Back in the dance room, Sora and Kairi told, almost word to word, the same story. They did leave out the points where Riku beat himself up for what he did, but outside of that, it was almost like hearing and echo. Both Ruby and Weiss were very shocked to find this out about Riku
"That- That's awful!" Weiss said out loud
"Why would Riku believe her?" Ruby asked
"We don't know" Sora shook his head "Even to this day, Riku doesn't know why he believed her"
"What we do know is that Ansem was the one behind it. He had our world fall into darkness and send the heartless to all the different world" Kairi could feel her hands clinch
"Makes sense why he had it all planned out though. He is Xehanort's heartless after all"
When Sora said that term "heartless" curiosity struck Ruby
"The heartless? Penny mentioned that to me once, and I heard about them in my latest vision, but what are they?"
"Creatures born from the darkness in people's heart" Sora put his hand on his chest "With the exception of a few, Kairi for instance, there is darkness in every heart"
"What?" Weiss was shocked that creatures like that exsisted "Wait, what makes Kairi so special?"
Kairi and Sora both looked at each other giggling at Weiss's comment
"What? What's so funny?"
"Well, remember we said we know a lot of lines of royalty?" Kairi
"Yeah, why?"
Kairi got up from her seat and Sora got up to be in more of a bowing position, bending down on 1 knee, and making a trumpet sound
"Presenting 1 of the 7 princesses of heart, Kairi!"
"WHAT!?" Both Ruby and especially Weiss were very shocked. Their eyes opened wide and their mouths opened almost as wide
"Kai- prince- heart- 7- Kai-ri" Weiss could hardly comprehend this, but she immediately got up from her seat, rushed up to the keyblade princess, and preformed a fast but graceful curtsey "YOUR HIGHNESS!"
The way Weiss reacted at this made Kairi laugh one of the hardest laughs since she got to Remnant as she helped Weiss up
"Oh come on Weiss. If i wanted you to bow in front of me, don't you think I'd mention it sooner?"
"Well sure, but it's still rude not to..." Than Weiss got an idea "Hang on 1 second"
Weiss went back to the table and grabbed 2 table cloths folded
"Surly you must know which table cloth to use..." She looked back at Ruby with a slightly annoyed look "AND ACTUALLY CAN TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 2!"
"They look the same to me! So what?!"
"Hmph! Watch and learn"
Weiss turned back to Kairi, who looked back and forth at both table cloths
"Aren't they both the same?"
Weiss felt a slight blush of embarrassment. She placed the 2 table cloths back on the table, where a chuckling Ruby sat looking at Weiss with a funny expression
"See, Kairi isn't a regular princess you see in fairy tales" Sora scratched his head "She doesn't have a castle, or any fancy crowns, or scepters, and unless you count me or Riku, she doesn't have any knights to protect her"
"Doesn't sound like a princess to me" Ruby joked
"Despite all that, they still call me that" Kairi waved her hands in a 'what ya gonna do' gester "There is another of us who doesn't have the fancy life either. Her name is Alice"
"Wait! Alice?" Ruby remembered Alice from her visions "As in the same Alice that got sent to court by the queen of hearts Alice?!"
"The same" Sora nodded
Ruby was very shocked, but wanted to get back to what they were talking about before: the heartless
"So is that it on the heartless?"
Sora got back to his serious looking face, as he, Kairi and Weiss sat back down in their own seat
"No. It's not just that they come from the darkness in hearts. They seek out those who have great darkness in them. But their true goal they want is for all worlds to sink into darkness"
"How do they do that?" Weiss asked, sounding slightly scared
"By searching for the heart of a world. The same heart that each world always has"
"The keyhole!" Sora and Kairi said at the same time
"Keyhole?" Ruby asked, very curiously
"The heart of a world. If enough darkness can get in the keyhole, then the world in question will sink into the darkness. The only way to prevent this is if the keyhole is sealed by a keyblade, or has a special way of sealing it"
"That's why we go out to other worlds" Kairi looked at the sky through the glass roof "To seal the keyholes, stop the heartless, and make sure we can save as may worlds as possible"
The 2 huntresses were horrified. Ruby knew these things were strong, but strong enough to easily destroy worlds?
Than something struck in Weiss's head "Wait! Than shouldn't you find Remnant's keyhole! What if the heartless come?"
"Don't worry Weiss" Sora waved his hand "We've already sealed the keyhole. The heartless won't be able to get past the seal" Than Sora got an idea "Would you like to see?"
Sora and Kairi got out of their seats, and headed out of the ball room, with Ruby and Weiss soon to follow
The 4 warriors walked over to the school statue
"So where is this keyhole?" Weiss asked
"Closer than you think" Sora answered with a great big smile
Once they reached the front of the stature, Sora summoned his keyblade and extended it as high as he could to tap the edge of the rock the 2 huntsmen were on. When he did, a strange looking hole appeared around about as high as Sora's height. Ruby and Weiss slightly jumped at the surprise, and then gave it a closer inspection. This hole was shaped like, well, a keyhole, with a strange white energy protecting it. Ruby touched this energy, and felt this strange warmth coming inside of her than felt pleasant to Ruby
"So as long as this is sealed, the heartless won't bother with this world?" Ruby asked for comfirmation
"Well, there's still a chance of them coming and attacking, but they won't be able to get past the shield"
Sora reached up at the top of the statue once again, and the keyhole dispersed before Ruby and Weiss's eye, as Ruby got up, suddenly having a strange feeling in her. Not the good kind, the one that makes you feel bad. She felt like lying down by the statue, which she did
"Now I feel like a big fat jerk"
"Why's that?" Kairi asked
"Because... Because of the way I treated Riku. Ever since I saw him act like a complete jerk in my visions, I haven't really been treating him well and just started and tried too ignore him as much as I could"
Sora, Weiss, and Kairi all looked at each other, as Weiss sat down next to her partner and patted her on the shoulder
"I'm sure you didn't mean it Ruby"
"Maybe, but that still doesn't make it right" Ruby looked up to the keyblade weilders "How can you 2 still be such great friends with him?"
(insert Riku theme from kingdom hearts 2.5)
"Because he's our friend. Not just our friend, our best friend" Sora answered
"We know he hasn't done some of the greatest things in the past, but we know that he can still pull through, and fight off any enemy we come across" Kairi nodded
Sora bent down on 1 knee in front of Ruby
"Look, I don't blame you for not trusting Riku and ignoring him after seeing what you saw. Heck, I might have done the same. But when your best friends with each other, you never give up on the other, no matter what. I'm sure Riku understands as well"
Ruby gave Sora smile after hearing this and got up from both her guilt and from the ground with Weiss and Sora soon after
"Thanks Sora. But i still feel like a jerk"
"Well, why don't you try forgiving him and apologizing?"
"Yeah, that's probably for the best. Thanks for the help"
Ruby wanted to hug Sora as a small little thank you, but restrained and pulled herself back just before the 2 leaders made contact with each other
Ruby scratched the back of her head in embarrassment as she gave a nervous chuckle "I guess for a second I forgot, hu? He he he"
Weiss sighed a jokingly annoyed tone "You clueless dolt"
Weiss rubbed her hand over Ruby's hair messing it up slightly. The 4 friends gave a good laugh as Weiss looked back at where the keyhole previously was
"So even if that thing is sealed, there's still a chance that the heartless will come after this world?"
"Yeah, but we can take any heartless that comes our way. I've fought countless heartless on my journeys, and with 3 other keyblade wielders, they won't stand a chance!"
"But there aren't any on remnant currently, so don't worry about it. Worry instead about the dance tomorrow night!" Kairi shook her hips
"Right. I best get ready to ask a certain boy once he gets back" Weiss rubbed off any dirt that was on her combat skirt
"You mean Lea? Sora scratched his head
"NO I DON'T MEAN LEA!" Weiss shouted in deffence "SOMEONE ELSE THAT CAME WITH HIM!"
"Sun?" Ruby asked
"NO! I-" Weiss tried to control her anger and sighed "I mean the other OTHER boy than came with him"
Sora, Ruby and Kairi gave a pause to think about it, then Sora figured it out! It couldn't be any more obvious!
"Oh Weiss, I'm flattered, but I'm already going with Kairi"
Weiss simply groaned with annoyance as she stormed away from the group
"She knows we know she means Neptune, right?
"Well who knows" Ruby looked at the direction of the dorms "Hopefully Riku and Yang can convince Blake"
"Ruby, believe me when I say this. Riku has already convinced Blake to go"
(end riku's theme)
Yang and Blake excited SKRL's dorm. Yang had just finnished telling Blake about her mother. About how, before Ruby was born, her own mother had suddenly just dissapered. How Yang almost got her and Ruby killed while searching for her one night, but were saved by her uncle Qrow. There was a strong silence betwen them after leaving the dorm
"I'm not asking you to stop" Yang broke the silence "Just please... get some rest. Not just for you, but for the people you care about"
Yang wanted to hear the faunus say something in responce, but Blake was quiet. She didn't look at Yang either. Yang started to walk away from the dorms
"You're right"
Yang stopped and turned back. Blake also turned to Yang
"You were right, and I'm sorry"
Yang smiled and came up to give Blake a friendly punch to the shoulder "Well I'm glad that I got some common sence in that noggin of yours"
Blake turned back again "You're not the first to do so"
Yang's smile faded. She knew she was talking about Riku. Yang also knew Blake felt guilty after whatever happened and Blake had that dark aura
"You know he's not angry at you, right?"
Blake didn't answere her partner and just simply went back to their dorm, which was right next to SKRL's dorm. She closed the door, probably to get some sleep. Yang was glad that this was all done. But something came up to Yang's mind. The girl with Lea. For whatever reason, that girl looked so familiar to Yang, but she knew that she had never met her before in her life. She felt like she was so close to figuring it out, but couldn't. Maybe another look at the picture would give her an idea. She tried to open the door but couldn't. Student locked. Yang thought about breaking the door, but didn't want to get any finds for collateral damage, so she decided to walk away from the dorms. Maybe it wasn't really all that important. Besides, there were more importat things to deal with right now. Like a dance tomarrow night
Author's note: Finally, no more remaking chapters! All chapters released to the original SKRL are done. Let's go over those changes
Ready to dance: The inclusion of SKRL telling them where they were WHILE they were training, i really liked adding. And i am glad that i corrected when kairi got her charm back. Prior to the original skrl, i didn't see the secret ending to bbs. The one where everyone looks to the sky and says "sora", so i'm glad that got corrected
Riku: The inclusion of Yang's story being told off screen was a detail i like i added
The keyhole of remnant: Again, Yang's story, while not being told on screne, was a nice touch
Now I can give you all new content! I really am sorry it took as long as it did, but I promise that this was all worth it. Also, because I see a lot of kingdom hearts x rwby crossovers have authors talking to the audience on a chapter basis, I'll also be having these author notes in every chapter. Talk about the chapter, answer reviews, all that good stuff. Speaking of answering reviews
Now today, i'd just like to address a common complaint i get and that is the spelling errors. Look, here's the thing: i try not to get as many spelling errors, i really do, but i use a chromebook and this website to write the chapters and for whatever reason the chrome won't tell me when i spell or pronounce something wrong. And, as many many many many of you have pointed out, i am not a great speller and don't catch errors too often. Look if it makes you all feel beter i'll try and find a beta if i can or if anyone is interested, but if i don't and there are like a thousand errors you are either, and i mean this in the nicest possible way, going to have to bear with the errors or don't read
feel free to review guys. Now if you'll excuse me, i have a NEW chapter to work on
