(Chapter Updated)

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Chapter 4

After their talk with Master Yen Sid, both Aqua and Riku headed downstairs to the kitchen. Along the way, they were thinking about how to tell the others to not only reunite and travel to save the worlds again, but also tell them that Jason will be accompanying them. Though Aqua was conflicted on what to think about this idea, Riku was strongly against it at the fact that Jason was unlike any person he'd ever met. He had met his fair share of 'bad guys', people like Maleficent, Hades, Captain Hook, etc. Hell, even Xehanort for that matter. But from what Kairi told them, Jason was the worse: he is willing to kill without hesitation. If they plan to take Jason with them, then they would have to find a way to somehow restrain him or hold him back when it comes to killing.

Aqua saw Riku's face, sighed and said "If it makes you feel better, I don't like this idea either."

Riku shook his head and said "This is a bad idea. We don't know anything about him, the world he came from and has the power to defeat 3 Seekers. Not to mention killing one of them and nearly killing Xehanort. And to make things complicated and worse, he so happens to be related to the madman that is the main reason all the worlds are in the brink of disaster."

"While he does claim that he is related to Xehanort," Aqua said, "And also…Lyssa's son…we are missing one thing here."

Riku looked at her and asked "What is that?"

Aqua replied "The barrier is still up. If Jason was somehow our enemy or even remotely involved with Xehanort, why is he here?"

Riku thought about and it occurred to him, the barrier was still up, and it prevented Xehanort or anyone who followed him from entering the tower. The fact that Jason made it past the barrier and in the tower shows that he was in no league with Xehanort at all, even though he was blood related to him. Which meant that Jason has no intention of taking Kairi or anything bad for the matter. But that didn't matter to Riku, he still sees Jason as a potential threat.

"Still," Riku said, "We need our guard up for him. Who knows what kind of person he really is?"

When they arrived at the kitchen, they saw Lea, Ven, Mickey, Donald, Goofy and Kairi all sitting down on the table, but Jason wasn't around. Looking around for him, Aqua looks at the group and asked "Where is Jason?"

"Taking a shower," Lea said as he waved his hand in front of his face, "The guy reeked like a dead animal. We showed him to the shower and gave him some spare clothes, or at least some clothes for the matter. Anyways, he should be back soon."

"I see," Aqua said, "Well, since you are all here, we have something to tell you all. Because of the…current situation in regards to Xehanort, Yen Sid decided that we should all regroup and travel together again."

When Aqua said that, everyone looked at her and Ven said "Wait, seriously? Yen Sid want us to travel together again?"

"In Xehanort's current condition, he won't be able to make a move anytime soon," Riku said, "So until then, we go together and restore the worlds that are covered in darkness."

Mickey nodded and said "Sounds like a plan. Though me, Donald and Goofy have taken the Highwind for the past 3 years, so we left the Unity back at Radiant Garden. If you can give us time, we will be able to get it and come back."

"Sounds like a plan," Aqua said.

As everyone nodded, Kairi then said "What about me? You want me to stay in the tower as usual?"

Riku looked at her and replied "It would be for the best."

Hurt by Riku's answer, Kairi said "But…I don't want to be here anymore."

"It's the only way we know you are safe," Riku said.

"But Xehanort isn't active right now," Kairi said, "I can be out there with you all."

"I'm sorry," Riku said, "But this is the only…"

"You know, it's because of her being stuck in this dump of a tower is what caused her to leave in the first place."

Hearing the voice, everyone turned and saw Jason standing by the doorway, wearing a black shirt and dark blue pants. He had his arms crossed as he said "If you leave her here again, she will slip up and sneak out once again, and this time, I won't be around to save her."

Lea then said "We won't let her get taken."

"Oh yeah," Jason said in a sarcastic way, "Because the past 3 years you guys wasted tells me SO much about what you guys have been doing."

Aqua narrowed her eyes and said "Do you know how hard it is to track Xehanort down and stop Xehanort?"

Jason then replied "Apparently not hard enough if I just showed up out of nowhere and almost killed him. And also killed one of his followers and crippled the other one, so that's a win."

Mickey then said "And we are thankful you were there to save Kairi. But she is a Princess of Heart, I know you are new to this but…"

"She is one of the seven pure hearts whose heart is full of light," Jason said, "There was a section about that in my mother's journal, didn't know if she was actually being literal or not."

"Well anyway," Aqua said, "Xehanort has the other 6 princesses and needs Kairi to complete his plan. See, he plans to re-create the X-Blade, a powerful Keyblade, and use it to unlock Kingdom Hearts. But to make the X-Blade, he would need 7 lights and 13 darkness, and he only needed Kairi."

"And his 13 darkness are?" Jason asked.

"His Seekers," Mickey said, "They are the ones who are wearing the black coats, the same people you fought earlier."

"Oh," Jason said as he ran his right thumb across his neck, "Then that means I killed one of them, so he is down 1 darkness."

"Yeah," Riku said.

Jason then clapped his hands together and said "Whelp, as much fun as this was, I would have to get going."

Surprised, Kairi asked "You're leaving? Why?"

"The old man is still out there," Jason said, "So long as he is alive, I am not going to stop until he is dead."

Lea waved his hand and said "Sure fine, nice knowing you."

As Jason waved his hand and turned his back, both Aqua and Riku both shouted "Wait!"

When everyone looked at them, Aqua quickly said "Um…you know it will be hard to find him now that he is back at his hideout."

"No worries," Jason said, "I'll just go around and wait for him to slip up. Once that happens, I will finish what I started."

Not wanting to let Jason go on his own, Riku said inwardly groan and said "Well, we have a common enemy, and since…we might be going in the same direction, would you…want to join us?"

Everyone, except for Aqua, all gasped in shock as Ven whispered to Riku "You sure that's a good idea?"

Riku, having no choice, said "But if you come with us, there are a set of rules you need to follow."

"No deal," Jason said as he turned his back, "I don't like to follow rules and you guys don't like me."

"Hey!" Riku shouted, "You want to find your grandfather, then you…"

All of a sudden, a grey blur rushed to Riku and slammed him to the wall. Everyone looked as saw Jason choking Riku as he pinned him to the wall. Jason then said "He maybe my grandfather, but don't you ever imply that he is my family, because he is not. As I said before, if I see him, he is dead."

As he threw Riku to the ground, Jason looked at the others and said "Anyone else want to take a jab at mentioning Xehanort as my grandfather?"

Once Jason said that, everyone just stood quiet.

"No?" Jason said, "Good. Now, if you excuse me."

He started to walk to the door. Right before he was about to leave, Aqua sighed and said "Look, we know we can't stop you from…doing what you have to do. But you have to understand, some of our friends are under Xehanort's control and we don't want you to…kill them before we can save them. So please, at least put your hatred to the side until we save them."

Jason looked into Aqua's eyes, even though he saw some hatred in them when she sees Jason, but at the same time, he saw sadness in them. Jason crossed his arms and said "I will TRY not to, but I won't promise anything."

There was a moment of silence until Aqua said "Better than nothing."

"But," Jason said, "I'll join under two conditions."

"OK?" Aqua said, "What are they?"

"One, you stay the hell out of my way when the fighting starts. And…" Jason said as he pointed at Kairi, "She comes with us."

"Wait what?" Kairi asked in surprise.

"You want Kairi to come along?" Aqua asked, "Need to ask this, but why?"

Jason replied "If you leave Kairi in this tower again, she will bound to escape sooner or later. If she is with us, then we will know where she is and keep an eye on her."

Everyone was conflicted about this: true that if Kairi is with them, then they would know where she is and they would have a closer eye on her. However, she would be much safer in the tower rather than with then while traveling to other worlds.

"Also," Jason said, "If they do find her, we can always use her as bait."

Everyone just gave him a blank stare as he said "What? It's true."

"Also, a bad idea," Mickey said.

"Still," Jason said, "That is my offer, take it or leave it."

As everyone thought about it, only Aqua sighed and said "Fine, I guess we have a deal."

"Sweet," Jason said, "Now that that's out of the way, why don't we talk about payment."

"Payment?!" Everyone shouted.

"What?" Jason said, "You think I am offering my services for free? Nah, if I am going to help you guys, I would like some compensation for all the trouble I am going to go for you guys."

"How about nothing?!" Donald shouted.

"Yeah!" Ven said, "We are saving the worlds and the people!"

"Besides," Aqua said, "I don't think we are in any position to be handing out munny."

"It's not money I want," Jason said, "You said there are other worlds out there, right?"

"Yes?" Mickey said unease, "Why?"

Jason replied "Well, instead of money, I would like a world for my own."

Before anyone could say anything, Jason held up his hands and said "Nothing special, just a fresh, clean world that is uninhabited. That's all I'm asking, not like I am asking to go conquer a world."

"And what do you plan to use this world for?" Riku asked.

Everyone was both curious and concern to why Jason would want a world for himself? When he demanded a world for himself, the other's thought that he was asking to conquer a world for himself. But when he said he wanted an uninhabited world instead of a world that already has civilization, that made everyone curious.

"And why do you want an uninhabited world?" Lea asked.

Jason waved his hand and replied "Minor details that you guys shouldn't worry about. And don't try to screw me over, when I say a fresh, clean world, I mean it. I don't want you guys to go give me a crappy world, I want the freshest one. And with good source of food too, don't want to starve there."

"So picky, are you?" Lea said.

"I am making the fine print here," Jason said, "You guys go back on your word and I will kill you."

"Wow," Riku said, "What a great motivation speech right there."

"Hey," Jason said, "I have been in positions where I have been backstabbed, I don't want the same thing happening here."

"One too many times apparently," Lea said.

"You have no idea," Jason said.

He then said "So…any idea on how to travel world to world?"

Mickey replied "We will take the Gummi Ship for that. But the one we have right now doesn't have enough room for all of us. So me, Donald and Goofy will go to Radiant Garden to get the Unity and bring it back."

Jason looked at him and asked "You have a spaceship?"

"Yeah," Aqua said, "Though those who have Keyblade use gliders to travel world to world."

"Sounds useful," Jason said, "Wish I knew that."

"I thought your mother wrote everything down?" Ven asked.

"Maybe not everything?" Jason said, "I mean, she didn't go into details about the old man's plans or anything. Or the fact she didn't write down much about her past."

"Oh…" Aqua said as she looked down, "I see."

"As for spaceship," Jason said, "If I had known, I would have brought mine."

Everyone looked at him and Goofy said "You have a Gummi Ship too?"

Jason shook his head and said "No, this is your typical flying alien spaceship. You know, the flying saucer type of deal with the small green aliens."

Everyone just stood quiet and Riku said "That sounds something from an old alien movie."

"Right?" Jason said, "Well they abducted me, experimented on me and afterwards I killed them all and took control of their ship."

"And where is this ship?" Lea asked.

"Back home where I live," Jason replied.

Curious about where his home is and where he came from, Aqua asked "So, where are you from? What world do you live in and how…"

"Ok, I am going to stop you right there," Jason said, "I agreed to help you guys out, not share my life story. What we do from here on out is all business, not a social gathering."

"Jeez," Lea said, "We want to get to know the new guy. Don't need to act all rude."

Jason looked at him and said "Best you don't, I don't like to mix business with my personal life."

"Anyways," Mickey said, "Me, Donald and Goofy will head to Radiant Garden and bring the ship here. Afterwards, we will head off."

As everyone nodded, Mickey, Donald and Goofy headed to their Gummi Ship. Once they were gone, Jason looked at his future teammates and asked "So what exactly will we be dealing with on this journey of ours?"

"Well," Aqua said, "We will be facing your typical Heartless and Nobodies, the Seekers if they decided to show up and the Unversed if Vanitas is up for the task. Not only that, there will be people in some worlds we will visit who will be succumbed to the darkness and will summon Heartless to aid them. So yeah, that is what we will be facing."

Jason stood quiet for a bit and said "Sound fun, if all fails, I still have those Radiation Grenades."

"I'm sorry," Riku said, "Your what?"

Pressing the button on his Pipboy, Jason summons one and said "This is something I made a while back, since I will be taking down the old man and he uses magic, this baby will not only poison his health but also his magic."

Seeing the Radiation Grenade being used earlier, Kairi said "I saw you use that against Xehanort. When he inhaled that green smoke, he was coughing real badly and his magic was getting weaker by the minute."

"Really?" Riku asked as he looked Jason, "And you have more of these?"

"Only a few," Jason said, "But I will use those in case of emergencies and when you guys aren't around, don't want anyone of you to get caught in the crossfire."

"So, this cloud is that lethal?" Aqua asked.

Jason nodded and replied "It's actually called Radiation, and trust me, it is highly lethal."

Kairi, a bit curious, asked "But…you inhaled some of that when you fought Xehanort, shouldn't you have been affected by it too?"

Jason shrugs and replied "Not really, my body has some resistance to the radiation, so even though I can use my magic while being affected, my attacks are a bit weaker."

"Huh, that sounds useful," Lea said.

"Sure is," Jason said, "Same goes for my other weapons I have at my disposal."

"You have other weapons?" Ven asked.

"Of course," Jason said, "I want to keep my options open when the worse comes."

"Well maybe you need proper training to use the Keyblade properly," Aqua said.

"Nah," Jason said as he placed his hands behind his head, "I'm good the way I am."

Ven then sighed and said "Well…I guess we can breathe easy for now until Xehanort regains his strength."

Jason laughed and said "At this point, I wouldn't worry. But I wonder what they are all thinking about right now."

The World that Never Was…

Xehanort was carefully placed inside, what looked like, a healing tube where he was hooked up to machines while the tube was filled with a green liquid and had a breathing mask on him. By the tube were Braig, who had an arm cast on his right arm, Young Xehanort, Ansem and Xemnas

Braig shouted in rage and said "What the hell happened out there?! Who the hell was that punk?! And why didn't anyone of you tell us about him?!"

Young Xehanort then replied "We have no knowledge of this person nor where he came from."

"But he had a Keyblade for crying out loud!" Braig shouted, "I thought you all kept tabs on everyone who had the Keyblade!"

"We do on the current Guardians," Ansem said, "But whoever this boy is, he not only appeared out of nowhere, but he almost killed Xehanort. And we cannot allow that."

"Great," Braig said, "So the next time you or any of the Seekers see him, kill him on sight. I don't care what you use, just kill him."

As the three Seekers nodded, Xehanort opened his left eye and said in a raspy tone "No…delay that…order."

The four Seekers looked at him and Braig shouted "The hell, old coot?! You don't want to kill the guy who did this to you?! I would figure you'd love to have him killed, why do you want him to live?!"

"Because," Xehanort said, "He…is my…grandson…"

When Xehanort said that, the four Seekers were all shocked by this revelation. Xemnas then said "Are…you sure about that?"

Xehanort slowly nodded and said "Yes…his mother is Lyssa…my daughter…she lives…"

"Ok…" Braig said, "That is a whole new level of plot twist. But since this punk is your grandson, what do you want to do?"

Xehanort coughed and said "Bring him…he will be…a new vessel."

"Seriously?!" Braig shouted, "You want that guy to be your new vessel?! Well, Marluxia is dead, but still!"

"He is…very strong…" Xehanort said, "If not out…of his will…then by force…"

Ansem thought about it and said "It will take some time. The vessels that almost broke free from your control are now stable. Though we need to keep an eye on them in case they regain control."

"Good…" Xehanort said as he coughed, "Find the boy…bring him…and we will make him a vessel…"

He then thought "To think…my daughter is still alive and has a son! But…where is she? I must find her. But to do that, I must get Jason…my grandson…"

Despite being his grandson, Jason tried to kill him all for the sake of his mother. Does that mean that something happened to Lyssa that he is unaware of? Either way, he needs to bring Jason to his hideout and find the answers from him. It will be a difficult task, but Xehanort will not allow this opportunity to slip by him.

And that is all for this chapter. Next time, the gang will be ready to head out! Until then, please review!