Chapter Three: The Union

A young teenage girl was taking a slow soothing walk along the trail between her city and forest. She recently had a heated argument with her mother. Cruel things were said, her life was never in her own control, life felt meaningless, as if she was and never would be appreciated. Ultimately, she felt very frustrated. Before doing something she would regret, she decided to take a walk, a very long walk in order to calm herself. After an hour of walking, she stopped and gazed at the blue midnight sky. The stars looked dazzling as ever and the moon looked… weird as ever. *rustle rustle* The odd rustling of the bushes in the forest broke the girl in deep thought

"Who's there?!" The girl squeaked. She decided to investigate, what's the worse that can happen? She thought, slowly going into the forest. Before she even realized it, she was very deep in the forest, despite the dark night, her eyes eventually adjusted to the night's light. Everything in the forest seemed more alive than ever. While exploring the vast dark green forest for around an hour, she realized how far from the city she was. She has always lived near the forest her entire life, but she never truly explored deep into the forest. She enjoyed every moment of it.

*Hissss* The girl stopped dead in her tracks, she quickly turned around, only to see a body of darkness scamper into a giant bush. Wha-what was that?! She started to walk towards it, hoping to see what was hiding from her. As she got closer, her heart beated faster, she started to sweat more, and her breathing went silent. The body of darkness that went past her vision previously had jumped out of the bush and came out with its claws of darkness towards her.

She couldn't think about what would happen next, she turned around and ran away, trying to gain some distance. She felt something hit her shoes and leg as she fell onto the ground, she started to panic even more. She realized her leg was cut deep by a claw, and her ankle was twisted by running into a tree root. She couldn't run anymore, the body of darkness began taking a new form, it grew two long arms, two long legs, and formed a head that shined with bright yellow eyes.

It slowly went closer to the girl, she started to scream,"HELP, ANYONE?! PLEASE! ANYONE! I WANNA LIVE. *sob sob*." *step step step* Despite her cries for help, no one came. The creature started to approach the girl even slower, as if it enjoyed her fear. She realized that she might die within the hour. Her fear slowly transformed into rage. *Step step step* Mom, I think I'm gonna die today. I'm sorry for what I said earlier, I should've apologized… If I die, it'll be with me fighting to my last breath, not by calmly accepting it. I wanna live! The girl slowly got up, and took a fighting stance, she always got in fights with boys at her school. She widened her stance, and put up her dukes. Her body was sore, her leg was damaged, but her rage to fight was burning bright and fueled her to stay alive. *STEP step step*

The creature made an ululation, within moments she was surrounded by at least 5 of them, all looking menacing. Last breath… right! The one that made the howl sprinted towards her, before the creature could injure the girl who was about to throw a punch, a mysterious figure stepped and dashed in and drew a weapon from inside his cloak and slashed at the creature. As the weapon went through the creature, it vanished into thin air as the weapon finished its duty.

The girl was stunned. The one who saved her looked even more stunning. He wore a black clothes that hid his appearance, except his face and hair. A black blindfold covered his eyes. His silver hair was flowing through the wind, like a religious hero from a Baroque painting, his face was medium, and rather tall. His weapon was a red blade, covered with dark spikes on the side, at the tip was a white wing. The handle was red and black, with a chain end following up with a red and black heart dangling off. He was overall dashing.

As another creature challenged the silver teen, he muttered,"I'm tired of these Neoshadows…" , as another figure, whom also wore all black, was very short in contrast to the tall one's height, had slashed the creature. The creature had vanished shortly after as well. The short one's weapon was essentially a big key, with a white handle and yellow blade. The ends of the blade had the designs of a crown sticking on one side.

"Riku, you mustn't be careless! If you're gone, who'll help save "him"?" The short one urgently asked, blocking another creature's strike.

"I apologize, your Majesty. I'm just tired is all, I'll make fast work of these Shadows and Neoshadows, while you take care of the girl. After that, we'll both head to the location."

"Sounds like a plan," Said the shorter one who approached the girl," Don't be afraid, we're here to help. Once this issue gets settled, we'll get you straight away to your home, where you'll be safe. Oh-HO!"

The girl's day had been more than just crazy; she got into several physical fights at school, got into another fight with her mom, explored the woods for once, seen a dashing teen save her, and had a big anthropomorphic mouse talk to her. This is more than just crazy. Is this real life? That girl must've hit me harder than I thought… *Pinch*

"Ouch, I'm in the real world alright." She looked at the shorter one, he offered to give her a ride in a wheelbarrow. Am I supposed to take his offer? Heh, what's next? Will I fall in love with the anthropomorphic mouse, rather than the Silver haired guy? At this point I think anything is going to happen… The girl felt herself slowly going insane at this point.

"Sure… I'll take it. Mr… uhh?" The girl asked, hopping in the red wheelbarrow." Actually, let's have introductions once these things are dealt, okay?"

The big mouse nodded, placing his hands on the handle, and pushed, making progress. Very. Slowly. The silver teen, who took down another creature, went to the big mouse and her. He began defending against any creatures who dared to attack.

"Your majesty,"The silver teen huffed," you're going slow on purpose, aren't you."

"You'd think so but," The anthropomorphic mouse's teeth clenched," NRGG! Ugh, but she's heavier than she looks!"

The girl felt a bit embarrassed, she was definitely in shape, she wouldn't have considered herself overweight one bit. She looked to the side of the wheelbarrow it read, "ULTIMATE 150 IB OF WHEELBARROW, ULTIMATE SOURCE FOR TRAINING YOURSELF… TO THE ULTIMATE LIMITS!" Alright, so I'm not overweight or heavy. It's just the heavy wheelbarrow… hopefully.

"ALRIGHT CHANGE OF PLANS! JUST DEFEND NOW YOUR MAJESTY! WE'LL HELP HER LATER" The Silver teen took a new stance, as if he was going to summon something,"YOUR MAJESTY, GET READY!"

"Got it! I received a messaged that help will arrive soon!" The shorter one shouted back.

After the anthropomorphic mouse left his station of pushing the girl along, she saw what was happening. The creatures had gained more allies, creating a large horde. A mass of darkness spread throughout the woods, everywhere she looked. Left, right, above to the trees; bodies of darkness, more bright shiny eyes, with claws all sharp, all ready to attack. Is this the end? Why are these two so calm? I can't let these two outshine me!.. Alright maybe I will, just this once.

The girl decided to sit back and hope that the two dark clothed fighters could take on the horde of creatures. Fortunately, the creatures had ignored her since they seemed to have interests to the two warriors. Would these two be classified as good guys or bad; she still had no idea what their intentions were, let alone names. She recalled "help" would arrive soon, yet they never mentioned what kind of help. Medical assistance or fighting assistance; which would help her return home faster? All she wanted was to come back home and talk to her mom about what she experienced throughout the night.

No matter how tenacious the two dark figures fought, the creatures kept attacking, slowly wearing them down. The numbers of creatures seemed infinite, as if someone had casted a sort of spell to create an army of creatures within the area.

"Your Majesty, get ready!" The Silver teen prompted, aiming his weapon into a crowd of creatures," Curaga! Aeroga! Blizzaga!"

The silver one casted magic of his own, while the "Majesty" knew what to do under each one. Light green leaves and a pot appeared above the two, and strange ooze poured out them, healing any damage taken. The two fighters were reenergized and fought even more ferociously, taking down more at a faster rate. Mighty winds came from the silver one's weapon, collecting many creatures at a time; when the creatures got packed together, the Majesty had jumped in, cutting distance. He obliterated them all with a single strike.

As a large chunk of ice came out of the silver one's weapon, he launched it at Majesty. The Majesty held his weapon steady and put the large ice block on it. He slowly aimed it at the incoming creatures that targeted the silver one.

"Riku, duck!" The Majesty ordered, aiming it at him.

"Mickey, get ready to dodge! Fira!" Shouted back Riku, blasting a large ball of fire past Mickey.

"Fire!"

As Mickey blasted the chunk of ice into shards, all hitting the creatures, not a single one touching nor harming Riku; while the ball of fire destroyed any creature trying to touch Mickey. The creatures began to vanish on their own at a faster rate, until the woods was completely empty. The two seem to have won, for now.

The girl made her conclusions. Strange… these things aren't like Kishin at all, but something entirely new. If I had to guess something bizarre that fits what's going on, they must come from somewhere else, like a different continent, or even space if it's crazy enough! That could explain why they know how to deal with them; but who's the "backup" the "Majesty" had spoke about earlier?

"Huff* *Huff* I think that was the last of them, okay Riku, let's take the girl back home," Mickey said letting Riku push the wheelbarrow this time," Then we head to the meeting, I think they'll be okay with us being slightly late."

"Wait, just who are you two?" The girl asked, silently accepted her fate by going back home by wheelbarrow. They had exited the vast forest, she would visit it again soon; but in different circumstances. Upon leaving the vast forest, came the dusty trail road.

"Whoops, guess we forgot our introductions, my apologies," Mickey said taking off his hood," I'm Mickey Mouse, and the one who saved you in the first place is Riku. So what's your name young lady?"

While Mickey offered a handshake, she accepted it. Upon closer inspection, where the girl had time to focus on the features of Mickey she realized he was a big mouse. He had the features of a mouse, but was just really really big. Which is probably why he's called Mickey Mouse. He's certainly no rat I guess. Riku kept pushing the wheelbarrow like a servant.

"The name's Amber. I live in a city that's just an hour away. You can let me go, I can walk back." Amber said trying to exit the wheelbarrow.

"Oh no you don't," Gesticulated Mickey," I won't let a young pretty girl such as yourself not have some protection on the way back, besides Riku and I have to go to that city for a meeting actually."

Wow he's so nice. Thought Amber. "So Mickey, who was this "backup" that you said was coming? They never arrived, you think something may of happened to them?"

"Well during the fight, I received another message that they were busy taking care of a group of Witches nearby that casted some spell that boosted the number of Heartless. In fact, they should meet us on the way to your city." Mickey smiled, " Don't worry, odds are, we won't get -"

*Pah, PAH, PAH Heartless appeared and surrounded them*

"Ambushed…" Mickey stopped smiling. A variety of heartless in all forms and sizes surrounded them. He looked around the mass area. No shadows oddly enough, yet large quantities of Scarlet Tangos, Watchers, Loud Mouths, and Soldiers. All surrounding them, How is Organization XIII able to control so many heartless at the same time?! This is ridiculous! Something seems off about this… Mickey thought

"Mickey," Riku began taking a stance," How many would you say are here this time? Also will back-up be here to help? "

Mickey began quickly counting each individual heartless and remembered through experience and memory about each weakness of the different type of heartless. Never had Mickey seen such quantities of heartless so close before. One wrong move could be the end of it. Sweat began to form on his face, he finished counting.

Let's see here," Mickey internally planned,"The Scarlet Tangos, small type of Heartless, they can shoot fireballs. I'll have to take care of those first. Watchers, small drone type of Heartless, they can fire small lasers, I'll probably have to block, run, or fire back. Loud Mouths, they look like an airbag with headphones on top. However they can still heal themselves and others, and can also fire lots of wind missiles, I'll need to counter with a Fire for them. Lastly Soldiers, their claws and kicks shouldn't be too much of a hassle. I'll need to conserve my strength as I fight, who knows how well these Heartless can work together.."

"Finished counting!," Mickey exclaimed, but with a frown," 21 Scarlet Tangos, 32 Watchers, 43 Loudmouths, and 54 Soldiers! You remember how to deal with circumstances like these right?"

Mickey looked at the sight infront of him; groups of deadly Heartless, looked to his side and saw Amber and Riku awaiting orders.

I think Riku should defend the wheelbarrow this time.

"Yeah. Slash away, and use potions and heal spells when needed, and use magic to take down large masses, rather than single ones. Split their numbers, share the work? Or one defends while the other one attacks?" Riku asked," This time I think they're after Amber's heart."

"Wh-why after my heart? Tell 'em to get their own!"

"Heartless aren't exactly the type of creatures who will listen to Somebodies like us, however they may listen to Nobodies ," -*beep beep*- Mickey received another message and began walking towards the Heartless," Riku, defend Amber, use magic to take down any Heartless that's getting to close. I'll try to finish this up as fast as possible. Help will be arriving in a few minutes. Now enough chit-chat, it's fighting time! Oh-HO!"

Mickey and Riku vs Heartless Horde

Mickey bolted and slid under the Watcher's lasers and made his own move on the horde of Heartless, slicing the closest Loudmouth down. As the first Loudmouth vanished, a small pink heart ascended into the sky; and Mickey continued to fight. Mickey then went on the aggressive, jumping onto a Watcher, and forced it to fire at a group of Scarlet Tangos, eliminating them within seconds. Once the Watcher could not fire any more, Mickey jumped down as a few more Watchers fired viciously at Mickey's old position. Another Watcher goes down.

As Mickey reached the floor; a group of Soldiers sprinted towards him with claws ready. Half of the Scarlet Tangos went to help the group of Soldiers, while the other half went to steal Amber's heart. Mickey jumped high once the Soldiers closed in on him.

"Fireaga!" Shouted Mickey, aiming his Keyblade at the Soldiers below.

A giant fireball landed onto the face of a Soldier in center of the group; and the fireball exploded, eliminating the entire group in one shot. Their hearts ascended together. The Scarlet Tangos took Mickey's diverted attention to their advantage and fired fireballs of their own all at Mickey simultaneously. Mickey couldn't block nor defend in time and took all of the hits.

"GAHH!" Mickey screamed feeling the fire burning away his energy and health.

As Mickey fell to the ground once again, more Soldiers crashed into Mickey's small body, and Loudmouths kept healing wounded Heartless and blasted gust of winds at Soldiers, making sure they could close any distance to Mickey. Mickey was trying to figure out a way to break the Soldiers down; when and where would an opening be given.

While Mickey had problems; Riku was dealing with some of his own. Whenever Riku knocked a Soldier down, a Loudmouth would heal it within seconds before Riku could eliminate it. He had different types of Heartless attacking him; while defending Amber in a wheelbarrow. He could feel the power of darkness growing within him; gnawing at him, urging him to go all out and get rid of all the Heartless instantly.

Riku knew about the powers of darkness, along with the consequences of succumbing to it. He would make sure to not make the same mistake twice. Riku had no choice but to either block or take the shots fired by Watchers and Loudmouths. The Scarlet Tangos were on their way to increase the pressure.

Riku had began getting rather sluggish the longer he stayed on the defense. Riku felt his body wanting to let loose; the damage he gave was nothing compared to the damaged he received from the barrage of attacks. He could hear the sound of someone running in the distance getting closer. And closer. The huffs from the distance didn't match Amber's voice and certainly did not match Mickey's; it had to be the help Mickey talked about.

"About time…" Riku grumbled eliminating a Scarlet Tango that blitzed towards Amber.

Amber was saved yet again by Riku, she wanted to repay him eventually. Amber noticed pink hearts ascending into the sky where Mickey was fighting. She was increasingly worried about Mickey's well being since he began firing all types of elemental magic around him. Fire, ice, wind, and even lightning came from Mickey's Keyblade. She was mesmerized by Mickey's magical abilities, yet worried if he could keep up the momentum. After Mickey stopped firing his magic; the Heartless began to attack at a faster rate.

Before Mickey could begin to swing his Keyblade, he had fallen due to exhaustion and the Heartless used another stream of Soldiers; all heading towards Mickey. Mickey saw the incoming Heartless, looked past it and laughed.

A man in a black shirt burst into the scene, and with a mighty spin with his dark scythe; cut the incoming Heartless down; saving Mickey. He was a tall man with grey hair. A screw was coming from one side of the head and out the other, his eyes were focused on Mickey, after a few seconds he slashed another Soldier trying to take Mickey down.

Is that Professor Stein, one of the Professors from DWMA. The prodigy who could master any other weapon with ease? Is he the help Mickey mentioned? Why is someone from the DWMA helping out Mickey?

Amber may have not attended the DWMA, but she heard many stories about the people from there. Professor Stein was one of the graduated students who not only could mastered any other weapon, but is also the partner of Spirit, the Scythe who's at the Death Class; one of the few weapons that Shinigami can control. Shinigami is the headmaster there who's known as Death himself and has a son named Death the Kid.

"Glad you came to join our little party." Mickey laughed, slowly getting up.

"I apologize for being late." Professor Stein grunted as he cut 3 more Soldiers down, "Spirit and I got caught fighting some witches nearby, they were the same ones who sent the Heartless at you three. Also everyone else is already at the location; so let's finish things quickly shall we?"

Mickey nodded at Professor Stein and told Riku that he could let loose a bit. Riku nodded back. Riku kept defending Amber but began using magic to fire back at all the Watchers who focused on Amber and him. Despite wanting to slash them down; he would have to settle for casting magic since it meant he was still in range for defending Amber and could have a chance to eliminate his share of Heartless. Aiming his Abyss of Darkness at the horde of Watchers he began casting wind magic to group them even closer, from there he would finish it all.

" AERO! AEROAGA! AEROGA!"

Mighty winds soon became a mini hurricane and engulfed the Watchers; they had no power anymore. When all the Watchers were in the hurricane, Riku left his station and jumped in himself and began slashing all the Watchers down. The Watchers tried to shoot Riku down, but he simply dodged it and went for the finishing blow. The hurricane of Heartless soon became a hurricane of Hearts. Riku finished his share.

After drinking the last remaining Potion in his black coat; Mickey was back to full health and back in action. Professor Stein and Mickey dashed in separate ways and began beating Heartless down left and right; no matter how fast the Loudmouths could heal, Riku began slamming the Heartless even harder and eliminated any chance of a comeback. Any Scarlet Tangos that went for Amber, were quickly slain by Professor Stein, who wielded Spirit with such ease.

Professor Stein fought mercilessly as he sliced another group of Loudmouths down and began running into the biggest horde of Soldiers. The Soldiers welcomed him with sharpened claws and an onslaught of kicks; he blocked and evaded every attack; and countered with a palm strike that was covered in lighting. He was using his soul wavelengths as a conductor for his attacks. Professor Stein's battle would soon be over as he eliminated more Soldiers at a faster tempo. These Soldiers were nothing but cannon fodder for him. Eventually Professor Stein finished his share.

Mickey went for the Loudmouths and remaining Scarlet Tangos. He aimed the Keyblade at the Scarlet Tangos first.

"Thunder! Aero! Blizzard! THUNDAGA!" More magic came fourth; obeying his will. The Scarlet Tangos tried to flee, but were caught in the storm of magic casted by Mickey. The Loudmouths tried with their best efforts to save the Scarlet Tangos with healing or blasting the magic away with their air missiles; alas their efforts did nothing as more Scarlet Tangos began dropping. Lighting strikes, large chunks of ice, or strong winds; all were used in defeating the small Heartless. Soon there was no more Scarlet Tangos.

Loudmouths were next on his agenda. Mickey ran out of magic, but he didn't need magic to bash and slash the Loudmouths into oblivion. They tried to hop away and survive another day, but Mickey gave no option for surrendering or running away. Any Loudmouths that did try to fight back quickly met their doom with Mickey's Keyblade techniques and skill. Eventually Mickey had defeated the rest of the Loudmouths. After looking around he saw an empty trail once more and saw the Riku and Dr. Stein finished their share as well.

With an empty trail surrounding them; they went back to the wheelbarrow holding Amber and continued their way to the city together. After Riku got tired of pushing, he used the potions on Amber; who could now walk properly once more and her ankle was no longer twisted. Mickey and the others still made him push Amber in a wheelbarrow anyway, saying it wasn't gentlemanly to make a lady walk. It wasn't exactly gentlemanly to push a girl into a wheelbarrow either. The Scythe in Professor Stein's hand went back to human form. His human form was in a black tuxedo, red hair, and was quite tall. He tried to flirt with Amber but quickly was rejected; or at least was stopped by everyone else. Amber was processing this whole event and the conversation at the same time.

Think Amber, why is a Professor and Death Class from DWMA with Riku and Mickey? They've been talking about these Heartless creatures. The same type that attacked me earlier at the forest. Apparently they're similar to the Kishin we have here too. Both are evil and attack people. Mickey and Riku say ain't from this world; does that mean they aren't from America? Or from Outer Space? Could explain why they knew how to fight them so well. Mickey was pretty spooked that Spirit was actually the Scythe. Sure having people become weapons seem odd at first, but a big mouse named Mickey ain't so common either. From the chatter they've been doing, it sounds pretty serious. Like a fight to the death or like a total war. Maybe if I ask nicely, they'll let me in on their talk.

"So guys," Amber asked, they all stared at her," Can I join this war you guys are all doing? It sounds interesting."

"Sorry Amber," Mickey began," But we're trying to involve as few people as possible. Once we drop you off at your house; then we'll part ways and you can live your life the way you want to. "

"..." Amber said nothing.

The group had approached the city; it was peaceful, dark, and massive with all the streets and avenues all around. Amber guided them around the city, so they could drop her off at home. The group had avoided any contact with any other locals in the area and walked in the darkness.

Everyone seem to blend in well with the darkness; Mickey and Riku with their dark cloaks, Spirit in his completely black tuxedo and black dress shoes that was made no sounds when stepping on the alleyways made of concrete, and Professor Stein was wearing a dark version of a doctor's uniform, instead of a white coat, his coat was black. The only one that didn't fit in was Amber, who was currently wearing light blue shorts, along with a torn up blue vest and a bright yellow shirt, what made her stand out even more was the fact that she was still being pushed in the wheelbarrow.

The group decided to drop the wheelbarrow, along with Amber once they reached her house. Amber looked at her house and saw how bad of a shape it's been, the walls look fragile, the lights were still on, and past the lavender curtains of a window, Amber could see a shadowy figure. It was her mom, crying in the kitchen at the dinner table; she was still waiting for Amber to return. Amber felt herself feel a bit heavier, and her mind became a little more clearer.

"... Dang it mom…" Amber knew what she had to do now. She turned to Mickey's group,"... This is my stop. I've decided to stay here for the meantime until I'm prepared to attend the DWMA. Will that be alright?"

"It's your life, and it's your choice Amber. You do what you think is best." Riku said.

"Sounds like a mighty fine idea." Mickey encouraged with a smile.

"You're a girl with some spunk. I'm sure you'll do fine. If you meet my precious angel of a daughter, Maka; please treat her well." Spirit said holding back tears.

"Spirit you hardly even know her, there's no need for tears. However, Amber if you attend DWMA, be aware that things will be far from easy." Professor Stein stated blankly.

"Here you guys go,"Amber handed them a wrinkled map of the city from her pants pocket, "Just in case you guys get lost and... thanks for everything." Amber smiled, proceeding into her home.

Amber wondered if she made the right decision, but she knew her life would be in her own hands now. She felt tired yet renewed; she was going to change for a better future, for her mom, herself, and to make a difference. She wasn't sure if she would ever see Mickey and Riku ever again, but she sure would never forget about them. She would remember this encounter forever.

Mickey's group had proceeded with their goal and made their way to an old mansion a bit far from the city. The area surrounding the old mansion seemed ancient; the trees looked old and the land surrounding them seemed desolated. Their footsteps towards the mansion were silenced by the soft brown dirt. The mansion itself looked isolated and as if no one had lived in it for years.

What separated the group the mansion inside was a locked entrance and a gate with a large keypad keeping the gates tied together.

"Yep, this is the place." Mickey said unlocking the door with a key in his black coat.

Upon entering they see a young petite blonde female wearing a white dress and sandals sitting next to a larger man in red and black; with bandages covering his face and brown scarf covering his neck, only to show his sunset orange eyes and mouth. The two seem to be talking to a large mirror; and a goofy voice coming from the mirror. The man and girl turned their attention to Mickey's group, and the man shot a mixed look of annoyance and anger upon Mickey's arrival.

"You're late to the meeting." The man said unhappily.

"Sorry DiZ," Riku responded first," But we were delayed because someone needed our help. Don't be so bitter if you didn't bother to help."

"I am not bitter," bitterly replied DiZ, "I sent back-up, Professor Stein, and Spirit; therefore I did in fact help."

"Heya, I'm still here. It was actually me who ordered them to grant assistance really. Just wanted to point that out there," Spoke the mirror. "Also now that you gentlemen are, now we can actually begin the real meeting!"

Everyone took a seat. The role call; Riku, the boy still trying to control the darkness within him and whose current goal is to reawaken Sora, one of his best friends. Mickey, the King who's trying to save Sora as well as defeat Organization XVIII. DiZ, a man of many mysteries who wants the destruction of Organization XVIII and will stop at nothing to get it done, his goal aligns with Riku and Mickey because he too, believes Sora will be a key factor in defeating Xemnas. Namine, a special type of nobody who can control the memories of Sora.

Spirit Albarn is a death class scythe with his partner being either Shinigami/ Death himself or Franken Stein. Franken Stein a teacher at the DWMA who's very knowledgeable in the medical field and a master in close combat as well as in weaponry. And lastly Death himself or at least it was him in the mirror; the headmaster of Death Weapon Meister Academy.

"So fellas and my darling angel Namine~," Spirit began," What did you all find out while Stein and I were out helping Riku and Mickey?"

"First of all, I'm not your darling angel Mr. Albarn. I now believe that the constant flirting could be why you're divorce." Namine stated," Secondly, what we found was an alliance between Organization XIII and the Witch Association."

"An alliance?" Questioned Mickey," Where did you get that information?"

"Let me answer that one," Responded Death," Ya see, after reading reports from one of my students; a meister named Maka Albarn the daughter of Spirit. It appears that the Organization gave the Witches some type of "information" about these recent breed of "Heartless" and some of the witches are trying to make new forms of Heartless for their own gain. Meanwhile this Organization wants the witches to do some type of experiment on one of their own. Currently one of their members, Xion is the Keyblade & Roxas is the wielder. We're not sure what the Organization exactly wants to gain from this, but we at least know it involves "Pink Hearts" for Kingdom Hearts."

"Wait, Xion!" Riku got up," She's only supposed to be able to wield the Keyblade! How did she become the Keyblade? Did the reports mention anything else? Like maybe why were they in this world?"

"The reports didn't exactly have enough details about that part; just that during their mission they met two other teenagers who seemed to be new about slaying kishin." Death continued," However they could use elemental magic, were able to hold their own, and had a tall red haired man act as an aid of some sort named Axel. They said he was able to control fire itself and even defeated the Target all by himself. Also after fighting, some witch took them somewhere else and spoke of the "Alliance" and a child named Crona. After that they found Roxas and Xion on a rooftop. Once there, they started talking and asking information; like normal teens would after meeting one another! It reminds me of my adorable son, his name is-"

"Can we summon this Miss Albarn and Mister Evans for more interrogation?" DiZ interrupted," Interrogate them to see if they're hiding anything from us? Or perhaps make them gain the trust of these Nobodies and get some knowledge of the Organization's plans?"

"Actually it sounds like they already trust each other as it is," Spirit protested," It's obvious Roxas and Xion are being targeted, hence the Witch using a Target, I'm willing to bet that they don't even know what's going on. What's stopping you guys from just kidnapping Roxas and Xion and put them back into this Sora guy?"

"Well the thing is," Mickey huffed," We would first need to find them; this world, is a star, and there are thousands, perhaps even millions of different stars known as worlds. The odds of us even finding them are rather slim. If we were to engage in combat; they would most likely run away, and after that they would be accompanied by more members for precaution measures."

"So what you mean is," Death concluded," that finding them is tough, and capturing them is even tougher. How about you have a stakeout in one of the worlds where they usually hangout? When you see them off-guard; take them out. I'll even let you use a few of my star pupils to assist you if it need be."

"Much appreciated Death, Oh-HO" nodded Mickey," So the world I'm thinking would be Twilight Town, lately the Heartless over there have been getting rowdy. So odds are Roxas and Xion will do some extermination, if we see them tired out, we'll take them down, and by doing that we'll be able to reawaken Sora and stop any plans the Witch Association had in store for them!"

"Wait." Stein paused," Riku said Xion was able to wield a Keyblade, just like Roxas. So isn't it odd how she can suddenly become the Keyblade? Could this have been the Witch's doing? If both Roxas and Xion go into Sora, won't there be any repercussions about sending a weapon and a meister into one boy?"

"I think Stein might be onto something." Namine staring at her drawing of Roxas and Xion holding hands," Currently Xion has some of Sora's memories as well, which is how her appearance changed; so if the witch did do something to Xion, like poison her with some spell or put a fail-safe trap in her. Maybe we might need to run some tests on them firsts."

"Hush Namine," DiZ coldly ordered," Your role is to simply set Sora's memory back into place. Don't pry too deeply into things you cannot comprehend!"

"Hey DiZ," Spirit got up, every looked at him,who defended Namine," She's just trying to help, so let her help!"

"Hmph!" DiZ huffed.

"Now, now, let's not get too riled shall we?" Death said," Besides, I still have a few more questions; so what is this Organization exactly? What are they after? What happens if they do succeed?"

"I think I know the answer to that," Spoke Mickey, " Organization XIII are made of nobodies. They all want hearts in order to become complete; so they believe if that completing Kingdom Hearts they will be completed. However, my instincts tell me that it's more than that. Their leader, Xemnas is up to something more evil; I just know it."

"Well that's all dandy," Death said," So when you think it's time for the steakout, I'll just send one of my star and trusted pupil with assisting in the capture of Roxas and Xion."

"Alright," Mickey spoke again," It's been decided. I'll go capture Roxas and Xion with the help from Death's student. Riku, you can either help us or go scouting for any information involving the Witch Association. DiZ and Namine, you two get working and seeing if the machines will be ready once we capture them. Death, thank you." He graciously bowed.

"Oh, the pleasures all mine really," Death waved his hand,"Besides I want nothing more than the destruction of the Witch Association… Well that alongside with having wonderful students and eliminating Kishin. Well now that we have our own alliance and duties figured out; Stein and Spirit, return to the Academy, you two still have many more tasks I want you do to. Without further ado, This meeting is finished. So you are all DISMISSED!"

The mirror on the wall with Death on it vanished; becoming a regular mirror. Stein and Spirit left and went on their way to the DWMA. DiZ and Namine departed back to their base of operations to make sure the machines were ready. Lastly, Mickey and Riku restocked on their supplies and went to take a well deserved rest. Their determination will help them succeed in their quest; Reawakening Sora.

Author's Note : Amber the OC will only be involved in this chapter alone, I didn't want to make OC's for this story, but I needed a way to introduce Riku and Mickey. Also I'm curious if the readers want sneak peeks of the next chapter. Would it spoil anything, make you want to read more, or lose interest? Feedback is appreciated.

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