A/N: Hey guys it's LegendaryHero1 here and welcome back to a new chapter of Kingdom Hearts II: Hearts of Destiny! Thank you all so much for your time and patience reading the first chapter of my story and glad to see that the majority of readers are enjoying it so far! I really appreciate all the story favorites, follows, and even reviews and am really amazed how popular this story got with over 100 views in 4 days! Anyways I've been really busy lately, but I will continue writing more chapters as soon as I can and will tend to update the story with more chapters on a weekly basis if possible depending on how much more popular it gets! One reviewer had asked me about an idea that I never thought of and a way I could improve Yuffie into the story in the later chapters and it was a really great idea to share me, because I never even thought about that idea and it would be cool to have it implemented in my story and I'll be sure to make it happen as I continuing branching out the story more in the next few chapters! For now though, I hope you all enjoy the second chapter of this amazing journey with Sora, Yuffie, and all of his friends and I appreciate all the love and support for this story on the Kingdom Hearts fanfiction archive! I'll see you guys in the reviews or in the next chapter when I write it! :)

HoD Chapter 2: Missing You


(Hollow Bastion - Merlin's House - With Yuffie, Aerith, Cid, and Merlin)

Yuffie, Aerith, Cid, and Merlin had all been waiting for Sora, Leon, Donald, and Goofy's return from the Bailey. Yuffie was sitting on the bed, while Aerith and Merlin were near Cid as he continued typing on the computer to figure out how to improve the town's defense mechanism more better and secure. "They've been out for quite some time now, huh?" Aerith exclaimed to Cid.

"Eh, I'm sure they're fine and Leon probably decided to give them a longer tour than he was expecting to today." He replied.

"But.." Yuffie began to say with a worried look. "What if they're not fine and something bad happened to them?" 'What if something bad happened to Sora and he's not okay when he gets back after all?'

"Well, as Sora had told you before he left to go to the Bailey with Leon. He did say he could take care of himself, especially since he has Donald and Goofy with him at all times, so I think we should take his word for granted and leave them to it." Merlin explained. "After all I did give him his magic back, so even with that he should be able to handle himself more as well."

"Yeah you're right.." Yuffie said. "But still.. I don't know.. Something in my heart is telling me otherwise that he's not okay and he may be in danger out there with Leon, Donald, and Goofy.." She looked down at the ground. 'I really hope you're okay, Sora and that my heart tells me that I'm wrong..'

"Oh Yuffie.." Aerith went and sat next to hear on the bed and put a hand on her left shoulder. "You really like and care about Sora, a lot huh?"

"I do.." She replied. "Ever since Leon and I first encountered him in Traverse Town in front of Cid's shop. And when I carried him to the Green Room and watched him sleep peacefully as Leon and I protected him from the Heartless." She hugged Aerith softly. "When we had told him about the keyblade and his ability to wield and defeat the Heartless with it to save the outside worlds, I just knew there was something special about him from the moment I saw him.."

"Well, we all understand your feelings toward him and how much you care about him. But he's always been focusing on finding his friends, especially Riku and the King who he's searching for again on his journey." Cid said. "Did he ever mention anything about Kairi to you again when you first encountered him in Hollow Bastion?"

"No. I hope she's safe back on his home Island though." Yuffie said sadly. "Besides Sora cares about her and probably shares the same feelings for her as she does for him.. After all I've seen the way he looks at her and the way she looked at him back a year ago in Traverse Town. It's obvious that he'll never share the same feelings I do for him and he doesn't deserve a girl like me and I'm okay with that." 'I wish I could say I am okay with his true feelings towards me, when I'm really not.' She thought.

"But, my dear." Merlin began to say as he approached Yuffie and Aerith standing in front of the bed. Yuffie and Aerith looked up toward him. "Just because he doesn't share the same feelings towards you, doesn't mean you should give up on trying. Maybe if you stuck around him, Donald, and Goofy more he would open up to you about how he really feels about you and appreciates you for being a great friend to him while Kairi isn't here with him." He continued.

"I know but.." Yuffie replied. "The thing is.. I already know he sees me as just a friend and nothing more, otherwise he would've told me before he left to go seal the keyhole when Hollow Bastion was still in its original form. And I can't even go with Sora on his journey with Donald and Goofy to even look for Riku and the King in different worlds even if I wanted to in the first place.. It's hopeless." 'Besides you, Aerith, Leon, and Cid need me here to help you guys protect Hollow Bastion from both the Heartless and Nobodies while Sora continues to search for his friends.'

Aerith had an idea to cheer her up. "Well. Maybe you can talk to Leon about going with Sora, Donald, and Goofy this time on their journey and see if he will allow you to go with them to search for Riku and the King. They may need the assistance after all this time, since he ended up not finding them a year ago on his first journey."

Yuffie was surprised to hear Aerith say that and her head suddenly popped up with excitement as she turned to her and shouted, "Wait, really?!" Aerith nodded. "But, what if you, Merlin, Cid, and him needed my help here?"

"Eh, I'm sure he'll be fine with it, considering how you look at Sora and he knows that you've been wanting to travel with him, Donald, and Goofy in their Gummi Ship for quite some time now. 'Sides we still have Cloud and Tifa to help us in Hollow Bastion if we need more assistance from them." Cid explained.

"That's right!" Merlin assured her. "I've heard that Cloud and Tifa are both strong and protect Hollow Bastion quite well, if I do say so myself!"

"Yeah you're right!" Yuffie shouted happily. "Okay! I'll be sure to ask Leon about it when he returns with Sora, Donald, and Goofy then!" She turned to Aerith to give her a hug. "Thanks, you guys are the best!" She then got up from the bed smiling, and looked to both Cid and Merlin who gave her a nod in return.

"Of course, dear." Merlin said. "Now of course, if you're going to do this and-" He was interrupted by his front door suddenly opening as he saw Leon carrying Sora, unconscious and not looking too well, with Donald and Goofy behind him. "Oh my.."

Yuffie, Aerith, and Cid all became shocked and looked at Leon carrying Sora in both of his hands. Yuffie suddenly rushed toward him and started freaking out to Leon. "W-WHAT HAPPENED?!" She began to shout to him. "L-LEON WHY IS HE LIKE THIS?! WHY?! WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM OUT THERE? LEON!" She looked at him with tears beginning to swell in her eyes. Leon looked down at her with pain in his heart and down at Sora.

Aerith, Merlin, and Cid also looked down at Yuffie hearing her scream loudly with pain. Donald and Goofy also looked down with sadness on their faces.

"Oh Yuffie.. I'm sorry.. I'm so sorry.." Leon said with hurt in his voice. "Sora.. he got struck down by Organization XIII though.."

"No…" Yuffie began to cry. 'Not like this.. Not Sora.. He can't be gone.. He just can't be..' She went to his body to lay her head down on his heart and couldn't hear any beating in it. He was really gone for good and she couldn't believe it. She started sobbing with pain and tears in both of her eyes, her face all red. "Oh..Sora.."


(Inside Sora's Heart - Station of Serenity)

Sora is floating down in darkness with his eyes closed and suddenly hears Yuffie's voice faintly. "Huh? What?"

"Sora.."

"Yuffie.." Sora groaned. "What happened to me? Where am I?"

He received no answer as he continued floating down to a light circle pillar with what he looked like a year ago in his white, red, and blue outfit with him holding his Keyblade out and Riku, Kairi, Donald, and Goofy beside him. As he landed he shouted, "What is this place?! Donald! Goofy! Leon! Yuffie!"

There was no answer. Only silence as he walked toward the middle of the station.

"There has been a turn of events it seems.. A change in this time has been altered.." A whisper called to him.

"What do you mean?! Who's there?!" Sora shouted to the voice, demanding answers. "Huh?" Sora looked around and suddenly saw three Heartless Shadows appear from out of the station crawling towards him. He then pulled out his Kingdom Key and fought them. After he defeated them he called out to the voice again saying, "Hey! What's going on? Where am I? Why am I not inside my own body right now?!"

"Oh but you are Sora.. Just not in your own body itself, your heart has stopped working and is sleeping once again, just like when you turned into a Heartless shadow to save Kairi in Hollow Bastion a year ago." The voice answered.

"Wait.. So you mean I'm in my own heart right now?! Does that mean that I died?" Sora was surprised.

"Yes.. But it appears that another heart has touched yours and you are slowly waking up from consciousness again, slowly though. In order to fully wake up, you must go deeper inside your heart and defeat the darkness within it once more.." The voice continued.

"Defeat the darkness within my heart once more?" Sora questioned the voice. "What do you mean?"

A chest appeared beside him. He opened it and received a potion in his items inventory. Then a pink door suddenly appeared in front of the station ahead of Sora.

"Go forth. But be careful. Beyond that door lies a completely different world deep within your heart.. But don't be afraid.. Don't stop walking…" The voice explained.

"Okay then.." Sora replied to the voice as he approached the door and began to open it. "Donald, Goofy, and Yuffie, here I come.."

(Inside Sora's Heart - Station of Calling)

Sora stepped out of the door and walked onto the same pillar again as he came out of it. "Wait.. Am I back in the same place again?" Sora was confused and looked around, then saw a path that led up to a green station and an orange station. "Oh right.." He remembered. "The voice said that I have to keep walking if I want to awaken my heart again." He continued walking toward the path and went up it. A couple of Heartless Shadows suddenly appeared in front of him and he defeated them quickly. He made it to the green pillar and another pair of Shadows appeared in front of him. He then continued up and made it to the orange pillar and stopped to catch his breath for a moment.

"I didn't realize there were so many Shadows in my heart while I was unconscious, is this what happens when I try to awaken my heart again after death?" Sora wondered. He then saw another pink door and ran towards it. Three more Heartless Shadows appeared in front of him. "Oh come on!" He defeated the Shadows one more time before proceeding to the door safely. "Alright, all I need to do now is open this door and I should be able to defeat the darkness to wake up again." He stepped toward the door and opened it.

(Inside Sora's Heart - Station of Awakening)

Sora ended up on the same blue pillar again, except this time there was no path for him to go and there was no door behind him to get out either. There was a light shining in the middle of the station. He proceeded to walk to it. "Okay, now what?" Sora asked himself.

"Sora? Sora!" A familiar voice called out.

"Yuffie? Yuffie!" Sora called out to her.

"Sora! Sora! Please wake up! Sora!" Yuffie's voice called out from within him faintly.

"Yuffie! I'm coming! But how?" Sora shouted.

"You must use the Keyblade to defeat the darkness within your heart in order to fully awaken again.." The voice answered.

"I know that." Sora replied to the voice. "But where is the darkness?"

"Behind you.." The voice whispered.

Sora turned around, where the light had reflected a shadow of him, and then saw a version of himself in Anti-Form with glowing yellow eyes. Sora jumped back and got his Keyblade ready to fight. "You mean you're the darkness side of me that I have to defeat in order for me to wake up again?!"

"That's right." Anti-Sora answered, as he summoned his dark Kingdom Key. "I thought by sending my Shadows after you, you'd fall again to the darkness, but it seems you are stronger than I thought. Now I will be the one that will send you into darkness once more.

Anti-Sora rushed towards Sora and began to strike him with his Dark Kingdom Key, while Sora guarded it and struck him at the right moment and got a few good hits in. Anti-Sora was then able to counter Sora's abilities and movement since he was the Shadow version of Sora himself and attacked Sora a couple of times before he managed to get away to safely heal himself with a potion. Sora used the potion before he got back to fighting his darker self. "Phew, that was close." He said relieved, then got knocked flying with his keyblade to the middle of the station.

"Now it ends here!" Anti-Sora rushed toward Sora, who was on the ground barely able to see as he was about to lose his consciousness again. He saw Anti-Sora rushing toward him and began to lose hope for a moment, then "something" helped him remember that his darker self had told him he had to use his keyblade to defeat the darkness. 'That's it..' Sora thought. "No.. it does not end here! I will not allow it to end here for me! Or for Yuffie!" He shouted out as he stuck his keyblade out toward his dark self and the tip of it began to shine with light as it blasted into Anti-Sora. Anti-Sora began to scream and had disappeared with the light that shone so bright, Sora shielded his eyes.

After a moment Sora uncovered his eyes and saw that Anti-Sora was gone. A final pink door had appeared at the center of the station with a light shining into it. "This must be the door I have to go in to wake myself up again." "He said as he walked in front of it to open it.

"Yes.. But remember Sora, I will always be the darkness that resides in you if you are to grow weary and restless if you fall into unconsciousness again.. And then the light will not be able to save you again for a period of time.. Or ever again.." Anti-Sora appeared behind him again.

"I know that.. But my friends and I will always be surrounded by light in order to make sure the darkness doesn't overtake us. Deep down inside of our hearts, there will always be light that will never go out to light the darkness." Sora turned to Anti-Sora and put his hand on his heart.

"Then let's hope your light will not struggle and fall short beneath the darkness as you face the trials in the outside worlds ahead of you.." Anti-Sora answered one last time before he disappeared into the darkness.

Sora nodded. 'Yuffie. I'm coming back now..' He thought, opening the door of light, shining bright as he went into it.


(Hollow Bastion - Merlin's House)

Sora opened his eyes in a bed. He slowly got up from it and looked around to see Aerith and Cid inside of Merlin's house. Cid was still on the computer typing away while Aerith was standing beside him. Sora groaned, rubbing his head and said, "Where am I? What happened to me?"

"Ohh Sora! You're okay!" Aerith shouted happily as she ran towards him.

"Kid, you nearly gave us all a heart attack and we thought you were gone for good!" Cid then got up from the computer and headed toward him. "What you did was reckless and dangerous!"

"Huh? What do you mean? What happened out there before I blacked out?" Sora said, confused.

"Well, Donald and Goofy had told Leon that you tried to attack and stop one of the Organization XIII members from leaving and ended up getting hit by a couple of lasers that he sent flying at you and you lost consciousness." Aerith explained. "So Leon carried you back with Donald and Goofy with no hope that you would be okay! We thought you were dead since your heart had stopped beating and there were no signs of you breathing either! We're glad you're okay though and back with us again!"

"Yep! You sure gave us quite a scare, kid!" Cid exclaimed. "Especially Yuffie, poor girl. I hope she's doing okay now. After she found out what happened to you she just.." He looked down and sighed.

Sora was still a bit groggy from what Aerith had told him, when he heard Cid say Yuffie's name and instantly picked his head up and shouted to them, "Yuffie! Where is she? Is she okay?!" He panicked. 'I remember now.. I promised her and told her I would return to her safely.. And now I broke my promise to her.. I have to find and go after her now!'

"Yes Sora!" Aerith tried to calm him down. "She's okay! She's with Leon, Donald, Goofy at the Bailey right now and you don't have anything to worry-" Sora got up and ran out of Merlin's house real quick to the Bailey to find Yuffie. 'Hold on Yuffie.. I'm coming to you right now!'

"Wait Sora!" Aerith tried to stop him, but she was already too late as he disappeared out of the house.

Cid turned to her. "That kid will never learn, will he?" He shook his head.

"Maybe not.." Aerith replied. "But it seems he does care about Yuffie more than we thought he did." She smiled at Cid.


(Hollow Bastion - Bailey - With Leon, Yuffie, Donald, and Goofy)

Yuffie leans onto the balcony where she sees the Heartless castle in front of her, her face still red from crying all her tears away, with Leon standing beside her with Donald and Goofy in the Bailey, all talking quietly.

"Gawrsh, is she going to be okay?" Goofy asked Leon with a sad tone.

"Honestly, I'm not even sure at this point.." He replied. "I hope so, but at the same time, she'll probably never be the same again, now that Sora's gone for good."

"Oh. But he can't be gone. He just can't." Donald said looking down. "How are we going to find the King now without him?"

"Yeah, and Riku too!" Goofy answered.

Leon closed his eyes with his arms crossed thinking, then remembered something Yuffie told him. He told Donald and Goofy, "You know. She actually wanted to go with you guys to go look for Riku and the King this time."

"Qwack! Really?" Donald shouted.

"How come?" Goofy added.

"Well. She always had a thing for him if you never noticed and she would always want to be around him all the time." Leon explained. "He was the one who made her truly happen and made her who she is now.. Or who she was before he.." He looked down at them.

Donald and Goofy looked at each other with sad faces. "Oh… Right.." Donald replied.

"Is he really gone though?" The leader of Organization XIII called out to them, while appearing and standing outside of the Bailey gates. Yuffie turned around along with Donald, Goofy, Leon recognizing the voice preparing to get their weapons ready to fight. "No.. I'd say more like he has recovered and is doing quite well right now."

"What do you mean?" Yuffie replied, holding her shuriken down. 'Sora can't be alive, can he?' "There's no way.. I saw him and he was gone.." She looked down and ended up letting her guard down for a moment, then she remembered what happened and shouted, "Because of you, he'll never know my true feelings I had for him now!" She began to rush toward the black coat with her shuriken.

"Yuffie, no!" Leon tried to stop her.

"Wait!" Donald shouted.

"It's too dangerous!" Goofy shouted.

"Yuffie, don't!" A familiar voice shouted and pushed her out of the way before she could strike the man with her shuriken. She groaned and was knocked to the ground by a familiar face.

"Sora!" Donald and Goofy shouted and ran towards him.

"Huh? Sora!" Leon ran toward him and Yuffie on the ground.

'No.. it can't be! Can it?!' Yuffie couldn't believe her eyes. "SORA! YOU'RE ALIVE! BUT HOW?!" She shouted happily with tears crying into his shoulder as she hugged him tightly. "Hey, Yuffie! I'm here for you now! I'm okay! See?!" Sora hugged her tightly as he gently rubbed her back. "It's okay, I'm okay! See? Nothing to worry about now!" She sobbed, "Oh Sora! I missed you so much!" He was about to cry too and said, "I missed you too Yuffie! So much!" "Ohhh don't you ever leave me alone ever again, Sora!" She cried harder than before. "I promise Yuffie, I won't! Not ever again!" He hugged her more tightly.

"Well. Well. It seems I was right." The black coat interrupted. "How you came to recover again after one of our members had struck you down, I will never know, but of course it meant only "you" could never let him down after all."

"Who are you talking about?!" Sora asked him, as him and Yuffie broke the hug and got up from the ground to confront him, along with Donald, Goofy, and Leon standing behind them.

"Oh. It will all make sense.." The man explained as he summoned a group of Dusk Nobodies around them. "In time.." And then he disappeared again.

"Agh, this again?" Sora exclaimed, summoning his keyblade with Yuffie next to him. "Don't worry, Sora! We'll fight together this time!" She replied happily with her shuriken in her hand.

"Yeah! We won't let anything happen to you, this time!" Donald shouted.

"Hyuck! Yeah you can count on us, Sora!" Goofy added.

"Sora." He looked to Leon. "Are you ready for this?" Sora nodded.

"Everyone stay focused! We have to protect the Bailey again, one last time!" Leon shouted.

"Right!" They all agreed.

Sora rushed to some of the Dusks and he ended up using his Reversal moves on a couple of them and then summoned his fire magic to take them all out. While Yuffie used her shuriken to hit some of the Dusks, then she threw it through them, which resulted in her defeating them. Donald used his thunder spell to light some of the Dusks up and defeated them. More of the Nobodies began to appear and Goofy threw his shield at them, then Leon charged up his sword and the flame from his sword burned the Dusks.

Then Sora and Yuffie faced the last few Dusks together. "Together, Sora!" She shouted to him. He nodded back to her. He was out of magic and decided to use Reversal on a couple of the Dusks and defeated them, as one of them slashed him and his health was running low, he shouted,"Yuffie, potion!" Yuffie nodded and came near him shouting, "Sora!" Sora drank the potion and healed. "Thank you!" Sora answered. Yuffie then went toward the last Dusk and shouted, "This is for what you did to Sora!" She made her shuriken bigger with a green effect and threw it around the Dusk, resulting in it's defeat.


"Whoa! A little bit overkill, Yuffie! Don't you think?" Sora laughed.

"Hehe. Maybe you're right.~" She winked at him. "Still it doesn't change the fact that I missed you and thought you were gone for good though.." She looked down with a sad look towards him.

Sora looked at her, then at Donald, Goofy, and Leon. They all looked at him and knew what he was trying to tell them as they left the two of them in the Bailey by themselves. He led Yuffie outside to the stairway where he had lost consciousness on the ground earlier.

Sora turned to Yuffie. "Look Yuffie.." He began.

"What's wrong, Sora?" Yuffie herself began to worry.

"I appreciate you trying to help Donald, Goofy, Leon, and I earlier." He hugged her as she hugged him back. "But seeing how you almost got hurt by Organization XIII, I can't tell you how dangerous that was!"

"But, Sora.." Yuffie was confused. "You ended up saving me from getting hurt! You're the reason why I'm safe right now! I didn't even know you were alive until you had saved me a moment ago!" 'Why is Sora acting this way? Did I end up doing something wrong?'

"Yes, Yuffie.." Sora said with a sad face. "I know. But you were part of the reason why I fell unconscious too."

"What do you mean, Sora?" Yuffie didn't understand. "I thought you'd be happy and glad to see that I was safe since you're alive again."

"Yes.. I mean.. I am!" Sora replied. "It's just that… I don't think you should worry about me anymore.." He broke the hug and looked at her worriedly.

"Sora.." Yuffie began to cry. "Of course I worry about you! You're my best friend!" 'And the boy I grew up with and always adored since about a year ago when I first met you.' What? Now I can't even worry about you when you'll be gone again facing Heartless, Nobodies, and even Organization XIII with Donald and Goofy while searching for the King and Riku without me?"

"No…Yuffie… Look.. You're my best friend too.." Sora replied sadly. "It's not that it's just.. About a year ago when Kairi had gone missing and she wasn't safe on the Islands like she is right now. Do you remember when I first woke up in Traverse Town and I ended up waking up in a bed in the Green Room while you and Leon protected me from the Heartless in it?"

Yuffie nodded to him on the verge of tears. "Yeah I do. What about it?" 'I swear, please don't tell me this has something to do with Kairi after you just saved me.. Sora.'

"Well. When I first looked at you as I woke up.." Sora suddenly teared up and looked at her on the verge of tears. "I thought you were Kairi, in a way, but it turned out that you weren't and sometimes I can't help whenever I'm not with you that you still remind me so much of her when you talk and interact with me like you always do. Sometimes I guess I wish you were her, if that makes sense. And I can't lose you, the same way that I lost both her and Riku before.."

Yuffie had lost it and began to sob. "Oh Sora.." She hugged him tightly. "We'll get through this together! Okay? After all, we'll have each other to rely on from now moving forward!" 'I just want to savor this moment, who knows when we'll get another chance to do this again after all.' She thought.

"What do you mean?" Sora asked her, hugging her back tightly, rubbing her back up and down with his hand.

"Well, earlier before you came to save me from Organization XIII and before Donald and Goofy came to check on Leon and I in the Bailey.." She broke the hug and began to explain to him. " He and I had a little dispute about me going on your gummi ship to journey to the other worlds outside of Hollow Bastion to look for the King and Riku with you, Donald, and Goofy."

"Oh really? Yuffie, that's great!" Sora shouted in delight. "But, what did he end up saying about it?" He asked, while rubbing his head.

"Well, he already knows I can take care of myself, which I can." She replied. "But he was most worried about the risks and the dangers in the worlds that we'll encounter such as the Heartless, Nobodies, and of course Organization XIII who you saved me from a moment ago."

"I see now." Sora answered. "So, how did you convince him to get you to come along with us then?"

"I don't know.." She shrugged while smiling and walking with her back faced to him. "You know me, after all! I'm the "Great Ninja Yuffie" and I am a very convincing person! And don't you forget it!~" She winked with a peace sign at Sora. 'It's because he understands my true feelings towards you and how much I care about you, Sora..'

"Heh. You're right about that, Yuffie!" He went toward her and put an arm around her while taking out his membership card that Aerith had given to him from Leon. He turned it over with his name signed at the bottom, smiling as he announced, "The Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee Honorary Member-" The card began to glow with light and float in the air. Sora gasped. Then Sora's keyblade had appeared again and the tip of it started to glow with light towards it."What's going on?" Yuffie gasped.

"I think I know." Sora replied. 'I've done this before with the darker version of myself within my heart.'

"What do you mean?" Yuffie questioned with a confused look.

Sora held his keyblade with both hands guiding it downward with the light glowing from it, as the card continued floating up. It then sparked for a second and made a lit up crown appear within him and Yuffie. Then a light orb had appeared around them as they disappeared into another realm. "Whoa, where are we?" She was confused. The card was still seen floating in the air and glowed once again as it shot a lit up keyhole in the sky for them both to see.

"Sora, is that one of the keyholes you have to seal with your keyblade?" She asked.

He nodded to her and said, "Do you trust me, Yuffie?"

"Of course I do." She replied to him.

"Then put your hand on my hand and help me guide it toward the keyhole." He explained with a serious look on his face. "We're going to seal it together."

"Okay." She answered and put her hand Sora's hand holding the handle of his keyblade with him as they guided it up toward the lit up keyhole together. A beam of light had come from within it and shot out into the keyhole, as the light reflected and came out toward them. They both ended back at their original spot outside of the Bailey together as if nothing had happened.

"What was that about?" Yuffie asked curiously to him.

"Ohh… now I get it." Sora realized looking at his keyblade, then at the sky, and then to Yuffie. "That must've been the gate Yen Sid talked about. The paths to the outside worlds are opened for us to travel through now!"

"Wait.." She began. "So does that mean we can travel to other worlds in your gummi ship now?" She jumped excitedly.

"Yeah it does!" Sora answered, smiling at her. "But first, we need to tell Donald, Goofy, Leon and the others about this! Come on!"

She nodded back at him, smiling as well. "Right! Let's go!"

Sora and Yuffie began to run together back to the entrance of the Bailey gates. As they disappeared, little did they know from at the top of the other side of the Bailey, there was an Organization XIII member looking at them from afar.

"Hmph." He said. "I don't believe this for a second." The black coat disappeared into a black portal.


(Organization XIII Meeting Room- ?)

The man in a black coat appears out of a black portal and sits down to talk with the other five members of the Organization with eight of the seats empty out of the thirteen.. "Do my eyes deceive me? Does he really have the power to wield the Keyblade?" He said. "He is nothing but a boy."

"Give him a chance. It means he's straight as an arrow. He's pure of heart, unlike all of us here. Especially seeing as he has fully recovered when I shot him with a couple of lasers from one of my arrowgun rifles by accident.'' The familiar man said.

"He had better be, or else he's worthless." A third man called out.

"I truly hope he's enjoying himself on his adventure." One of the members shuffles Nobody-looking cards out from one of his hands as he speaks. "Maybe he'd like a hand to determine his fate." He laughs as he pulls out a card and shows the rest of the members.

"Hey, as long as it works in our favor. We can let him do what he wants for now. Then we'll all jump in if needed." He assured him.

"Those are bold words coming from you." The arrowgun rifle man replied to him. "Are you saying you'll volunteer to take care of it if things go wrong? Huh?"

"What!? Me?" He replied back. "No you have the wrong guy. I'm not comfortable with that." He shakes his hands back in defense toward him.

"You act as though you have a conscience." The man who started the conversation to the Organization members replied suspiciously. "When was the last time any one of us felt anything?"

"Truer words were never spoken." The Nobody-card member flicked the card back into his black coat sleeve. "Well, I suppose the fun will have to wait."

"Do you know what happens to those who lose their true purpose?" The third man replied. "Inevitably, they destroy themselves."

"Gentlemen." The leader of Organization XIII announced himself to them. "The hero of the Keyblade has embarked on a new journey, now with his girlfriend going with him. Make sure it is one that they will both remember. Now go."

All of the Organization members disappear into their black portals leaving him behind.

"See you soon,"Roxas." He says before disappearing from the meeting room.

To Be Continued...