Time flies really fast." Sora reminisced. Justin looked over at Alex,Taiki,and Nina then noticed weird about the room. Are the number of people gradually starting to decrease or is it just me? Suddenly a spine chilling scream was heard in the ballroom and then many more shortly after. Justin and the others all started trying to regroup with each other. Not too far away a white creature of sorts slithered through the ballroom swiping at people. "What the hell is that thing!?" Nina exclaimed confused. "Could you watch your language please? Anyways do you know where Taiki,Kurogane,Fai,Syaoran,Mokona,Sakura, or Akira are?" Justin asked as he held Alex's hand.

Nina shook her head no then followed closely to Justin and Alex as they pushed through the crowd looking for the others. "They're in here somewhere but I think that's our last priority right now." Nina said as she pushed one of the white creatures away. Justin put Alex between the two of them and started pushing them back away from them. "Something is not right here no matter how much we push them back or fend them off they keep coming as if our hits never hurt them at all."Justin said annoyed. Suddenly riku landed on his ass next to them and stood up taking them out with way to dawn. "Thats because only a keyblade wielder or someone with magic can defeat them." Riku replied as he stood up and slashed them to pieces. Justin glared at him but looked the other way to check on Alex instead of continuing to glare.

"Thats just great what do we do now?" Nina asked turning to face Justin and Riku. "I hate to say it but our only option is to let Riku and the others handle this while we try to regroup with everyone. Our only magic users aren't really much help in this case. I mean Fai has magic but won't use it at all and Akira's magic happens in random but occasionally helpful spurts." Justin explained as he tightened his grip on Alex's hand. Justin scanned the crowd trying to look for any noticable features of his friends. Nina did the same then scoffed as she noticed a certain someone's white coat and a mean looking tall male next to him with a sour look on his face. "Kurogane and Fai are not too far from where we are Justin. We can regroup with those two and find everyone else along the way." Nina said as she jumped back to avoid a swipe from the white creatures. "I'll cover you as best I can until you can get to your friends." Riku said out of nowhere. Alex clutched Justin's hand in surprise and pointed at something. "Look Niisan! There's Sora-san,Taiki, and a few of the others!" She exclaimed happily. Sure enough the mention group was near the center of the ballroom helping to direct others out of the room and to safety. Without hesitation the four of them headed towards them.

Once all the other party guests were evaculated the two groups ended up joining together while scanning the ballroom. "So since you all seem to know what those things are mind explaining to us?" Nina asked annoyed. "Basically they're called nobodies and usually work under the orders of Organization 13 members. But, that can't be possible because we defeated them and personally put an end to their leader." Nikki explained to them before hitting a dusks with her keyblade. "Something about this doesn't seem right. I mean the only person left right now who can summon nobodies would be..." Akiko said then drifted off as the ballroom doors bursted open. Everyone in the room looked at the newcomer and all the inhabitants of the world instantly glared. "How did you even get in here or find out we were going to be here tonight!?" Nikki shouted angrily at him. The newcomer smirked at everyone in the room as he glided onto the upper balcony of the ballroom. "Lets just say that this time around I remember our last encounters." He said with a smirk. Then with a snap of his fingers summoned lots of nobodies. Everyone prepared to fight just as the nobodies attacked on cue. "We'll handle this, the rest of you run towards the east wing." Sora said between attacks. "We can't just leave you here to fight these things all alone! Let us help most of us are experienced fighters." Nina requested as she jumped back avoiding a slash from a dusk.