A/N: Hey guys it's LegendaryHero1 here with a brand new fanfiction based on Kingdom Hearts II (the best KH game ever imo)! In this story I decided that I'm going to do a rehash of Kingdom Hearts II again, except there will be some major differences in the story compared to the game itself. There will also be a romance between Sora and Yuffie throughout the story that develops until the very end of the story too! Anyways let's get on with the story shall we? :) I hope you all enjoy the first chapter of this epic and awesome journey with Sora and all of his friends! Please give me your thoughts on what I can improve on and how I can make the story better, because suggestions are greatly appreciated and I will read and accept them all! Also I do not own KH or FF characters and they both belong to Disney and Square Enix to their respective owners!

HoD Chapter 1: An Old Friend


(Hollow Bastion - One year before the events of KH2)

Yuffie sits on the balcony near Hollow Bastion's keyhole with Leon and Aerith beside her standing and waiting for Sora, Donald, and Goofy's arrival from out of it. She thought about what Leon and Aerith had told her about seeing Sora again after he had sealed up Hollow Bastion's keyhole and didn't like the answer that they gave her. 'It can't be true what Leon and Aerith had told me about not being able to see Sora again. I like him. I really like him, but he likes and cares about Kairi more than me it seems… It doesn't matter what I say or do because he'll never share the same feelings for me like I do for him.' She began to sit in silence as Sora, Donald, and Goofy came out of the keyhole. Sora approaches them and says, "What are you guys doing here?"

"We came in Cid's ship." Yuffie replied.

"This is our childhood home." Aerith says. "We wanted to see it again."

"It's in worse shape than I feared." Leon replied. "It used to be so peaceful..."

Aerith looks toward Leon. "Don't worry. If we defeat Ansem, all should be restored." She looks to Sora. "Including your Island."

"Really?" Sora said in delight.

Aerith nodded.

Yuffie begins to look down with a sad look on her face toward Sora. "But, it also means goodbye."

Sora looks to Yuffie and also begins to look down. He really liked Yuffie and she reminded him so much of Kairi when he first met her back in Traverse Town. He had always looked up to her as a good friend and nothing more since his feelings for Kairi were still the same. He still would miss her though even if he was never able to see her again, along with Leon and Aerith.

"Once the worlds are restored, they'll all be separate again." Aerith explained to him.

"Everyone will go back to where they came from." Yuffie said sadly.

Sora was a little sad to hear Yuffie say that. Then he had an idea. "Then I'll visit you guys with the gummi ship." He turned to Leon, Aerith, and then Yuffie.

Yuffie picked her head up instantly when she heard him say that and had a little bit of hope in her wanting a chance to see Sora a bit more longer, but then remembered that once he sealed the keyhole back up, it would be impossible. She and Leon became disappointed. He replied, "It's not that simple. Before all of this, you didn't know about the other worlds, right?"

"Because every world was isolated." Aerith explained. "Impassable walls divided them."

"The Heartless destroyed those walls. But if the worlds return, so will the walls. Which means we might not ever see you, Donald, and Goofy ever again, Sora. This may be the last time we ever see you and it makes Leon, Aerith, and I sad." Yuffie looked down. 'It even makes me more sad to see you go. I wish I could go with you, Donald, and Goofy on more of your adventures one day. But I know it would be impossible to leave my own world behind.' She thought.

"Which means gummi ships will be useless." Aerith explained.

Sora was worried. "So you're saying we'll never…?" 'Does this mean I'll never see Leon, Aerith, or even Yuffie ever again?' He thought.

Aerith and Leon both nodded in disappointment. Sora looked back to Donald and Goofy with a sad face.

"We may never meet again, but we'll never forget each other." Leon assured.

"No matter where we are, our hearts will bring us together again." Aerith says as she puts a hand on her heart.

"Besides I couldn't forget you even if I wanted to. Nor would I want to forget about you either." Yuffie replied. 'Especially since you thought I was Kairi when you first woke up and met Leon and I in Traverse Town..'

"What's that supposed to mean?" Sora replied to her jokingly.

Yuffie got down from the balcony and gave him a tight hug. "It means I'll miss you, Sora. So much." 'I really don't want to let go of him. Not ever again.'

Sora was surprised and gave her a tight hug back. "Aw I'll miss you too, Yuffie. So much." 'She's so soft and I really don't want to let her go..but sadly I have to and this will be the last hug I'll ever give her too.' He thought in despair.

"Promise me you'll never forget about me and will remember me, okay?" Yuffie began to cry, still hugging him. 'God, why am I crying and why is this so hard to say goodbye to the boy I liked from the very moment I saw him?'

"I promise. I could never forget about you, Leon, or Aerith after all you guys have done for me. Especially you, Yuffie." Sora began to pat her on the back gently. 'Please don't cry Yuffie.. Everything will be okay. I promise.' Sora thought as he tried to fight back the tears from seeing Yuffie cry.

Donald then shouted from behind with Goofy standing in front of the keyhole. "Sora!"

"Hurry! Come and close the Keyhole!" Goofy shouted.

"Okay I'm on my way now!" Sora shouted to them and then turned to Yuffie. "Well I have to go now Yuffie, I'm really sorry you, Leon, or Aerith can't come with us.." He broke the hug.

"I know, Sora. I know. I'll be okay. Trust me. Besides I won't ever forget about you and I know you'll never forget about me too since you promised me." Yuffie said, trying to smile. 'I won't be okay if you're gone and I'm missing you every day until you return to me.' She thought.

Sora smiled at her and turned to go towards Donald and Goofy. "Sora, good luck." Leon replied. Sora nodded at him.

Sora ran towards Donald and Goofy and they went inside of the Keyhole again to seal it up. Yuffie saw him approach Donald and Goofy along with Aerith and Leon. 'Don't ever forget about me, Sora…' She thought as he disappeared and she saw him one last time.


(KH2 Present Day - Hollow Bastion - 1st Visit)

Sora, Donald, And Goofy rush out from the entrance door of Hollow Bastion and look up to see the familiar castle in the faraway distance.

"It's Hollow Bastion!" Sora shouted in excitement. 'I hope I get to see Yuffie again.' He thought.

"Gawrsh, it sure looks kinda different now." Goofy explained.

Donald turned toward Sora and Goofy. "I hope Leon and the gang are doing okay."

Goofy then looks up to the roof of one of the shop houses and sees two soldier heartless disappear. He then turns to Sora and Donald. "Uh-oh. Looks like we're gonna have to do some fightin'."

Sora, Donald, and Goofy then rush down to see more of the town where the marketplace was filled with a Moogle shop, Donald's nephews selling accessories and armor and Scrooge McDuck working on a recipe for his new ice cream shop. Then they headed down the steps in hope of seeing Leon and the gang, with Sora hoping to see Yuffie once again after a year had passed.

As Sora, Donald, and Goofy came down the steps from the upper marketplace, they looked around to see more houses and buildings around them. Suddenly a data cylinder with a globe orb at the bottom of it shows up and disappears. Sora jumps for a second. The data cylinder then appears to the left of him then disappears again. "Hey, what's going on?" says Donald.

"That's the town's defense mechanism." A familiar voice calls out from what sounds like above them.

Sora knew that voice anywhere. 'Could it really be?' He hoped.

Sora, Donald, and Goofy all look around trying to spot the voice. They look up to see Yuffie standing on a brick concrete ground, smiling happily with both her eyes closed at them wearing a black and white ninja outfit different from the one that they'd seen her wear last from the first time they traveled to Hollow Bastion a year ago on their first journey.

"Yuffie!" Sora shouted happily as she waved down at him. Then she spots Dusk Nobodies appear in front of them and warns, "Look out!"

Sora, Donald, and Goofy see what she's warning about and pull out their weapons. With Sora and his Kingdom Key out, Donald with his Mage's staff, and Goofy with his Captain's shield, more Nobodies end up appearing all around them and they get ready to fight. Sora decides to use his Valor form that got from the fairies from Yen Sid's tower and use both his Kingdom Key and Star Seeker keyblade to dual wield half of the nobodies. Donald ends up seeing Goofy disappear in front of his eyes and freaks out by saying, "Qwack! Where did Goofy end up disappearing too?!"

"Don't worry, he's still here with us.. I'm just using him as my power for my Valor form so I can dual wield with my keyblades!" Sora explains as he defeats the nobodies with the town's defense mechanism helping him. "Wow that thing sure is freaking awesome!" He then sees a Samurai Nobody go into a duel stance and he ends up going into his duel stance and waits for the right moment to strike it in half and defeats it.

After they had defeated all the Nobodies around them Goofy had reappeared and Sora turned back into his regular outfit saying "Sorry you didn't get a chance to fight this time Goofy, maybe next time?" Sora laughed nervously. "Hey, you guys!" Yuffie shouted. They all turn around as she jumps down to greet them. "I see you're still in top form, also wow Sora your powers are impressive! Where did you end up getting them from?" She puts a hand on his shoulder and looks at him with an ecstatic expression on her face.

Sora chuckles as he chest pumps himself, "What'd you expect? Looks like you're doing okay. And yeah I know right? It's really amazing how I have these powers and am able to use Goofy to dual wield my keyblades too!" He looks toward Goofy.

"Wow! You really are something special aren't you Sora? Well, what did YOU expect?" She grinned with excitement with both of her hands back to her sides of her stomach at one of her most special friends she had encountered with Leon just a year ago, which had seemed like forever.

Donald and Goofy both chuckled quietly and whispered to each other behind Sora.

"Do you know what I'm thinking, Goofy?" Donald said.

"Yeah, what is it Donald?" Goofy replied.

"It seems like Yuffie has a secret crush on Sora and Sora doesn't even know about it yet.." Donald explained.

"Gawrsh, I think you may be right Donald. Should we tell Sora or not?" Goofy questioned.

"No, it's probably best if we let her and Sora figure it out on their own." Donald exclaimed.

"Well, what about Kairi then?" Goofy asked.

"We don't need to worry about Kai-" Donald looked up at Sora and Yuffie staring at them. "Hey, you two. What are you talking about?" Sora asked curiously.

"Oh uh, nothing." Donald explained nervously. "I was just talking to Goofy about how great it finally is to be reunited with Yuffie again and how happy we are that you and her are finally seeing each other again!"

"Hyuck! Yeah we can't wait to see Leon and the others again too!" Goofy went along with Donald.

"Oh. Yeah. It really is great to see you again Yuffie." Sora said happily and turned to hug her in which she returned the hug back to him. "Aww Sora! It's really great to see you again too! I really missed you, Donald, and Goofy being together again, but mostly you after what happened a year ago when Hollow Bastion was in its original form."

"Heh. Me too, Yuffie." Sora chuckled happily.

"Hey!" Donald shouted. "How come we weren't missed the most like Sora was?"

Sora and Yuffie stopped hugging. "Well I could give you a hug if you want one, Donald~." She winked and went towards Donald to give him a hug in which Donald tried to run, but instead ended up getting squashed in a hug by Yuffie getting irritated. "Aww phooey!"

Sora and Goofy laughed.

"So how are Leon and the gang?" Sora asked.

"They're great!" Yuffie replied happily.

"Glad to hear that! Also have you seen the King and Riku?" Sora said.

"Nope sorry! But I had a feeling I'd see you guys again. Especially you Sora!" Yuffie smiled.

Sora smiled back and got into a stance looking at his hand. "We may never meet again, but we'll never forget each other."

"Is that supposed to be Leon?" Yuffie laughed at Sora's impression.

Sora smirked while rubbing his nose as Donald and Goofy laughed.

"Everyone's working on stuff over at Merlin's house." Yuffie explained to them. "C'mon!"

She ran and led Sora, Donald, and Goofy to Merlin's house. They ended up having to fight some more heartless along the way with the town's defense mechanism helping them to the house before they made it there. All of them then made it to the house and Yuffie started to open it.


Yuffie opened the door and Sora, Donald, and Goofy looked inside a small portion of it while some typing on a computer could be heard within it. Yuffie smiled, stepping in front of them with both of her hands crossed behind her back and introduced Leon, Aerith, and Cid. "Meet the Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee!" She said.

Leon, Aerith, and Cid turned around to see them.

"We missed you!" Aerith said with her hands clasped together in front of her.

"Well, if you ain't in top shape." Cid flicks his pipe in his mouth over towards Sora.

"I knew it." Leon said excitedly.

Sora, Donald, and Goofy approached them. "Knew what?" Sora asked.

"A while back, everyone suddenly remembered you guys, all at the same time." Leon explained.

Sora, Donald, and Goofy became shocked. "You...remembered?" Sora asked surprisingly. "Wait! Does that mean you forgot about us!? You forgot about me too Yuffie?"

"Thanks!" Donald shouted.

"I know Sora, I'm sorry. I swear I didn't mean to forget about you. At least you didn't forget about me though right?" Yuffie assured him. "So where've you guys been all this time?" She asked.

"We were sleepin'." Goofy explained.

"Where? In cold storage?" Cid said jokingly.

Sora, Donald, and Goofy cringed at his joke.

"It doesn't matter. This is great. Everyone's together again!" Aerith said happily.

So, um...we're trying to find Riku and the King. Have you seen 'em?" Sora asked.

Leon, Aerith, and Cid all shook their heads at Sora. "Right." Sora sighed knowing he would get the same answer again when he asked it to Yuffie before.

"Sorry. But let us know if there's anything we can do to help. Okay?" Aerith reassured.

"Okay. Thanks." Sora said. 'Well at least I get to see Yuffie again, especially since Kairi is safe back on the Islands again.' He thought.

Cid stepped forward to Sora with Sora backing up. "Don't go thankin' us just yet."

"Hollow Bastion's got a problem. A big problem." Leon started.

"You mean, like Nobodies? And Heartless?" Sora answered around Cid.

"That's right!" Yuffie shouted. 'Hehe, you're cute when you're smart, Sora!~'

Sora turned to her. "Sounds like you could use our help."

"Then let's cut to the chase." Leon approached Sora. "Sora, Donald, Goofy. We were hoping the three of you might give us a hand around here."

Sora pumped his chest. "Like we're gonna say no?" Sora said sarcastically.

Leon smirked. "...I forgot who I'm dealing with."

"Hey…what do you mean by that?" Donald said irritated again like with Yuffie before, except this time with both of his hands crossed.

"Just think of it as a sort of "Leon compliment." Aerith explained.

Leon then went to the entrance door of Merlin's house and opened it. "Follow me to the bailey-there's something you three all need to see." He goes outside of the house and disappears.

Merlin appears right in front of the door. "Oh! I thought it was you. Right on time!"

"It's Merlin!" Donald shouted happily.

"Sora and the gang said they're gonna help out!" Yuffie smiled as she put an arm around Sora.

"Splendid! We'll count on you!" Merlin shouted.

"Right!" Sora, Donald, and Goofy shouted in unison.

Ah, yes. Did you give them the cards, dear?" Merlin looked at Aerith.

"Oh right!" Aerith remembered as she pulled out cards from her dress pocket. Sora, Donald, and Goofy turned around and went to her. "Here...they're presents for you." She handed them to Sora. "Leon might thought you like to have them."

Sora took the card from her and looked at it all around. He then looked on the back and saw his name signed for him on the bottom already and became surprised. "Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee Honorary Member!" He shouted excitedly.

"Membership cards!" Donald shouted as him, Sora, and Goofy all had their own cards.

"Kinda cool, huh?" Goofy said.

Sora and Donald nodded to him. Then Sora remembered that Leon was the one who gave them the cards and turned around to see the door open again with Merlin standing in front of them. "Hey, thanks, Leahhh...huh?"

"Oh no! We're supposed to be at the bailey!" Sora realized.

"Just a moment, Sora." Merlin started. "What about your magic?"

"Huh?" Sora was confused. "Oh, that's right…" He began to think.

"Maybe you forgot it while you were asleep!" Yuffie answered next to him. "How could you forget about your magic, Sora? I'm guessing you were more focused on other things while you were sleeping huh?" She joked then saw his face as he looked down. "Aw Sora, I was only kidding."

"Yeah. I know Yuffie. I just can't believe how I'd forgotten about all of my magic while Donald, Goofy, and I were all asleep for a whole year." Sora explained.

"Now, what am I to do with you?" Merlin said to Sora. "I suppose I'll have to lend you a few spells. But be careful with them!"

(Sora had gotten Blizzard as his first element for magic)

"Thanks, Merlin!" Sora shouted happily.

"To the bailey, and fast!" Donald exclaimed as he and Goofy ran out leaving Sora behind with Yuffie and Aerith.

"Hey Sora." Yuffie started. "Be careful out there, okay?" 'God I missed you so much. Please never leave me again.'

Sora turned around to suddenly see her hug him tightly. He returned the hug back and said, "Don't worry Yuffie. I'll see you and the others in a bit okay? I promise." He saw the worried look on her face as he remembered he promised he wouldn't forget about her a year ago either.

"Okay, because if something were to happen to you out there...I don't know what I'd do honestly." She explained. She broke the hug from him and looked back at him with a serious look. 'I care about you so much, Sora. More than you'll ever know..'

"I'll be okay. Besides I can take care of myself and I have Donald and Goofy with me out there too. It'll be a piece of cake!" Sora explained to her.

"I know you do. You three always seem to have the best and awesome adventures together...sometimes I wish I was able to go with you three on them and see what's outside of Hollow Bastion." Yuffie pouted.

"Well...maybe you can, I mean what's stopping you from going with us to look for Riku and the King?" Sora asked.

Yuffie thought about what he said and figured he was right. Her and Sora weren't so different and were both fighters with different fighting styles and different weapons, but their connection was the same, just like when he thought she was Kairi when she really wasn't the first time she met him in Traverse Town. "Hmmm, maybe you're right Sora." She said. "I'll have to think about it while you're gone from seeing Leon with Donald and Goofy."

"Yeah! And we can talk more about it when I get back and see what Donald, Goofy, Leon, and the rest of the gang think too. Sound like a plan?" Sora assured her.

"Yeah it does." Yuffie replied.

"Alright! I'll be back soon then!" Sora waved to her as he ran out of Merlin's house.

"Okay Sora! See you in a bit!" Yuffie waved back excitedly

Yuffie turned to Aerith and gave her a hug. "You really like him huh?" Aerith said to her, returning the hug."Yeah I really do...so much that it hurts." Yuffie softly says. 'Please be okay, Sora. And come back soon for me.'

(With Donald and Goofy)

Sora caught up to Donald and Goofy running to the Bailey. "Hurry up, Sora! We have to go meet Leon and see what he wants!" Donald shouted irritatedly. "Sorry Donald, I had to check in with Yuffie with something." Sora explained. "It's okay, Sora. We understand, right Donald?" Goofy laughed. Donald sighed. "Aw phooey. Let's hurry up and go see Leon already!" Sora and Goofy nodded. "Right!" Then the three of them headed down the stairs to the Bailey itself.


(Hollow Bastion - Bailey)

Leon is seen looking at a balcony shining with light as Sora, Donald, and Goofy approach him. "Look at that." He says. They see what he's talking about as Sora gasps: A Heartless castle with black Heartless shadows surrounding all around it at the bottom of the cliff. "We want to restore Hollow Bastion to what it used to be." Leon explains. "Who knows-maybe even something better. There's still a lot to do, but I'm sure we can handle everything-except...for...that…and that." He points to two Nobody Dusks walking toward the castle.

Sora looks up at Leon. "We'll handle 'em." He assures him.

"Well, that's good to hear." Leon replied. "So Sora-do you know what's going on, then?"

"There's this guy, Pete, who's been going around plotting with the Heartless." Sora explained. "But he's not smart enough to tie his own shoes. The ones we need to worry about are the Nobodies."

"And those Organization XIII guys in charge, too!" Goofy answered.

"You called?" A deep voice suddenly called out loudly for them to hear as they froze and looked around.

Sora, Donald, and Goofy then ran outside of the Bailey. "You're doing well." Another voice called. "Who's that?" Sora summoned his keyblade. "This calls for a celebration…"

Two Dusks suddenly appeared to the right of Sora, as Donald and Goofy ran to them, two more appeared behind Sora and Leon. Sora ran back inside the Bailey before Leon could stop him and the gates that led to Marketplace closed behind them.

Sora and Leon then fought more Dusks and Sora decided to use Blizzard to freeze most of them with his magic while Leon summoned the flame from his sword to defeat them. Then they had finally defeated all of the Dusks and protected the Bailey successfully.

(Sora now has Fire element to use in his magic)

"The Keyblade...a truly marvelous weapon." A deep voice called out. "Were it only in more... capable hands…" A group of laughter could be heard as Sora ran out and shouted, "Show yourselves!"

A man with a black coat covering his face suddenly appeared above him standing. He lifted both of his hands as Sora gritted his teeth with Donald and Goofy running behind him. Suddenly five more black coats appeared behind him in unison, some tall and some short.

"Organization XIII!" Goofy shouted. Sora looked behind him at Donald and Goofy and nodded at them, turning around to say as he clenched his fist with his keyblade in his other hand "Good. Now we can settle this!"

"What a shame…" The deep voice continued. "And here I thought we could be friends." Organization XIII all chuckled and disappeared again.

"Stop!" Donald shouted and headed toward the stairs. A black coat appeared in front of him. He looked back up to where the Organization members were then back to the one in front of him. "What's the big idea!?"

"Oopsy-daisy!" The voice said a bit more raspy. "Move!" Sora shouted at him. "Now do you think that's polite, shutting me down like that?" The man continued pleading for himself.

"I said get outta the way!" Sora shouted again.

"As if! You can talk all you want, but that won't change a thing." The man explained.

"Then we're going to MAKE you move!" Donald stepped back.

"See, that would work-if I were just any old dude. 'Cept I'm not. I'm with the Organization. Nothing "any old" about me." He continued.

"Ha! Tough talk for someone who stood on the sidelines while his Nobody flunkeys did the fighting!" Sora threatened.

"Oh, dear." Organization XIII said. "I think you got the wrong impression."

"You gonna cry?" Sora said sarcastically.

"As if! Why don't I remind you how tough the crowd you're dealing with really is?" He taunted.

"Remind me?" Sora was confused then suddenly had no control of his body for a moment and held his keyblade threateningly at the black coat with an aggressive look on his face.

The black coat laughed. "That's RIGHT, he used to give me that same exact look."

Sora regained control of his body again and was still confused. "I guess you think you can psych me out by saying really random stuff!" Sora smirked.

"Gee...I just don't know." They all paused and looked at each other for a moment.

"Be a good boy now!" The black coat waved before disappearing into his black portal.

"Wait!" Sora rushed him before he could leave. 'I'm not going to stand around and let you get away.'

"Wait... As if!" The black coat then summoned one of his "arrowgun" rifles and shoots Sora a couple of times with laser beams and Sora tries to block them but was too slow to react as he rushed toward the man. Sora groaned, "Yuffie…" and was then knocked unconscious.

"Sora!" Donald and Goofy shouted in horror.

"Huh. Guess the keyblade wielder wasn't so tough after all." The man in the black coat then disappeared into a black portal.

Donald and Goofy ran towards Sora to see if he was still conscious. "What happened!?" Leon shouted and saw Sora's body on the ground unconscious. "Sora!" He ran to Sora and checked his heartbeat. "Oh no. The gang is not going to be happy about this." 'Especially Yuffie..'

"Gawrsh, what do we do Leon!?" Goofy cried out.

"Is Sora going to be okay?" Donald cried out as well.

"I hope so, we won't know yet." Leon said unsure. 'I know that Yuffie is definitely not going to cope well with this, that's for sure.' He got up with a worried look. "For now we have to take him back to Merlin's house for the time being. Come on Donald, Goofy!"

Leon picked up Sora, carried him, and rushed out of the Bailey with Donald and Goofy behind him with worried looks on both of their faces.

To Be Continued...