Chugga Chugga! A new chapter has appeared!

I'm not gonna lie, I had a bit of the dreaded writers block for a while. That, combined with personal things I wanted to do like watch new movies (Infinity War was great!) caused this chapter to be rushed. So from now on, I decided to write at my own pace.

Also, I've decided to give the To Love-Ru world a proper name, and I've updated the previous two chapters. Nothing too big except I changed the Freeshooter's parting words to Yami in the last chapter because I plan to use the chain of memories line in a more meaningful way later.

Anyway, on with the show!

(7/31/18 Edit: General Updates to some things in this Chapter, lord knows this one needs it. One thing in particular near the end)

(9/8/18 Edit: More General Updates)

(10/3/18 Edit: Shortened time-skip from one week to five days later. Felt I wasn't giving Lala enough credit)

(1/3/20 Edit: Changed Yami's travel bag to a small red backpack, thought a travel bag was something completely different. Further proof that this chapter was rushed, unfortunately)

(1/17/20 Edit: Changed the big red button to small red button, for story raisins.)


Prologue - Stage 3! The Dawn of a New Quest!

Troubling World - Sainan

Yami quietly walked down the sidewalk, her mind still fresh on her conversation with the man in black. At first, she considered he was spouting absolute nonsense. But the more she thought about the events that had transpired, the more things started to come together. The strange creatures she had never encountered or heard of before; the 'Nobodies', as the man called them. The fact that he was in league with them, talk of worlds beyond her own, the material that she had never seen before...

She wasn't ready to believe him completely yet, but...it was worth thinking over.

She considered he was working alongside Nemesis, but he made a reference to an old man, just before he appeared from the dark portal.

'He mentioned an 'old coot' before he appeared, could that be his boss?' Yami wondered to herself. 'What exactly were those 'Nobodies', Are there more of them out there? How does his boss know of me? I still have many questions.'

Also, his parting words stuck out in Yami's mind...


"Out in the other worlds may be something or someone that is important..."

"All you have to do is reach out and claim it, if you want it to be yours again."


'I can't think of anything other possibility, it must have been Yuuki Rito he was referring to...' She thought. It has been a little more than two weeks since the pervert's sudden disappearance. Naturally, over the course of the days of him missing, people pitched in to try and find him, even scouting what they could of the universe (or 'World', if the hooded man's words were true) via Mikado's connections in the Black Market she used to be part of; specifically it's Information's network, to see if anyone had seen him, but their efforts bore no fruit. Everyone seemed to be in a melancholic state with him gone, with Yami being in one because of Yuuki Mikan's own state.

When Yami and Rito first met, he had given her a taiyaki because to Rito, she looked like she was staring at the bag full of them in his hands and assumed she was hungry. She was actually there because she had been hired to kill him by an alien of this world named Lacospo, who was one of Lala's suitors. But as it turned out, he lied about Rito being an evil person just so Yami would kill him and he would be in position for the marriage. In the end, after Lacospo was dealt with, Yami decided to stay on earth because of her policy of taking a job and seeing it through to the very end, and also to assess Rito herself. In time, she would become best friends with his little sister, Yuuki Mikan, funnily enough. Yami would eventually come to see most of the people she interacted with on this planet as comrades of sorts, people she can rely on.

Even Yuuki Rito was someone she can rely on at points. After all, he was the first person she opened up her past to. She was a genetically engineered life form that was created by using the cell's of a scientist named Tearju Lunatique, or "Tear" as Yami affectionately called her. In a way, she was like Yami's big sister or mother, teaching her, taking care of her, and reading her books, even giving Yami her true name "Eve". Unfortunately, that would not last, for at one point the other researchers at the institute where Yami was created exiled Tearju and while some were hunting her down, the rest raised the then unaware Yami to be a weapon for killing with her trans ability and told her she only existed to do so. Eventually, through the king of deviluke's efforts to end this world's galactic war, the Organization the institute was part of was destroyed. However, Yami went on to become the assassin known as Golden Darkness, and lived alone until she came to earth.

Hell, there were times where she thought Rito was too kind to her than he had any reason to be. Yes, she was surprised and moved by his kindness and sincerity. However, that trademark perverted "ability" of his is a real nuisance and made him a danger to women everywhere, including herself, even if he doesn't seem to do it on purpose. At the end of the day, she still considered him her target and a perverted one at that. She wasn't sad DIRECTLY because of his sudden disappearance...

...Right?...

'What's wrong with me?...' she wondered to herself while casting her gaze to the ground as she walked to her destination. Yami then re-focused her thoughts as she closed in on it. 'No, all I know now is that if there is a slim possibility of locating him, I must take it, for Mikan.' She concluded as she looked at the building in front of her, the Yuuki household. She headed for the door, quietly steeling herself as she walked. When she arrived at the door, she knocked.

"Coming." She heard a familiar voice call. The door opened and a pink haired girl with pigtails that were curled at the end appeared. She was wearing a yellow tank-top that was outlined with red at the top, it also had the phrase "Love You Girls!" on it with a red and white star in the middle of the tank-top. She was also wearing burgundy shorts that were outlined with white at the bottom of her pant's legs. However, her most stand out feature was a tail just like Momo Deviluke. That's because she is Nana Aster Deviluke, Momo's twin sister and second in line for the Deviluke Throne.

"Yami?!" She exclaimed as her purple eyes went wide with surprise. She wasn't expecting Yami to come here, not this late.

"...Princess Nana." Yami began "Is anyone else awake?" she asked.

"Huh? Oh, Yeah! Mikan and Lala are awake in their rooms, and Momo is in the living room with me, why?" Nana curiously questioned. Yami was usually a serious girl, but found that she was acting very more so at the moment. She then noticed a block in Yami's right hand "Um, what's with block in your hand?"

"...I may have found out, where Yuuki Rito has gone." Yami announced, staring at the pinkette with complete seriousness in her eyes.

A few seconds of silence passed as she processed what Yami had said, then she spoke...

"HUH?" was the response the blonde was greeted with.

"Get everyone in the living room, This is something you should all hear." Yami stated.

"Of course, right away, you can sit with Momo, Yami!" Nana complied, leaving to get everyone into the living room.


A short time later, Yami was in the living room waiting along with Momo for the others to arrive. Yami had just told Momo that she may know where Rito has gone.

"Thank goodness..." she sighed in relief. Momo cared for, even loved, Rito very much. When she heard that Rito had gone missing, she along with the others couldn't believe it.

At that point, Nana walked in the living room along with two other girls trailing behind her. "We're here." she announced.

The smaller girl was Yuuki Mikan, Rito's little sister. She had long dark-brown hair that reached to the middle of her back, coupled with a set of goldish-light brown eyes. She was wearing a pink thin straps tank-top with the thin straps being burgundy, and orange shorts as well.

The other girl was Lala Satalin Deviluke, the first in line for the Deviluke Throne and wife to be married to Rito. She had long pink hair with a small thin curled quiff at the top of her head, with her hair going past her waist. Her eyes were a bright green and she was wearing a light blue tank-top with beige shorts. She also had a tail just like her younger sisters Momo and Nana.

"Where's Celine-chan?" Momo asked Mikan, curious as to why the young plant alien wasn't here with everyone else.

"She just fell asleep, I didn't want to wake her up..." Mikan replied. She then turned to the small blonde in the room "Yami-san, is it true? do you really know where Rito may be?"

Yami smiled at her friend as her expression softened "Yes, I may." To this, both Mikan and Lala's eyes widened and seemed to shimmer, complete with smiles on their faces.

"However..." Yami went on as her face became serious again. "This information is meant to be classified, and I believe I have worked out why."

This sentence caused everyone to look at her with confusion.

"Alright..." Yami began.

From there, she told the occupants of the room of the worlds outside their own, the fact that there are invisible barriers between them, and no one can pass through them without the aid of gummi blocks.

"Gummi blocks? Is that what's in your hand, Yami?" Nana inquired to the blonde, who nodded her head in confirmation.

"Indeed it is, would you like to see it, Nana?" Yami asked.

"Eh? Oh, yes please." she replied, to which Yami leaned from where she was to give it to the pinkette.

"Hmm..." Nana started to think out loud as she felt the block "Other worlds different than our own with impassible walls? I've never heard anything like this before."

"Me either. Onee-sama, you know more than us, how about you?" Momo and Nana looked toward their eldest sister, who had her arms crossed around her and looked like she was trying to recall something important.

"Hmm" Lala thought with her eyes open. "Hmmmmmmm" Lala then closed her eyes, furrowed her brow downward, and frowned, still trying to recall. "Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!" She then made a face, while her furrowed brow and frown deepened, trying to recall with more intensity.

The others just stared at Lala, waiting for an answer from the Devilukean.

Lala then opened her eyes to the rest of the party "Ah!"

"Eh?" was the collective response from rest.

One second later, Lala closed her eyes again and put her hand behind her head, and started to rub.

"Eheheheh! Sorry, I don't know about this either!" she relayed to the occupants of the room.

This caused the girls to nearly fall to the floor in exasperation, while Yami just looked at her.

"Guh, why did you get our hopes up like that big sis?" Nana questioned to her elder, who just kept rubbing the back of her head.

"Eheheh, Sorry." was all she could say.

"I don't understand, how could even you not know, Princess Lala?" Yami wondered to her.

"Because this information is highly dangerous." said a new deep voice.

"Huh?" they all looked toward the source of the voice, to find a man in heavy bone armor leaning through the living room window. He had blue eyes, a large dark purple cape, and the bone armor had very large shoulder pads that had a large red Jewel in the center of them each. He also had a scorpion-like tail. This man is-

"Zastin!" Lala exclaimed.

"Ever heard of a door?" Mikan snarked to him under her breath. 'That one was for you, Rito!' she thought to herself with a comedic tearful smile.

"Golden Darkness, where did you hear this information?" Zastin demanded as he entered the living room from the window, his voice full of authority.

Yami took a minute to stare at Zastin before speaking "I heard it from a man in a black hood, the hood concealed his face so his identity remains a mystery to me." She paused before she decided to continue "He is also working in league with these strange creatures in white that attacked me. They're unlike anything I've seen before."

"Hmm, I have been gathering rumors of a spy in a black coat for some time now." thought Zastin out loud. "Though, I've never seen him personally."

"Yami-san, you were attacked?" Mikan asked, her voice full of concern.

"Yes, but I didn't take damage from the battle." she stated, soothing Mikan's worries. "He also kept calling them by the name 'Nobodies', one of them dropped that gummi block over there." She finished, gesturing to Nana, who still held the block in her hand.

"Zastin-sama, may I ask, what information is dangerous?" another new voice said. They all looked toward the doorway to the living room to find a small robot floating there. It had a round head with swirls that made up its eyes, bore a white jacket with what looked like a blue shirt under the jacket, complimented with a red tie. It was also wearing white shoes and it's hands were white as well. On it's back were thin, black, wings which curled at the end. This is-

"Peke?" Lala was surprised "I thought you were in rest mode?"

"Pardon me, Lala-sama. But I..." Peke began, but then trailed off "...hmm, why did I wake up, exactly?"

Everyone sweatdropped at the robot's sudden amnesia.

"Anyway, Zastin-sama, you said some sort information is dangerous, can you tell us the reason for it to be so?" The robot asked Zastin with a voice of curiosity

Zastin then crossed his arms over his chest "That depends, why are you all discussing such matters in the first place?"

Lala stared at Zastin, eyes full of wonder 'I haven't seen Zastin take something this seriously in a long time. This must be really huge!'

"Ah! About that..." Momo started, looking at Zastin "Yami says she may have found out where Rito-san could be found, she then started to tell us about these other worlds." she concluded. Momo then turned to Yami "But I don't understand, Yami. Why did you tell us about this in the first place?"

Yami then turned to her. "Because, Princess Momo, I believe that Yuuki Rito may have somehow ended up on one of these worlds."

Yet again, a few seconds of silence passed to process this statement. Then...

"Huh?!" is what was said by everyone else present.

"Wait, Rito-dono's location? other worlds? what did I miss?" Peke asked in confusion, as it only came by when Yami asked how Lala didn't know some sort of information.

"Wait, what makes you think so, Yami-san?" Mikan inquired to Yami. "Rito did suddenly disappeared without a trace yes, but I thought you said the only way to access other worlds was the gummi blocks." She was really confused about this finalized thought process.

"I came to this conclusion based on the man in black's parting words." Yami informed the present party.

"What did he say before he left." Zastin asked.

Yami then looked down as she repeated the coated man's words "Out in the other worlds may be something or someone that is important. All you have to do is reach out and claim it, if you want it to be yours again."

A brief moment of silence passed as the party thought over these words.

"Hmm, I see..." Zastin said with his hand covering his chin and his eyes closed. "Our search has been dry for a while now. With Rito-dono disappearing about two earth weeks earlier, the hooded man's final words to Golden Darkness, along with the other incident, it's difficult to say they are not connected."

'Other incident?' Nana wondered to herself.

"Zastin, can you tell us why this information is so secret now, pleaaaasssse?" Lala asked Zastin, while giving him the most adorable puppy eyes she could muster.

"...Geh! Very well then, I shall tell you." he started, giving in to Lala's...assault "This information is secret because every world is defined by it's particular boundaries, within which some understanding of it's reality emerges as it's truth." He took a breath before he went on. "Two truths cannot exist at the same time, and from the introduction of foreign bodies is conflict and chaos created, hence why we limit our involvement in otherworldly affairs." He finished

"...What" was the response from everyone in the room.

The only exception was Yami, who seemed deep in thought.

"I figured as much." Yami thought of how to simplify it "Basically, every world has it's own set of rules, history, and beliefs. If one wishes to maintain the world's order, the inhabitants of said world cannot know of or meddle in the existence of other worlds, which have their own set of rules, history, and beliefs, otherwise the worlds could be thrown into a state of conflict, or worse, chaos." Yami finished. "I suppose even transferring between them is looked down upon as well."

"Indeed it is, do you now understand why such information is dangerous? Conflict and chaos can lead to war, or in our case, another Galactic War." Zastin then turned to the Royal Family "My apologies princesses." Zastin said, bowing his head to the Deviluke Siblings "You were not supposed to know until you were married, only then would we tell you about the existence of other worlds." he explained.

"Wait, married?" Momo wondered, then her eyes widened "Doesn't that mean father and mother know of the existence of other worlds as well?"

"Indeed they do know of other worlds, Momo-Sama, but they also understand that if they did meddle in their affairs, the results could be disastrous." Zastin then turned away from the princesses 'But still, why would the king leave a-'

"...Zastin, I've been meaning to ask, you said something about another incident, what did you mean by that?" Nana questioned the now nervously sweating Zastin.

"Ah! Um! Well...Um! About that!..." he continued to flub up on speaking until he eventually sighed, then he took out something from his pockets. It was a letter, from the king of deviluke.

"Lala-Sama, Momo-Sama, and Nana-Sama, this letter from his majesty was sitting on the throne. He's gone, and he left this unopened letter behind."


The letter read as followed:

Everyone,

Forgive me for leaving so suddenly, but danger is on the horizon, and there's no time to waste.

I'm not certain as to why, but the stars have been going out... one by one.

I must look further into this.

As the king of deviluke, I have to ask something of Zastin...

There is someone out there with the "Key" to our survival. I need you to find him and make sure he or she stays unharmed, understood?

Without that "Key", all worlds may be lost.

Signed - Gid Lucione Deviluke, King of Deviluke

Zastin seemed to be left speechless, lost in his own world until...

"...This is more serious than I could've imagined..." Zastin said to no one in particular.

"Wait, what do stars going out have to do with the worlds?" Mikan wondered out loud.

"...Every star you see, out in the night sky, actually represents the light of a world." Zastin answered.

"...NO WAY!" Exclaimed everyone in the room, while Yami's just looked perplexed.

"But I thought stars-" Momo started.

"That is why this is such a dangerous secret." Zastin spoke, while Momo deflated with a small "oh okay" in the background as soon as he began. "Imagine if it were known that every star represented the light of a world, the results would be catastrophic for all."

"...If a star represents a world's light, and the stars have been going out, wouldn't that mean whole worlds, other universes, are being destroyed one by one?" Yami couldn't help but be suspicious.

"...That is exactly what it means, Golden Darkness." Zastin unfortunately confirmed Yami's suspicions true.

"...That means this world, could be wiped by this mystery force, Zastin?..." Lala timidly asked.

"...Indeed, it could." was all Zastin could say.

Everyone went silent after that, the weight of the situation slowly sinking into their minds.

"...Wait, Yami-chan. What the guy in the black hood said before he left made you think of Rito right? Well, what if he kidnapped him?" Lala had a look of worry on her face.

"Why would someone like that want to steal Rito?" asked Momo, trying to see the reasoning for stealing Rito away, but knowing that may very well be the case.

"We don't know many things, but let's assess what we do know." stated Yami

"And that's...?" questioned Momo

"If Zaspin's-"

"Zastin!" he corrected from the side

"-information is true, then the man in black has been around for a while now. A little above two earth weeks ago, Yuuki Rito vanishes without anyone knowing how. Then I get attacked by the Nobodies, beings I've never seen before, which the man in the hood is in league with. He gives me the information on the outside worlds, how to get there, and gives the hint of finding something or someone that is important. We also now know that other worlds are being destroyed, with our world at stake as well, and the King of Deviluke has gone to investigate."

"So from that we can...?" asked Nana

"From that we can infer that the man along with the nobodies also came from another world, he knows where Yuuki Rito is, and he may know the cause of the other worlds being destroyed. Who knows, maybe he's the one behind all of these events, and if he is, then someone with this 'key' must be found in order to counteract him." Yami concluded.

Zastin smiled "I must say, Golden Darkness." He started "Your skill at breaking down information is commendable."

Momo then sported a dark look on her face"...So all we have to do is wait for the hooded man to show up again, and make him tell us where Rito-san is..."

"Now Momo-sama, who can say when he'll be back, and with the worlds being destroyed, we can't afford to waste time." reasoned Zastin

"Then what can we do, Zastin?" Lala wondered

"I'll do what the king has requested of me, go look for this someone with the 'key' and keep a lookout for Rito-dono as well! It's much too dangerous to let you come along!" Zastin claimed.

"But what about you Zastin? We know how clumsy you can be, you can't go by yourself!" argued Nana.

Zastin then smiled "Do not worry yourself, Nana-sama. For I'll have Maul and Smutts with me!" he said confidently.

"...who?" asked the princesses at the same time.

"...The other two who are also your bodyguards? They're usually alongside me?" hinted Zastin with a raised eyebrow.

"...Oh" was all they can say after a moment of thinking.

"I know this isn't my place to say, but wouldn't that officially leave the Princesses unprotected by the royal guards?" questioned Yami.

Zastin spent a few minutes thinking, then "...Gah! You're absolutely right, Golden Darkness! I can't do that either! What was I thinking?!" scolded Zastin to himself while he rapidly scratched the top of his head.

Lala looked at Zastin with confusion "Why? We'll be fine on our own."

He shook his head "No, with all due respect Lala-sama, I know you three may be capable of fending for yourselves. However, I cannot in good conscious leave you three unguarded during such a critical time, especially if we're unclear on what's causing the worlds to be destroyed. Not only that but..."

"But?..." Nana trailed off

Zastin then started panicking "The king would be furious with me if he finds out I left you on your own!"

Momo sighed "Then what should we do?" she asked, looking depressed about the situation.

"Let's ask the person who's brother is missing, the event that kick-started this..." Yami suggested. After a second or two, they all turned to Mikan, who's bangs now covered her eyes and been rather silent for sometime now.

"Oh..." Momo said, now fearing for Mikan's well being.

"...Mikan?" asked a concerned Lala, while Zastin made a muffled sound.

"Mikan..." Yami then got up from where she was sitting "...what do you want me to do...what do you want us to do...what do you want?" she asked in a caring manner as she walked toward her.

Its easy to forget, considering she's usually the most mature female out of everyone here besides Yami. Mikan's the one who usually takes care of everyone else when visitors are in the house. But she is still a 12 year old girl who's brother went missing at the start of what seems to be a multiversal crisis.

After a few seconds of silence, the young brunette spoke.

"...Rito, you idiot" she seemed to be talking to herself "Right when we're all in danger, you go and disappear on us..."

Mikan curled her hands into fists. Everyone silently watched as she went on.

"...Do you have any idea how inconvenient your making things for everyone...for her?"

She then looked to the blonde, with a serious, but also somber look on her face

"I know I have no right to ask this, Yami-san! You've been on earth for a long time now and been trying to live quietly, But Zastin can't go to other worlds on his own when we don't know what else is out there causing this, and we can't leave Lala and her sisters without the other guards right now! But..." she then bowed her head to her "Can you please go with Zastin, and look for Rito alongside him?!"

"...Huh?" is what was said by the party while Yami just kept quiet.

After the moment of silence, "So, you want me to go with someone I don't know very well to unknown territory. Momentarily leaving the quiet life I've built here, to go find the most perverted man I've ever known?"

"I know! This is an incredibly selfish request for me to ask you! But your the only other reliable person I know who can find him-"

"Mikan...it's OK, I'll do it"

"Who knows where Rito is right now, he could be hurt or worse! It's not that I want you to go! It's just...wait, what?" Mikan then looked up to Yami, who had a small warm smile upon her face.

"I said I'll go look for him." the blonde confirmed "The idea was already circling in my mind. In fact, you asking me to go look for your sake clears my own indecisiveness."

"Wait, you wanted to go look for him?! Since when were you thinking of this?"

"Just after we found out the worlds are being destroyed by an unknown entity. It's just as the commander said before, It's very hard to say that all these events are not interconnected somehow, that includes Yuuki Rito disappearing. So I thought to myself if he really is out there, then he can't die just yet, he's still my target."

Zastin immediately tensed up and glared at Yami 'Is Golden Darkness still targeting Rito-dono?'

"However..." she continued. "Considering what's at risk now, That'll be put on hold for a search and retrieve request from a close friend."

Momo had a look of worry on her face. "Yami, there may be more of those Nobodies out there. Doesn't that mean you will no doubt have to fight often?"

Momo and the others had been trying to break away Yami from being the assassin Golden Darkness for a while now and to live a life of tranquility here, so she can live happily (and in Momo's case, to also see if she was a fit in the "Harem Plan" of hers) But now, she's deciding to go who knows where headlong into conflict. Certainly the opposite of what they wanted for her.

"Yes it may, but as I said before I don't plan on leaving forever and I'm doing this so Mikan can be happy again." reasoned Yami "Besides, what kind of person would it make me to her if I said no?"

'Happy Again' Momo thought to herself. That's when realization hit her, not just Mikan, but everyone's happiness depended on Rito being there with them, even Yami's. Heck, he was the basis of her Harem Plan, how could she forget!?

"...So...your OK...with doing this, Yami-san?" Mikan wanted to make sure. To which Yami nodded her head. After a brief moment Mikan pulled the blonde into a hug "...Thank You."

Zastin, who had dropped his glare a while ago, was now looking with genuine curiosity. Yami seemed like a normal girl to him at the moment. 'Hmm, who knows, if people can change then-'

"Ok, we have a plan then, but aren't we all forgetting something?" Nana asked, causing them all to turn to her "How are you guys gonna get to the outside worlds?"

"...That gummi block in your hand, Nana" stated Yami as she pointed to said block in Nana's hand.

Nana blinked "Huh?" she then looked to the green block. "How is just one of these blocks going to help us? Don't we need a whole ship made of these things?"

"I myself cannot devise a way to the outside worlds. However, Princess Lala may be able to." She took the gummi block from the pinkette and started to walk toward Lala "Lala, this cube is our way of getting your fiancee back to this world. Do what you must in order to give us a way to reach him." she took Lala's hand and placed the green gummi block in it.

This act caused Lala to close her hand around it "Okay, I will!" she declared while looking at Yami with determination written all over her face.

"But, how do I do that, Yami-Chan?" she asked a few seconds later, now looking clueless.

"...Just treat it like one of your inventions, oh and be careful not to destroy it." Yami cautioned. With that, she turned to face the rest.

"I'm going to leave now, it's late." she announced to all present in the living room. Everyone took this moment to look at the nearby clock.

"Wow, I still need to wrap my head around all this" Nana said to no one in particular.

"...Everyone!" Zastin suddenly called to everyone's attention. "What we discussed today stays in this room, is that clear?"

There was a pause before the collective response that could be simplified down to "OK" was made.

"Good, thank you." he then turned his head to Yami "Golden Darkness, I will have Mikan-dono contact you when we've devised a way to the worlds outside." To which Yami nodded her head yet again.

"...Lala, Momo, Nana" she stated, looking at the deviluke siblings. She turned to Mikan and gave her a small smile again "Mikan" she then turned to Zastin with a now stoic expression "...Commander Zastin"

"...Goodnight." she turned and started walking toward the door to leave.

"Don't worry, I'll see you out." said Momo, who got up from where she was sitting.

"Wait!" a voice suddenly called out. They all looked toward the direction of the voice to see Peke, who looked utterly confused. "Can someone please explain to me what's happened?"


"Yami, I must ask you something" Momo said. They had just left the Yuuki house and were now standing on the sidewalk in front of it. "Didn't it ever cross your mind that Nemesis is trying to lure you away from earth, what if she's working alongside the black coated man?"

"I actually thought of that on my way here, to be honest. But now I'm certain that she's not the cause of this." Yami was looking up to the stars as she said this, noting the thousands of stars that were looking down on her.

'I may have a long road ahead of me...'

Momo raised an eyebrow "What makes you think so?"

Yami turned her head to the pinkette "For one thing, the hooded figure claimed an old man told him to be wary of me, just before he appeared from a dark portal. That old man may be his boss."

"An old man...and a dark...portal?" Momo was sporting a worried look as she pondered this out loud.

Yami nodded "Yes" was all she said, then she went to thinking about the portal he came from. Looking back now, the portal itself seemed to be made of darkness, not the darkness like say nighttime, Rather it feels like it was made using the power and essence of pure darkness itself.

'Maybe...' Yami thought back to when she first encountered Nemesis before Rito went missing and some choice words of hers.


"Your true self, which sleeps deep inside your heart. Your true nature as a weapon, which can never love a person. Darkness."


Yami couldn't place it, but she had a feeling that the darkness Nemesis was talking about, and the power of pure darkness that the man in the black hood used were similar, but also different from each other in a way.

"...And the other thing?" inquired Momo.

"The scale of the destruction"

"Huh?"

The blonde then looked up and pointed to the sky "Look, Princess Momo." Momo then looked up to where she was pointing to find thousands of stars. "Remember, every star we are looking at right now represents the light of a world, another universe. Something or someone out there is destroying them somehow. I highly doubt she is capable of something on that caliber, and if she were, then why would she want me to re-walk the path of a weapon if she herself can cause a 'Multi-World' crisis?"

Momo had a hand wrapped around her chin, in thought "Hmm, maybe she's lonely?"

This was met with a '-_-' expression from Yami. "Hehehe, OK guess not."

They both turned back to and stayed looking up at the stars, noting how nice they looked lighting up the night sky. Then they saw one star started to glow brighter then the rest, causing them to lock their eyes on it. After a moment of it glowing, it suddenly went out with a 'ping!' What they had just witnessed caused their eyes to widen and them to let out a small breath of shock. They both turned their heads to look toward each other, was a world just destroyed right before their eyes?!

"Yami-san, let me go with you and Zastin!" Momo pleaded. But Yami just shook her head left and right. "But-"

"Momo, that's not my decision to make. You would have to talk to Commander Zastin and the rest if you want to come."

Momo sighed "...OK" she said, feeling defeated. But then she remembered what else she wanted to say to Yami. "Yami-san, don't you think your not acting like yourself lately?"

For some reason, Yami wasn't liking the mischievous smile on the princess's face "I'm not acting different than my usual self, and if I am, then it's because of how much weight this situation is carrying."

Momo continued to smile "Really? Cause I noticed something else, You thought the man in the black coat was referring to Rito-San when he said 'Out in the other worlds may be something or someone that is important' " She quoted the man, emphasizing the word 'Important'.

At this point Yami was in front of Momo, facing away from her, bangs covering her eyes.

"...Goodnight, Princess Momo." She stated rather firmly, then she grew two white angel wings using trans and flew off.

Momo watched her go, keeping smile on her face as she watched "Good Grief, Yami-san. You really have problems being honest, you know that?" she commented to herself.


[Five Days Later]


Lanes Between - Inside Gummi Ship

"Man! How are we supposed to get there now?" a boy with really spiky brown hair wondered out loud as he stretched his arms up, and leaned himself back in the chair he was sitting in while bringing his arms in a cross behind his head. He had blue eyes, and was wearing strange clothing. On his upper body was a open black hoodie with white lining, silver pauldron like additions near his shoulders, and a blue undershirt with a red spot at his abdomen. On his lower body were pants that were black on the outside and blue on the inside, lined with white edges. Yellow stripes went around his pants in a Cris-cross fashion, which was held together by a black belt. The pant's pockets were large red pouches that had a large black cross over them. His gloves were black on the outside, white on the inside, had a yellow band circling around the wrist portion of the gloves, and a white cross going around the gloves. His shoes were large, black and yellow with silver soles, had a zipper vertically running across the top of the shoes and had black straps held together with buckles placed on his shoes. Around his neck was a silver chain with an equally silver crown pendant at the front of the chain.

This boy is considered the hero of many worlds, destined to save those that are connected to him, and a chosen wielder of the Keyblade, by the Keyblade. His name is Sora, and due to Xehanort nearly making him a vessel for the Thirteen Seekers of Darkness, most of his abilities and power have been stripped away. So he and his two good companions are trying to get to a "true hero" who lost his strength and found it again, in order to ask him for assistance with Sora.

However, they are currently having some problems...

"What? I thought you knew!" the voice quacked.

Yes, the source of that sentence was an anthropomorphic duck with white feathers, a yellow bill, yellow legs, light blue eyes with his pupils being large black orbs, and he had a short tuft of feathers on his head, visible under his blue hat. His hat also had a zipper and a belt on the top of it. On his upper body is a navy blue jacket lined with light blue lining. He had three small pockets on his jacket, one on the left side, one on the right, and one in the middle. Two zippers were coming down vertically on the sides of his jacket each. Over the jacket covering his shoulders was a light blue attachment lined with yellow lining that was kept together by a long silver buckle. On his wrists were two large gold bangles each. His lower body bore nothing, for he had no pants. His name is Donald Duck, King Mickey's number one Royal Magician and loyal companion to Sora.

"Looks like all the old highways are closed." a new voice with a strange dialect observed.

The source of this voice was an anthropomorphic lanky dog with black fur and droopy ears. He was wearing a tall orange hat that had a blue band around the middle, and red goggles were resting over the front of the hat. He had two bucked teeth and short hairs coming out of the top of his head, just in front of his hat. His eyes were white, connected, and had two small black orbs as pupils. His upper body bore a green turtleneck sweater and he was wearing white gloves with a brown band around each wrist. Over the sweater, he wore a sleeveless, black vest with grey lining and four grey pockets. His lower body bore yellow pants that was held securely by a black belt. His pants had large pockets and a pouch on each leg with a zipper to open them. He had very large brown shoes with the outer portion being coated in steel. His name is Goofy, and he is the Captain of King Mickey's Royal Knights, friend to Donald, and another loyal companion to Sora.

"Didn't Master Yen Sid say that Sora should trust the guidance his heart gives?" Goofy wondered to his two friends from the seat behind and to the right of Sora.

"C'mon, Sora. Which way?" Donald questioned to Sora from where his seat was, behind and to the left of him.

"Ummmm..." Sora thought to himself, with his arms still crossed behind his back.

"Hey, would you get serious?" the duck asked, squinting his eyes as he did so.

"Gimme a break, I'm trying. These things take time!" The key boy tried to make an excuse for himself.

"Well, since we've already been there before, why don't you try picturing our friends like we're there?" The dog advised to Sora. Despite being known as clumsy, Goofy had sparks of wisdom at points that would aid the group in times of need.

Sora got up from his seat and walked to the middle of the three seats of the gummi ship.

"Hmmmm..." He thought to himself, then he got into some power up pose as if trying to make something happen or mimic someone.

"Well?" Donald asked.

"Sorry, I got nothin'. What did you expect?" He told the Duck, who slumped back in his seat feeling defeated.

"May your heart be your guiding key." wistfully recalled Goofy.

"Huh? What's that?" Sora asked Goofy, while looking at him in confusion.

"Master Yen Sid always said that, right before we went off on any of our real important adventures." explained Goofy.

Sora raised an eyebrow at this "Really? Ring a bell?" He turned to Donald, who just shook his head left to right while saying "Uh-Uh".

"Maybe I just Imagined it..." concluded Goofy, who looked over to the side in thought.

"May my heart be my guiding key..." wondered Sora out loud. His face lit up as a smile formed on it. He then went to the front of his seat.

"I got it!" he declared as he held out his right hand. Not a moment later, a giant key appeared from a brief flash of light in his hand. The blade portion of the key was silver, with the guard around the handle of the blade being gold. The handle of the blade itself was black, and the teeth of the blade was shaped like the crown on the chain Sora wears around his neck. Speaking of, the key was decorated with a key-chain and at the end of the key-chain was a silver circle that had smaller sliver circles to serve as ears. This weapon is known as a Kingdom Key, Sora's Keyblade.

He then pointed the Keyblade to the window of the gummi ship looking out to the lanes between and a small bright light shined from the tip of the blade. Soon after that, a big wormhole appeared in front of the gummi ship.

"It's a gate!" Donald and Goofy said in unison.

Sora dismissed his Keyblade, then sat back in his seat and gave a fist pump "Alright!"

He then grabbed the handle of the Gummi Ship "Olympus Coliseum, here we come!"

The Gummi Ship sailed near the gate. The gate then took the gummi ship in an instant and closed, both the ship and the gate disappearing in a flash.


Troubling World - Sainan (Yuuki House Backyard)

"So this is it, Lala-sama?"

"Ya-huh!"

"This invention will take us to a different world, Onee-sama?"

"Ya-huh!"

"...What is it called, Princess Lala?"

"Other-Worldly-Portal-Kun!"

Yami had received a notification from Mikan yesterday, that Lala finished her invention and it would be ready to go by the next dawn. So she spent the day getting all the necessary things she would need, mostly taiyaki. Secretly, she and Momo had asked Mikado to look for information about stars going out at a rapid pace, a man in a black hood, and Nobodies.

She came up with...rather worrying things...

Firstly, there was some rumors of a time when the stars were blinking out before, but after some time had passed, there were more stars than ever. No one knew what had caused such a phenomenon, some people even thought they dreamed the whole thing up, so it became a rumor that people didn't believe.

Secondly, there were very few other sightings of a man in a black hood with his face shrouded. Strangely enough, the sightings had inconsistencies, like the man's height or the size of his shoulders. Unfortunately, she couldn't find any information on the nobodies.

She gathered up all her essentials in a small red backpack and she was at the Yuuki house at the crack of dawn. Currently outside in the backyard was Zastin in his bone armor, ready to go, and Yami was in her usual black combat dress attire. Maul and Smutts were standing at the side of the backyard along with Mikan and Nana.

"Momo-sama, are you sure you don't want to st-"

"Zastin, we've already talked about this. I'm going with Yami and you to be sure you two don't get sick somehow." Momo stated. She was now wearing a black dress with light green lining at the top, with what looked like a light green corset(?) around her abdomen. Around her neck was a black tie with a light yellow accessory that held the dress up. She was also wearing black and light green striped stockings and black shoes that were grey around the soles. Over her shoulder was a white travel bag that had multiple medical supplies, her D-dial, her laptop, and a barrier generator in case of emergencies.

"Is that truly the case, Princess Momo?"

"O-of course it is!" Momo defended herself.

"OK, everyone! Listen up please!" Lala cheerfully called to everyone from in front of the machine. The machine itself was at least ten feet tall and 6 feet wide. It looked like one of your typical sci-fi portal generators. To the left of the generator was no doubt the control panel, with the green gummi block inside some sort of jar with pink fluid inside and pincers on the inside top and bottom holding the block right in the middle of the jar.

"Other-Worldly-Portal-Kun is a special invention that will generate a portal to a completely different world!" she explained. "And here is the Return-Dial-Kun!" She pulled out a dial with a small red button in it. "Simply press the button on any world and it'll return you right back in front of Other-Worldly-Portal-Kun!"

'So theoretically, we can just use that when we are done searching on a world to come back here and re-use the other machine. Well, let's hope these actually work...' Yami thought to herself as she put the dial in her backpack. She knew Lala loved inventing things, but their effectiveness usually left a lot to be desired.

With that, Lala went to the control panel pressed many buttons and after she was done she pulled the big blue lever on the side of the control panel. After that a low whirring noise started to emit from the machine itself, which caught the attention of all present. Then the noise started to get louder and louder.

"...I think we should take cover..." Momo nervously said as the noise got even louder and the machine started to shake. Yami made a giant shield in front of her using her hair and crouched behind it while pulling Momo down. The rest simply ducked and covered away from the machine, with the noise emitting from it becoming even louder and it shaking even more violently. Then, there wasn't an explosion like everyone was expecting, but a strange noise, like a mass of particles being created in one swift motion. The loud noise was gone, but now there was a low hum emitting from the machine. Everyone got up and looked toward it to find a light pink portal to who knows where, in the center of it.

"Hooray!" Lala exclaimed while throwing her hands in the air. "OK, now Yami-chan." she pulled out the Return-Dial, walked over to the blonde, and handed it to her. "Keep this safe, OK?" She asked with a happy smile.

Yami nodded to the princess and looked toward Mikan "Don't worry you two, I promise we'll return with that pervert in tow before you know it."

Nana walked over to her twin sister "Hey you. Take care of those two, and keep your spirits up. Understand?"

Momo looked toward Nana and nodded to her "They'll be fine, I'll make sure of it." She then got closer to Nana and asked her something. "Did you tell Mea anything about this?"

"Of course, I had to. You know she's just as worried about Rito as everyone else. Naturally, she wanted to go with you guys, but Yami told her that the best way to help right now is to keep this place safe while she's gone, in case whatever is out there comes here." Nana finished her explanation, which got a simple "OK" from Momo.

"Commander!" Both Maul and Smutts called out to their boss in unison. Zastin walked toward the two.

"Make sure Lala-sama and Nana-Sama are safe and sound, is that clear?"

"Sir!" they said in unison, acknowledging the order, to which Zastin nodded. He then turned to Momo and Yami. "So are you two ready?"

"Yes."

"As ready as I'll ever be, Zastin."

"Very well, then." They all turned to the portal, "Let's be off."

The three walked into the portal one after the other, with Yami being the last one to enter. After she did the portal suddenly closed.

From here on out, they will be in unknown territory...


Developer's Notes:

1. I was originally gonna have Mea with the rest when they are talking about the other worlds. But decided against it because I'm unclear about something. Does Nemesis have to take over Mea's body and shape-shift it to look like herself in order to appear before others. Or does she have her own body, but she can just take over Mea whenever she wants?

PM me if you know because I have a few sources contradicting each other.

2. I was gonna have a scene with the Radiant Garden group in this chapter, but I thought the chapter was already going for too long so I decided against it.

Also yes, The Sainan group is essentially doing something similar to what Sora's group did in KH1.