(Chapter updated)

Hello everyone! Are you guys ready for another chapter? In a previous review, someone said that this chapter will be a time skip. And they were right about that, it will be a 3 year skip in this chapter. Reason why is because I want all the KH characters to be around in their early 20's, mostly Kairi because, you know why. So I am guessing she would be around 19 at the time.

Anyways, let us begin our journey!

Chapter 1

3 years...it has been almost 3 years since that day happened. The day when Xehanort killed Sora and everything went downhill. And ever since that day, Kairi spent those 3 years in Yen Sid's Tower, protected from Xehanort and his Seekers. Every day she would look out her window and gaze upon the stars, wondering if her friends were alright. Not once in her 3 year 'protection' have they ever visited. All that time, she was all alone with hardly anyone around. The only people who kept her company was Yen Sid himself and the 3 good fairies, and that is about it. Kairi didn't mind their company, but she was hoping that her friends would drop by once a while. But...they were still on their mission to stop Xehanort and his Seekers. Every day Kairi would ask Yen Sid if there was any progress, but to her disappointment, Yen Sid shook his head. She has hoped for some kind of miracle, one that can help them win this war.

While she was sitting on her bed, she heard a boom outside. She looks and saw the barrier ripple as it slowly starts to recover. Kairi sighs and said "Trying to get in once again...no surprise there..."

As she continues sitting on her bed, she looks at her nightstand and saw a silver necklace with a crown pendent on it. Kairi gets it and holds it in front of her, thinking of the boy she once loved who wore this necklace. Sora would be disappointed that Kairi was stuck in the tower instead of trying to find a way to fight back against the enemy. But at the same time, due to Sora's caring nature, he would want to keep Kairi safe from Xehanort's reach. Either way, Kairi wants to at least leave the tower and go somewhere, at least for a bit. But the closest place she can go to is Twilight Town. Well, it was better than nothing. So, she quickly got dressed, which consisted of a white sleeveless top shirt with a dark pink vest over it with silver designs, dark pink pants that reached to her knees, white shoes and dark pink arm bands. Once she got dressed, all that was left to do is finding a way to sneak out. Quietly, she sneaks out of her room and made her way down the stairs.

Before she was going to reach for the door, a voice behind her asked "Where are you going?"

Surprised by the voice, Kairi turns around and saw Flora standing behind her. Kairi sighs and said "I am just going for some...fresh air. Being in my room gets a bit stuffy."

Flora thought about it and said "Well alright. But just outside, don't want you going off now."

Kairi giggles as she headed outside. Once she was outside, she looks around and stare into the stars. As she looks over, she sees the train that leads to Twilight Town. Once Kairi looks around and saw that it was clear, she quickly rushes into the train and, once she got on, it starts to take off. Kairi sat down on one of the seats, sighs and said "In and out before anyone will notice. Just hope it goes well."

The Castle that Never Was...

As Xehanort was sitting on his high chair, a corridor below him appeared and his younger self appeared before him and said "It would appear that the princess is on the move. She is making her way to Twilight Town."

Xehanort chuckles and said "So she decided to just leave the safety of her prison? This is the perfect chance to take her. But we need to have the other guardians distracted first."

Young Xehanort nodded and said "Already on it. We sent out Ansem, Terra, Vanitas, Xemnas, Roxas and the puppet to keep the others occupied while we go and take the princess. I will go retrieve her."

Xehanort shook his head and said "No, that won't be necessary. I will to and personally take her. I will take Braig and Marluxia with me though, I would want to make the princess suffer for making me wait this long for her to finally show herself."

He gave off a devious smile and said "Soon Kingdom Hearts will me mine. And there is nothing to stop me."

Capital Wasteland, Mothership Zeta...

Sitting in the captain's chair, Jason was staring out into the empty void of space while also looking at the dead world he calls home. In his 3 years of traveling the Wasteland, Jason had accomplished things no one would believe. He has freed the slaves from The Pitt, traveled to Point Lookout and encountered the strange locals, and managed to bring clean water to the Capital Wasteland thanks to Project Purity. Along the way, he managed to drive the Enclave out of the Wasteland. But activating Project Purity came with a price: his father's life. Jason's father, James, sacrificed himself so that Jason, Dr. Li and a handful of scientists escaped when the Enclave took over Project Purity. But Jason got his revenge on them later on when he and the Brotherhood of Steel took back Project Purity. When he reunited with his father, that is when he learned the truth about why he left the Vault and why his parents made Project Purity. When Jason asked about his mother, James told him what he knew about her and that she used to live in Rivet City when they met. Jason also showed him his Keyblade and how he got it. James, on his part, was surprised that such thing existed, but he told his son that he didn't know what it was.

Once everything was settled, Jason headed to Rivet City to find out more about his mother. Eventually, he found a door that was completely locked up to the point no one could open it. Seeing how he discovered that his Keyblade can unlock anything, Jason used it and manages to open it. Inside, he found many things that once belonged to his mother, one was a small brown leather journal containing his mother's entries. What was written in the journal shocked Jason and discovered who his mother really was and what his Keyblade is, which was called the Kingdom Sword. He also discovered that he has powers, or in his mother's case, magic. He has learned some of this 'magic' in his travels, but his mother's journal contained more 'spells' for him to learn. And lucky for him, he had a lot of moving targets in the Wasteland for him to test his new tricks on.

Just recently, he was abducted by aliens and was experimented on. Once he escaped his cell thanks to another person's help, that is when he noticed something. While on the alien spaceship, he felt his powers somehow increase compare to living in the wasteland. After he killed all the aliens and took over their ship, Jason headed back to the Capital Wasteland and that is when he discovered that his powers decreased a bit. Traveling back and forth from the wasteland to the alien spaceship, Jason soon found out that the radiation was the key element to his powers. In his mother's journal, he found out that the radiation was somehow a poison to magic and that she was unable to use hers when she arrived to this world. And the only reason why Jason was about to use his magic was because he had a genetic trait that gave him some resistance to radiation, which was why he was able to use some of his magic when surrounded by radiation.

But right now, while sitting in the captain's chair, Jason was continue reading his mother's journal until he got to a part that made him angry. In the page, only one name stood out above the rest: Xehanort. It was because of him that his mother was forced to come to this world and force her to live in an unforgiving world. And now that he has powers, he will avenge his mother and kill Xehanort. Only problem is finding him. Lucky for Jason, there was a spell in his mother's journal that will allow him to travel, and to quote his mother's words, 'between worlds'. But for him to do that, he would need to use the full extent of his powers, which means he would have to cast this spell on the ship.

So, to prepare him for his journey, he starts to gather his supplies and weapons. For his weapons, he decided to take his trusty and unique Sniper Rifle: the Victory Rifle, a couple of Plasma Grenades, a Fat Man and his Trench Knife. During his travels, Jason manage to create a few weapons, made from the alien technology, for himself that allows him to channel his magic into them, giving them power to fire energy blasts. One was a pair of pistols the other was a rifle, and testing them in the wasteland, Jason has a new set of firepower for him to use. The other thing he created were grenades that were filled with radiation. Since he will be up against Xehanort, who will most likely use magic to his advantage, Jason thought he can make these grenades to gain the upper-hand. And so far, they have been successful. As for supplies, he is going to take a lot of Adapted Alien Biogel, thanks to Elliot, that will help him replenish his health twice as much as a simple Stimpack.

Sitting on the captain's chair, Jason was wearing was called the Brotherhood Combat Armor Mark IV. The previous ones were slightly bulky until the Mark IV was considered battle ready. As Jason sighs, Sally went up to him and said cheerful way "Hey there, captain! Ready for your big adventure?!"

Jason sat there in silence for a bit and replied "Yeah..."

Sally sees his sad face and said "Don't worry, you'll get it this time!"

"Yeah," Jason said, "It will work like the last dozen times. It's like no matter what I do, I can't seem to open a path."

Sally then said "Well, try it one more time! Then maybe you can go!"

Jason looks at her raises an eyebrow and said "You are eager for me to go. Why is that?"

Sally blushed as she put her hands behind her back, lightly kicked her feet and said "Well...you said you could find us and the other people a new home to live in."

Jason did promise that. He made a personal promise that, if by some miracle, that he somehow managed to go to a new world, that he would find a new world. A fresh, clean one where Jason can bring all the people from the Capital Wasteland to live there. Well, at least those who deserve it. It would be a second chance for them to start over and not face anymore dangers like Raiders, Slavers, Ghouls, Super Mutants, or any other threat. They would all live in peace.

Nodding, Jason said "Yeah...I did promise that. Then...let's try it one more time."

Feeling confident, Jason got up from his seat and headed to the hanger bay. He found that the hanger bay would be the best place to use his spell. Once he got there with Sally, he saw Elliot by the controllers.

Elliot looks at him and asked "Gonna try it once again?"

Jason nodded and said "Yeah, need to keep trying. Otherwise, we will all be stuck here."

"True," Elliot said, "Well, I hope it works this time. The monitors are all set. Just waiting for you."

Jason nodded as he made his way down to where the bay it. Once he got there, he took a deep breath, held up his right hand and summoned his Kingdom Sword Keyblade. He then points it forwards and said in a serious tone "Xehanort."

Expecting nothing to happen like last time, to Jason's shock, his Keyblade glowed grey and a beam of light shot out of the tip of his Keyblade and stopped in the center of the bay. Just then, there was flash of grey light and, what looks like, what looks like a portal appeared in the center. Still shocked that it actually worked, Jason just stood there in awe as Elliot said "Whoa! I can't believe it worked this time!"

As Sally cheered, Jason looks at the portal and said "Finally, after a while of trying, I finally found you."

Jason puts away his Keyblade, looks over his shoulders and said "Ok, I guess it is time for me to head out. Be sure to wait for me. I don't know how long I will be away."

"Don't worry!" Sally said, "Just come back safely!"

Looking back at the portal, Jason narrows his eyes and thought to himself "I hope you are ready to face me, old man."

And just like that, Jason slowly steps into the portal and, once he went through it, the portal disappeared.

Meanwhile, Twilight Town...

Kairi was excited that she was out in the public once again. It has been too long that she has set foot outside the tower and was allowed to go anywhere. So being here in Twilight Town was a great way for Kairi to stretch her legs. As Kairi was walking around the town, she heard a voice shout "Kairi!"

Hearing her name, Kairi turns around and smiles as she saw Hayner, Pence and Olette walking up to her. Once they were near, Olette smiles at her and said "Wow! It is really good to see you!"

"Yeah!" Pence said, "How long has it been? Like..."

"3 years," Kairi replied.

"3 years, huh?" Hayner said, "Wow that is long."

"Where have you been?" Olette asked.

Kairi sighs and replied "Where do I begin?"

Moments later, the four of them were sitting on the benches of the Sandlot enjoying some Sea-Salt ice creams while Kairi told them that she was staying in Yen Sid's tower for the past 3 years without leaving. The trio felt sorry for her that she was forced to stay in a tower for years.

"I'm sorry that you had to stay in that tower for this long," Olette said.

"Yeah..." Kairi sadly said, "So...have you met the others?"

"Oh yeah," Hayner said, "They pass through here sometimes when this place was..."

Olette then elbows him as of telling him to shut up. As Hayner whined in pain and was about to ask why she elbow him until he saw Kairi's sad face. Kairi sighs as she said "Oh...I...I see."

"Hey," Olette said, "They...are busy with what they are doing. I'm sorry that you don't get to see them."

"Don't worry," Pence said, "You will get to see them again soon."

Kairi sadly sighs and said "I hope so too...I just want..."

All of a sudden, out of nowhere, a bunch of Heartless showed up, mostly Shadows and Soldiers. Everyone got up and Olette shouted "Heartless?! Here?!"

Seeing as Kairi is the only with a Keyblade, she summons her Destiny's Embrace Keyblade, aims it at the Heartless and said "Go! Get somewhere safe! I will take them on!"

"But Kairi!" Hayner said, "You can't fight them alone!"

"But I am the only one who can defeat the Heartless!" Kairi cried, "Now please go! I don't want you guys to get hurt!"

Undecided on what to do, the three of them gave up as they rushed out of the Sandlot. Once they were gone, Kairi stood firm before charging at the Heartless. As a few Shadows leaped towards her, Kairi swings her Keyblade and slices through them. As more and more Shadows attack her, Kairi manages to slice through all of them without a hitch. But the Soldier Heartless decided to attack Kairi while she was distracted. However, Kairi saw this and she cast a Reflect Spell to put up a dome barrier to protect herself from the Soldier attacks. As the Soldiers were knocked away, Kairi cast a few Fire Spells and fired a few fireballs at the downed Heartless and destroyed them on the spot. As she destroyed all the Heartless, more and more Heartless started to appear before here. Sighing in irritation, Kairi grips her Keyblade as she charges in.

Above one of the roofs of the buildings, Master Xehanort and Braig were standing there, watching Kairi fight wave after wave of Heartless they are summoning. Braig was laughing to himself and said "Can't believe this! The princess is all alone out here with no one watching her! All we have to do is tire her out and then she is as good as ours!"

Xehanort darkly chuckles and said "Yes. Once everyone is in place, then we will strike."

Out of nowhere, a Corridor of Darkness appeared and Marluxia stepped out of it. He sees Xehanort and Braig and said "Well old man, all the other Seekers are in place. We are all set."

Xehanort smiled deviously and said "Good, now...it is time to commence our plan."

Kairi was breathing heavily as she was facing a dozen of Large Bodies in front of her. Taking down these Heartless were always difficult to defeat since their bellies always bounce off physical attacks. The only way to defeat them would be to hit them from behind. But because she was already low on magic and energy, Kairi hardly had the strength anymore.

"If only I kept training," Kairi thought, "I wouldn't be out of energy. I have to..."

And just like that, the Large Body Heartless all vanished. Kairi was confused for a bit until a voice said "Well, you seem out of practice, princess."

Hearing that voice, Kairi slowly looks over and saw Braig standing there with a smug smirk on his face. Quickly, Kairi raises her Keyblade at him and shouted "You! What are you doing here?!"

Braig chuckles and said "It's it obvious? With your friends all spread out and you all alone, you are up for the taking."

Kairi grips her Keyblade and shouted "I can take you on!"

Braig laughs and said "Not a chance, we won't let you."

Confused about what he said, Kairi asked "We?"

Just then, Marluxia appeared behind Kairi and said "Yes, we."

Alerted, Kairi moves away and saw the Grateful Assassin standing there and she said "You too?!"

"Of course," Marluxia said, "You made us wait for you to finally leave that damn tower. Now, you will have to pay."

"Pay?" Kairi asked, "You all ruin everyone's lives and want to bring everything to darkness! I will take on the both of you if I have to!"

Just then, a voice gave off a dark chuckle and said "Oh no, princess. I am afraid...this is the end for all of you."

The moment Kairi heard that voice, her skin turned pale and her blood turned cold as she turns around and saw Xehanort standing there before her. The man who took everything from her, her birth family, her home...and the boy she loved. Gripping her Keyblade, she was slowly filled with rage and sadness as she charges at the Keyblade Master and swings her Keyblade. Xehanort merely chuckles as he summons his Keyblade, the No Name Keyblade, and easily blocks her attacks. Kairi swings her Keyblade wildly at Xehanort, hoping to hit him, but Xehanort kept on blocking Kairi's attack. As Kairi was about to make another attack, she felt a sharp pain in her right leg. She looks down and saw a burn hole on the side of her upper thigh and, when she looks up, she saw Braig just smiling at her with one of his arrowguns in his hand. Trying to ignore the pain, as Kairi once again tried to attack Xehanort, Braig then shoots Kairi in her other leg and caused her to fall to the ground. Seeing Kairi fall caused the three Seekers to laugh at her injuries.

Standing on her hands, Kairi looks up and said in an angry tone "You think hurting people makes you laugh?! I will make you pay for what you've done!"

Xehanort laughs as he said "Oh princess, everything that has happened up to this point is your fault. Because of your imprisonment in that blasted tower, you have delayed our plans. So, in the process, we have traveled to many worlds and spread the Darkness until you show up. And now that you are here, our plans will finally come true."

Kairi shook her head and said "No, my friends..."

Marluxia laughs and said "Are occupied at the moment. What? You think we can take you without being interrupted? Your friends are occupied with other Seekers and are keeping them busy while we take you."

Hearing that made Kairi's heart drop, they had planned this before she even arrived to Twilight Town. They just needed for her to leave so they can make a move. Xehanort place his hands behind his back and said "And because you made us wait this long, we will have to punish for your actions."

He then raised his right hand towards her, and dark chains soon wrapped themselves around her, enabling her from moving. As she struggles, Xehanort said "And now you will be chained like that while Braig and Marluxia bring this world to ruins."

Hearing Xehanort's plan, Kairi shook her head and cried "No! These people don't deserve that! Please, just take me and leave them alone!"

"Oh? Do you hear that?" Braig said, "She wants us to take her now. Too bad you should have said that in the beginning."

Kairi's heart stopped as she saw Marluxia summon his scythe and Braig using his free hand to summon his other arrowgun. Struggling through the chains, Kairi tries to break free but the chains were too tough, and her legs were still injured. Tears ran down her face as she saw the Seeker preparing themselves for their attack on Twilight Town, and it was all her fault. If only she stayed in the tower, then she could have prevented all of this. But because of her selfish need to get out of the tower, now this world will fall because of her.

While Kairi continues to struggle, more tears ran down her face and thought "Please! Someone! Anyone! Help me and these people! Please!"

And just like that, as if someone answered her prayers, grey sparks of electricity suddenly appeared in the center of the Sandlot. Then more and more grey electricity started to appeared and the Seekers and Kairi now had their attention at the strange source of energy. And just like that, a grey corridor appeared, and a figure stepped out of it and the corridor soon disappeared. Unknown to everyone, the figure who appeared before them was none other than Jason Washington.

Once he eyesight slowly start to focus again, Jason looks around his surrounding and was a bit surprised at what he saw. Unlike the buildings back in the Capital Wasteland, the buildings here were clean and intact. Not only that, the sky was blue, with a hint of orange, he would of guess that it was sunset.

"Hmmm," Jason said to himself, "Not a bad place. But why did it take me here instead of..."

"Hey!" Braig shouted, "Who the heck are you?!"

Hearing the voice, Jason turns around and saw four figures in front of him. The first one he noticed is the girl with the red hair on her knees with chains wrapped around her body. Jason observes her and thought "She's kinda cute."

After observing the girl, he focuses on the three figures all wearing the same black coat. The first one was a man with spiky long pink hair and the other had long black hair that was in a ponytail with a grey strip hair and had an eye-patch over his right eye. But the last one caught Jason's eyes as it was a bald old man with a grey goatee, tan skin and had the most menacing amber eyes he had ever seen. Seeing the old man got Jason curious about who he is.

Jason narrows his eyes on the old man and asked "You, are you Xehanort?"

Raising an eyebrow, Xehanort replied "So you have heard of me?"

Hearing that, Jason smirks and said "So...you really are him. Have to say...not really what I imagined, but beggers can't be chosers."

Braig laughs and said "And who do you think you are talking to the old coot like that?"

"The name's Jason," Jason said, "And I have come for one thing."

He then points at Xehanort and said "To kill you."

There was a brief moment of silence until the 3 Seekers started to laugh out loud. Marluxia was the first to recover and said "You, You really think you can kill him?! Do you have any idea who you are talking to?! You are but low-life loser who thinks he can kill him?! Give me a break!"

"Man, what a good laugh," Braig said, "Anyways, you won't get that far anyways."

Just then, Braig snapped his fingers and 4 Sniper and 3 Dancer Nobodies appeared and he said "Well just let these Nobodies take you out."

Kairi struggles and shouted "Get out of here! You can't fight them!"

"Ah enough from that boy," Xehanort said as he and his Seekers turned away from Jason, "You two better start attacking the town, then you'll..."

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Hearing the unusual gunshots, everyone looks back and, to their shock, saw the Nobodies Braig summoned being blown to pieces before vanishing. When they saw Jason, he was holding two silver pistols, which were based off of the Alien Atomizers except there were short barrels attached to them, and the lights on the pistols glowed grey.

As the Seekers were confused by this, Kairi saw him and thought "He...He took down 7 Nobodies in just a few seconds! None of us could take them out that fast!"

"Okay wise guy," Braig said as he aims his arrowguns at Jason, "Who the heck are you?"

Jason smirks and replied "Didn't I tell you? I am Jason Washington; I am the guy who is going to kill Xehanort."

I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. And yes, Jason will go up against Xehanort, Braig and Lauriam in the next chapter! First time and he is ready to face the big guys! What is going to happen? Find out next time. Until then, please review!