Never in Sora's life did he ever think that school could ever be fascinating enough for him to keep him away from napping through the long and dull lectures that he would normally do at school. He had faint memories of the harsh brain teasers that he would struggle for hours. However, despite all of his hard work, none of the information would really stick with him, and would lose all interest by not finding any of it useful. And yet…

"With the swing of my axe, I slew the mighty Grimm, saving the village from impending doom. However, while I have completed another obstacle, I knew that my journey was far from over." A burly old man said, giving the lecture hall full of mostly bored students, stories from his highly eventful youth.

Another typical day in the class of the one and only, Professor Port. With the stroke of his white mustache and straightening his posture with a hint of pride as he continues to take his time to reminisce about the "good old days."

Port takes a quick glance at the clock above the lecture hall before gathering everyone's attention instantly with a few magical words. "And that'll be all for today. Your assignment will be on the few pages that I have assigned to you all. Dismissed!"

"Wow… You really did all that?! That must have been so amazing!" Sora calls out towards the professor with an exciting look beaming from his eyes as the students around were starting to leave the room.

"Why of course! It is my duty as a Huntsman to risk my life to protect the lives of others." Port said with a hearty laugh at the amount of spirit that he's seeing in Sora. "Our strength is meant to help those who cannot protect themselves. In a way, my heart screams out to me for this very purpose. Why young man… The strength of the heart really makes all the difference. Without it, I wouldn't be here today."

"The heart really is something special," Sora said with a nod in agreement to the statement. A statement that he's kept with him for as long as he can remember.

"Hey, Sora! What are you waiting for? Let's get out of here already!" Yang calls out from the entrance of the lecture hall, pulling the young Keyblade Wielder's attention.

"Coming!" Sora runs off, leaving Port all by his lonesome while he watches with a small smile.

"That boy reminds me of when I was his age. Ah, that good feeling of nostalgia." Port turns around, allowing himself to reminisce once more while taking a look at the desk in front of him.


"Sorry about that." Sora apologizes to the group with a small chuckle.

"I would say sorry for having you come with us to our classes, but it looked like you were having fun," Ruby said with a bizarre, and yet interested look to Sora as the group of people walk through the bustling hallways.

Sora plainly shrugs at the statement. "Well, the story was really interesting to listen to. Besides, it's been a while since I came into a proper classroom."

"I kinda understand what you're saying…" Jaune's expression showed otherwise, not understanding what Sora was saying, whatsoever.

"None of that matters! What matters now is that classes are all done for the week! This means that it's time to go have fun!" Nora exclaims like this was a miracle that she was waiting her entire life for. She charges on ahead at full speed, leaving everyone behind without a second notice.

Everyone can't help but smile at the energetic girl. Sora simply smirks a little before dashing on ahead, trying to catch up to Nora in some kind of game of tag. Ren sighs a little at the sight with a slight chuckle. "There's two of them now…"

"Well? What are we waiting for? We gotta catch up to them!" Ruby tilts her head towards the group, in a cheerful manner.

"Oh yeah? I'll race ya!" Yang calls out towards her sister.

"Come on guys! Not in the hallways! You'll crash into someone!" Weiss couldn't believe her teammates as they prepare to line themselves up to race each other. She turns to Blake with a plea. "Blake, say something to them!"

"It looks fun actually." Blake smiles a little at her teammate before slowly getting into a racing position.

"I can't believe this…" Weiss turns to the members of Team JNPR who were also lining up for the race themselves. "Not you guys too!"

"Oh come to one, Weiss! Don't be a spoilsport! Let loose for once in your life!" Yang calls out to her teammate. Weiss stares at all of them, looking back and forth before walking towards them.

"Fine! Just be ready when I beat all of you!" Weiss calls out as she gets into position.

"Go!" The group starts dashing through the hallway, passing through small gaps of people to jumping over them, to even running on the wall to avoid the obstacles. Except for Jaune, who simply moves around, being left behind by everyone.

"That was fun! Should we wait up for everyone?" Nora asks, slightly with a deep breath for running faster than she has ever ran in her entire life.

Sora simply chuckles before brushing it off. "Nah. It's their fault for staying behind like that."

"Wait... Do you hear that?" Nora turns her head to see the mad group charging straight towards them at high speeds.

"Run!" Sora and Nora exclaim together, dashing away from their friends.


"And yeah. With a simple change of a Keychain, the Keyblade can transform itself into different types of blades." Sora explains to the group while holding Fenrir in his right hand, allowing them to examine it.

The group had made their way to the open and free courtyard as a break from all the running and to get away from the stuffy lecture halls that as Ruby said, "plagued her mind with boredom". Sora gave a mini simplified lecture on the logistics of the Keyblade while he left out some significant details. Even with the explanation, his weapon still seemed quite peculiar to the group.

"Could you show it changing again? Just the way that it basically changes instantly and all looks so cool!" Ruby, the hyper-energetic weapon eccentric of the group, fangirled over the weapon in Sora's hand as she continues to examine the whole blade from top to bottom.

"Not just cool… It shows quite a lot of practicality that can actually be quite useful for on the fly combat. Whole fighting styles can be manipulated so easily." Pyrrha said, recalling her duel with Sora. The extra length and change in power that came from Shooting Star to Fenrir was enough to give Sora the advantage, and possibly the battle if not for the time.

"Ever the prodigy mindset, huh?" Jaune mutters to himself with a slight envious look at his teammate.

"Do you have any more of those Keychains that you could show us?" Yang sees her sister getting even more excited when Sora reaches into one of his pockets taking out a chakram-looking Keychain. She takes a second, to restrain Ruby a little by holding her by the cape.

"I guess I could add a little more HEAT to my weapons." Sora chuckles at the pun, recalling the instances of remembering parts of Roxas's memories with Axel. He equips it onto his Keyblade as it slowly changes form to the Bond of Flames Keyblade. A sense of familiarity crossed him as he looked at the weapon and yet…

'Maybe because Roxas isn't inside me anymore…' Sora stops his train of thought with a saddened expression. He tilts the blade in front of him towards the sun setting in front of him. The others look over at the sun, noticing it starting to set as they all stand up.

"I think that's our queue to head back to the dorms. We can continue to talk on the way." Ren states with the others agreeing with him. Everyone starts to leave with Sora stopping himself in his tracks with everyone looking at him. "Is something wrong?"

"I just remembered something… I was supposed to meet Ozpin at his office right about now. I should probably go do that." Sora lets out a faint chuckle of embarrassment for almost forgetting.

"Oh… Then I guess, we'll see you tomorrow, then?" Ruby asks with a hint of awkwardness at the swift end to the conversation.

"Sure! Seeya guys, later!" Sora runs off back to Beacon Academy before turning around to the group. "By the way… Does anyone know how to get there?"

"IS THIS GUY SERIOUS?!"


"Sorry that you had to show me where the place was. I guess I'm still unfamiliar with the place." Sora apologizes to Blake as the two walks through the now nearly empty halls of Beacon Academy.

"It's fine. You don't have to worry about it." Blake nods slowly, keeping to herself.

There was an eerie awkward silence between the two of them. Sora had already taken note that Blake wasn't really the type to make conversation, from what Yang had said earlier. But, he could feel the unbearable feeling creeping up behind him. He turned to her, noticing a feature that had caught his attention.

"Are those cat ears?" Sora asks, now noticing due to not having a good on her until now. Blake's ear swiftly perks up from the sudden callout before dropping down in fear. She turns her head away, showing Sora some kind of lingering negative feeling that came from asking the question.

"Is it weird?" Blake finally said, catching Sora off guard with the strange question.

"Uh, no? Why? Should I be weirded out by it?" Sora was confused by her asking it, opening her eyes in awe to the boy. She recalls Sora's predicament, however, this was quite the universal ordeal, that plagues the whole world of Remnant.

And yet, Sora seemed to not give a care in the world about the different features that Blake possesses. This gives Blake a little relief from the fact. "I didn't mean to react like that. It's nothing to think about."

"Okay then." Sora simply brushes off the conversation, probably to never speak of it again in regard to the way that Blake reacted.

The two simply continued to walk to Ozpin's office in complete silence, eventually reaching a lone elevator in the middle of the hallway. Blake looks at the elevator with a frown before looking at Sora with a small nod. "Here's Professor Ozpin's office. Please excuse me."

"Sure. Thanks again for the help." Sora watches Blake walk-off, readjusting her ponytail around her shoulder. Sora lets out a small sigh, still unsure of the circumstances before entering the elevator and presses the singular button on it.

The mechanical contraption lifts Sora up into the air, with the sounds of gears of an old-style clock echoed around him, getting louder the higher the elevator went. Eventually, it stops as the door opens up to reveal a somewhat open room at what seems to be the gear room of the tower.

"Ah. And here I was wondering when you were going to arrive. For a second, I thought you might've forgotten about it." Ozpin jokingly calls out to Sora from the middle of the room behind a messy wooden desk, cluttered with paperwork. He takes a sip of coffee before motioning with his hand. "Please. Have a seat."

"So. What did you want to talk about?" Sora sits down in one of the chairs, looking up at Ozpin who stands up from his seat.

"From what I've seen, you've seemed to be enjoying yourself here at Beacon Academy. Taking on the Prodigy, Pyrrha Nikos in a one versus one, battle." Ozpin takes out his phone, examining the fight with quite an interested look on his face. "Even befriending the members of both Team RWBY and JNPR as you explore the campus."

"Wait, how do you know that?" Sora was bewildered at all the information that the man possessed with Ozpin simply shaking his head with a smirk.

"As the Headmaster of this academy, it is my duty to try and familiarize myself with everything that is going on in this school," Ozpin said before a notification pops up as he pockets his phone. "Pardon me. I've seemed to have gotten off track from what I originally called you here for. Sora… Would you like to be a student here at Beacon Academy?"

"You're inviting me to be a student here at Beacon Academy?" Sora repeats to himself, taking the time to consider the option he was given.

"Of course. I've seen the potential that you possess. It would be an honor to watch you truly grow into quite the Huntsman." Ozpin nods his head, resting on his cane as he stands next to the boy. "Tell me. What was your experience like here?"

"My experience here? Well… I would say that it was fun. I guess… I just went with it." Sora trails off, thinking back to all of the stuff that he sat through. The type of lectures that actually interested him into paying attention, the fact that there was a sparring class that was basically the majority of his childhood with Riku, and the other kids of Destiny Islands.

And yet, thinking about those memories made him think back to that world… his world. Technically being a student here means accepting that he can't go back to everyone else ever again. Sora looks at his hand, not feeling the strength that he once had, even weaker than the beginning of his last journey.

It was a terrifying feeling for Sora, one that he made himself slump over to think about. He had been pushing it off, letting himself be distracted by the wonders of Beacon Academy to not have to deal with this fact. Sora still believed in his choice to save Kairi, this was a consequence of his action which he accepted. Nodding a little before standing up, Sora faces Ozpin.

"Sure, sign me up! I'll become a student here!" Sora smiled, pounding his chest with a look of affirmation, the beginning of his new life.

Ozpin sees the glint in Sora's eyes, with a small smile before taking out a few documents and hands them to Sora. "Very well then. Fill these out. Once that happens, you will be appropriately sorted into one of our dorm rooms. Welcome, Sora! To Beacon Academy!"


(Keyblade Information)

Fenrir

A keyblade with an emphasis on strength.

Formchanges: Buster Sword

Strength: 14

Magic: 6

Formchange extender

Combo Boost

Strike Form

Bond of Flame

A keyblade with an emphasis on strength and magic.

Formchanges: Eternal Flames, Inferno Blades

Strength: 10

Magic: 10

Fire Boost

MP Hastega

Blitz Form


Wassup my homies! This is NexusMHX here with another chapter of Hero's Journey!

I told you, this isn't how I would normally upload all of my chapters for my fanfiction. I've been very busy with school and personal projects of mine that have been taking over the majority of my life. But luckily I had enough time over the Holidays to bring you this gem. So Merry Christmas, I'm not doing a Holiday Special because I suck at those.

So, if you may be noticed from above that I've added some stuff about Keyblades that is probably weird to you all. Going based on KH3's menu and stat style, I'm trying to incorporate older Keyblades into a new design/light that fits the grand scheme of Sora's power from KH3. So occasionally, I will add tidbits of this type of mini section whenever an old/new Keyblade is written into the story. I added Fenrir to the last chapter but since I didn't add anything, it probably made you guys have to think about it for a second.

As for the writing itself, we're still in the tutorial phase, I know. This is KH2 all over again with its 2-hour tutorial, but I'll tell you all when everything is properly sorted. Most likely but the next chapter or the one after. One of the two, thank you for being so patient with me.

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Ozpin watches Sora exit his office, with a stern look. He watches over the documents, scanning them as it registers into the system while also sending over a copy of the same documents to someone.

"I honestly can't believe you are considering to let him stay at Beacon, Ozpin." A voice came from the computer. Ozpin gives a small frown as he takes a seat at his desk. The monitor turns on, revealing a clean, well-dressed man on it. "That young man is an unknown entity. We know next to nothing about where he has come from, what power he may possess, and who he may be allegiant with. People like that don't just randomly pop up like what you said. Especially does who are as skilled with a weapon as you claim him to be."

"You do have a point, James. Just like you said, these types of things simply don't happen on a whim. There are reasons why these things happen." Ozpin sighs taking out multiple documents, under the keywords from the notes he had gotten from Sora.

Neither the Keyblade nor the location of "Destiny Islands" was found anywhere in all of the Kingdoms. Even Sora himself was not found in any sort of database, both with his name and his face, dead or alive. It boggled Ozpin's mind as he looked through these documents.

"But from what I've seen, he has shown to be quite the positive one." Ozpin while coming to this conclusion, still felt rather unsure of it. James himself notices this before taking a minute.

"If that's how you think. However, it would still be best to have him monitored constantly. As a precaution." Ozpin finishes his cup of coffee, a lingering bitter taste from the advice. But something that would definitely put him at ease.

"I will keep him under close surveillance. To put us all at rest."

James slowly nods."Right… I apologize for the way I've spoken to you. I've should have known better. It's just been-"

"A tiring experience… I know. It troubles us all." Ozpin knew what James was going to say. He stands up, walking outside to the window with the shattered moon in the sky. "Everyone has been on edge for a long time. It struggles like these that can make us think less rationally. But… I still have faith in you, James."

"Thank you, Ozpin. Honestly, it's an honor to hear that from a man like you." James said with a small smile to his friend. Ozpin smiles a little, continuing to look out with a blank expression.