I don't own To Love-Ru or Kingdom Hearts.

Greetings all! Happy New Year!

Can't believe the two year anniversary of this story is coming in April. Woo boy, time flies.

Anyways...This chapter will have more creative liberties (expect it through the whole story, really), introduce a new/not so new character if you know Kingdom Hearts Lore, and some base To Love-Ru antics.

So...*Ahem!*

WARNING: Explicit content ahead! Reader discretion is advised...


Other Departures - Other Hearts

Radiant Garden - Central Square

"Can't believe the day is here..." Lea muttered to himself as he looked up to a Gummi Ship that was in standby mode; the ship they'll be using. The city's Central Square was large enough to have the Gummi Ship take off without really damaging anything. Behind Lea's team were Aerith, Cid, and Merlin.

As for Lea's team...

Rito walked forward from Lea's right "We're gonna be using this?" he observed while looking the ship up and down.

Kairi spoke up from Lea's left "It kind of reminds me of the ship Sora uses when he's with Donald and Goofy." she made the comparison, remembering the ship he used when they rescued her from Hollow Bastion.

"That's 'cause I used it as a blueprint for this one." Cid explained from behind the trio "Was in the workshop for a while; she was. But with these changing of plans, we had a reason to complete it."

"You've always had a knack for Gummi Ships Cid." Aerith complimented

Lea squinted his eyes at the primary color of the ship '...Why green? I would have liked purple...' he complained in his mind.

"Ah-hem!" Merlin cleared his throat, getting the attention of everyone while looking right at Kairi "Now I know you feel quite accomplished knowing you've passed your final exams, but I must ask again, are you certain about going with them, Kairi? With the Organization out and about..." he trailed off.

"Don't worry...I'm not going to be alone." her voice was full of conviction. "Besides, Leon and Riku said it would be good if we got some real field experience fighting the Heartless."

Merlin stared at the three with a frown "I suppose there's a need to forge battle senses without a safety net, so to speak. But even still, we can't let Kairi get captured. Rito's and especially Kairi's well-being are in your hands, Lea."

Rito vocally supported her "Don't worry, sir. We'll have each others backs, right Lea?" he turned to the tall red-head, to which he nodded back with a grin.

"Of course we will."

"By the way..." Rito looked around the area "Where is Leon? and Yuffie too?"

"They're already at Traverse Town; to assist more people who lost their world." answered Aerith. "They were helping Cid out with building the Gummi Ship in the time you were training; to get it ready faster. You'll meet up with them there."

"Oh...you guys aren't coming?"

She gave an apologetic smile "No, we have to stay to help the citizens if they need something"

"That's why you'll be needin' this..." Cid reached into his oversized waistband and pulled out a strange device. It was attached to a silver chain, was made of Mythril, and had a circular shape. Outlined inside the circle was the shape of a thick star with a light blue and white gradient at the center, giving an 'eyeball' vibe.

Rito looked at the object with curiosity "What is it?" he asked.

Right after he asked, The 'eyeball' blinked with a silver shutter.

"Woah/Ah!/Huh?" Was the combined response of Rito, Kairi, and Lea. Not a moment later, the 'star' detached itself from the base of the device and floated in mid-air, looking at the trio.

"Hello, I am 'Login Intranet Navigational Key', or 'LINK'. Please tell me your User Names, so I may register them to my database." the strange device requested as it's eye blinked. It had the voice of an adult male with a slight reverb.

Cid began to explain "LINK here is a constantly learning A.I. program, based off the Radiant Garden Master Control Program. You could say he's the 'Link' to the ships controls." he let out a chuckle at his own pun.

'Boooo...' Lea mentally jeered with a deadpanned look shared between him and Kairi.

"So he's gonna be your pilot, considering none of you have used a Gummi Ship before. Just let him put himself into the main controls in the cockpit and he'll do the rest using a special warp gummi that the Loony Wizard here enchanted."

Merlin didn't appreciate that Loony Wizard nickname "Loony Wizard?" He took out his wand "I'll show you Loony Wiza-"

"Special Warp Gummi?" Kairi questioned, stopping Merlin from retaliating.

Merlin paused his incoming spell "Oh! That's right." he put his wand away and turned back to Kairi "It's what they use to move the ship between here and Traverse Town. Leon & Yuffie have one as well, Of course." Merlin explained, feeling proud.

"Wow..." Rito was too busy staring in awe at the floating object named Link. Despite not knowing why, he smiled "My name is Rito."

Kairi watched this exchange happen before speaking "I'm Kairi." She introduced herself.

"The name's Lea, get it memorized."

The little device; LINK, hovered around the three as they introduced themselves "...Okay, Users scanned, recognized, and registered. We're good to go."

"Now, which one of you will hold onto his base?" Cid asked as he held forward the 'base' of the device that now had an empty star shaped indent in it "It's kinda like his home."

Rito raised his hand "I can do it." he volunteered with growing excitement. "I like him, I wanna do it."

"Hold on a sec, kiddo. Are you sure you're up for taking care of Link?" Lea asked with a playful wry grin "He's not just our keys; he's our pilot to the ship. I'm not so sure you're ready for that type of responsibility."

"What do you mean? I helped Aerith with her plants a few times. I can take care of Link." Rito insisted. "I think..."

"I am not limited to just piloting 'The Invincible', I come with a variety of functions." The program began to list his functions "Like a scanner to identify Users. The ability to send and receive calls to and from The Restoration Committee's main computer. Record video and/or audio-"

"Wait..." Rito tilted his head "What does 'Record' mean?"

Link looked at Rito "Record; Verb - To set down in writing or some other permanent form for later reference. Or to convert sound or a performance into permanent form for later reproduction." he gave the exact definition. All the big words included.

Which only made Rito more confused "Uhhh..."

"Link?" Kairi spoke from the side "Can you define it in a way Rito can understand? He's not great with complex words." she smiled uncomfortably while Rito bore a sad frown.

"Ah, I see..." Link went silent for a moment "A demonstration then..." he concluded before...

"What does 'Record' mean?" Rito's voice came out of the device, mimicking his question. Rito took a step back, not expecting his own voice to come out back. However, he miss-stepped and lost his footing.

"Oh no/And here we go..." Kairi and Lea knew what was coming next.

He closed his eyes while he fell and prepared to hit the floor. But instead of hard metal, he and his hands landed on something soft.

"Eep!"

Rito opened his eyes as he recognized that 'eep!' came from Aerith. He looked up and noticed his right hand was cupped over her left bosom and his left arm had wrapped around her waist with his hand grabbing her rear.

"Please stop that!" cried Aerith as her face flushed red.

The boy immediately let go and straightened himself back to standing position "I'm sorry!" he apologized as he closed his eyes and a cold sweat ran over his body.

"You better be, ya little-" Cid began to grumble before Aerith cut him off.

"It's okay...I know it's not on purpose." she spoke timidly while avoiding eye contact with Rito. The boy re-opened his eyes to find Aerith patting the sides of her face. She stepped forward and reached out a hand, causing Rito to shut his eyes once again while flinching in place. A known reaction of his...

"Don't be so afraid..." she started to pet his head, with Rito opening his eyes and relaxing "I know how much you want to do this, Rito. So, no matter how small the chances are that you'll find someone from your world..." she bore a warm gentle smile "I'll still believe and wish the best for you."

He looked at Aerith in silence as she continued to rub, feeling a sense of...familiarity? Not too long after, he sported a tiny smile of his own "Thank you, Aerith."

Lea audibly cleared his throat as Aerith stopped petting Rito "I think it's 'bout time we got outta here." he stated before he turned around and headed for the ship.

"Kay, C'mon Rito." Kairi called to the boy while joining Lea.

"Okay!" He responded with a look over his shoulder. Meanwhile, Cid walked over to Rito and handed him Link's circular 'dock'.

"Don't go losin' his home, ya hear?"

"You don't have to worry, sir. I'll wear it around my neck, so I can always see it." he told the Gummi Technician as he put the chain attached to the dock over and around his neck.

"And with that, it's time for you to get going." Aerith chipped while putting her hands on Rito's shoulders and gently directing him towards the ship. Link hovered back into his dock around Rito's neck as he walked to his fellow teammates Lea and Kairi, who were waiting for him under the Gummi Ship.

"And try not to give Kairi too much trouble!" she singsonged, playfully poking fun at his 'habit'.

Kairi jerked in place with a light blush as Rito replied "Don't worry. I'll behave, and I'll take care of Link too!" he obliviously assured.

"Woosh..." Lea made the small sound effect while swinging a hand over his head, just as they were beamed into the ship.


Gummi Ship - The Invincible (Interior)

Rito, Lea, and Kairi were looking around the hallway of the Gummi Ship as they along with Lea walked to the cockpit. Kairi noted that it was very much like King Mickey's Kingdom Gummi Ship from the one time she was on it; having the cabin and restroom to the left and the bath/shower and guest cabins to the right. The floor and walls were metallic light blue; almost silver in color, and had the same yellow and light-green pulsating light bars running along the walls and clear light bars on the roof, just like the Kingdom Gummi Ship.

"Is it me, or is it much bigger inside than outside?" Rito questioned.

Lea chuckled "It's definitely not just you."

"I thought the same thing when I was on Sora's ship. Maybe it's a type of magic..." Kairi guessed while Lea shrugged, deciding not to think about it further.


Gummi Ship - The Invincible (Cockpit)

The layout of the cockpit was also a lot like The Kingdom Gummi Ship's. The same light bars, Three seats, and handle to the ship at the front. The only differences were that the floor was metallic light blue and the various crown shapes that were in the Kingdom Ship were replaced by gold star shapes.

"Here we are." Link stated as Rito stood in front of a circle shaped slot; located at the ships controls in the front.

"So just put the whole dock in there?" He asked his new program friend as he looked at the slot with open eyes of curiosity.

"Yes." simply stated Link.

"Okay..." Rito took off Link from around his neck and put him; dock included, into the slot with his eye facing the rest of the crew. A 'click' sounded out and not a moment later, all of the cockpit came to life with various images and graphs on the dome and lights all around.

Rito looked around the cockpit with a growing smile of amazement at what just occured. He went to the left of the cockpit dome and saw Aerith along with everyone else on the ground. The flower girl noticed Rito at the window and lightly waved to him with the same gentle smile from before. The boy didn't respond for a moment before he slowly returned the exact same motion to her. Kairi watched Rito with a heart full of warmth. Usually, he's a bit...muted, maybe a little somber even. Seeing him like this was always a nice change of things.

"Hmm...I see..." Link mulled over the data of the ships schematics from where he was inserted "This ship is mostly reliant on defensive capabilities than offensive. That is not to say we don't have them, but rather what we have is not very powerful." he explained.

Lea wasn't worried "I'm sure we'll be fine. It's a straight shot from here to Traverse Town with the modified Warp Gummi, right?"

"That is correct."

He nodded, satisfied with the answer "Okay then." he took the front seat, with Kairi and Rito following soon after in the left and right seats respectively. "Let's blast off!"

"Roger!"


Radiant Garden - Central Square

The Invincible rose higher into the air, angled itself to the sky, and fired its fire-g thrusters. The ship soared into the sky, till a white energy surrounded the ship and it poofed out in a smoke cloud.

Aerith, Cid, and Merlin watched the ship leave and stared at where it once was. Aerith closed her eyes and brought her hands together into a prayer...

For she was wishing Rito all the good fortune in the world...


Lanes Between - Kingdom Gummi Ship (Cockpit)

Sora laid back in his seat at the front of the cockpit; hands behind his head in his usual fashion, wearing his new clothes. He was now wearing a long, open, black hooded jacket with red outlines, black and red plaid flaps at the top that were held down by gold buttons with two more buttons trailing below, and grey pockets on each side with white outlines. Underneath the jacket was a black V-Neck shirt with a thin white collar at the 'V'. Over his hands were gray fingerless gloves that came to a 'V' on his palms and ended just below his elbow. The gloves were designed with red outlines, a yellow strap around the wrist, and a silver circle 'plate' on the back of the hand. His pants were black capri shorts that ended at his calves, had one small red strap going around each pants leg, and had dark grey pockets and pouches below them at each side that were decorated with gold buttons at the corners. His shoes were black with a yellow inside, had a black strap going over each shoe, and were folding down and back at the ankles. His hair was a touch shorter but just as spiky as usual, and he was still wearing his signature crown necklace.

Overall, he felt like a new Sora.

"Hmm..." he hummed to himself as Jiminy stood on the left armrest of Sora's seat.

"OK, where to?" Donald asked, leaning from his seat in expectation.

"Ummmm..."

Donald's face deadpanned "Oh, come on. Would you get serious?"

"Gimme' a break, Okay? I told you, these things take time." He tried making an excuse for himself...again...

"Gawrsh, is it just me, or is this turning into a routine?" Goofy wondered as his eye-ridges went upward in confusion.

Sora continued "Besides, I was also thinking about Momo and her missing friends. Especially that Rito guy..."

"Huh?"

Before Sora could explain, a tune suddenly sounded throughout the cockpit from an unknown source. A very cheery tune, in fact.

"Hmm?/Huh?/A-hyuck?"

Everyone looked around for the source of the noise. Everyone besides Jiminy; who was close enough to know where it was coming from...

"It's coming from you, Sora!"

"Oh! Uhh..." Sora dug into his pants pocket and pulled out a peculiar device that was making the noise. It had the form of a rounded square and was black, red, and gold in color. On the bottom of the device was a black Mickey Emblem inside a silver circle. The device had a screen that was displaying a white ringing telephone and two buttons; one green one with the phone facing upward, and one red one with the phone facing downward.

"What's this?" he asked as he studied the device.

Donald and Goofy walked over to the boy who was now lightly shaking the device in an effort to stop the noise. "Got me! Make it stop." Donald ordered.

"But I don't know how." Sora responded while massaging his the back of his head with his free palm.

Goofy looked at the object it Sora's hand "Ya know, it somehow reminds me of Momo's...um..." he trailed of, trying to remember the name of Momo's gadget "D-Dial!" he eventually recalled with a smile.

"Really? Hmm..." he brought the gadget in front of himself. "Maybe...like this?" he guessed as he pressed the green button, mimicking the girl who was currently taking a relaxing bath. The screen then changed, to display a 'toon' chipmunk with a red nose wearing an apron?

"Hurray! He picked up!" the chipmunk celebrated.

Sora was taken aback by the device and a familiar face "Huh? Dale?"

"Hey, Chipper, I finally got him!" he called out to his brother on his success "Hurry up, Chip!" One second later, another Chipmunk with a black nose came into the picture.

"Well, It's about time." he remarked with a huff.

"Chip?" from what Sora could tell, it looked like they were in the King's study.

"Ya gotta answer the phone, Sora. Or we can't give ya updates. We got lots and lots of important stuff we want to tell ya!" Dale told Sora.

"That's why we asked Master Yen Sid to make sure you got this Gummiphone we made ya. So we'd be able to stay in touch with you at all times." Chip explained

"And it takes pictures too!" chipped Dale while making the motion of taking a photo.

Jiminy hopped onto Sora's shoulder; who slightly shifted his head towards the cricket, feeling his presence. "Oh! You finally finished it. Good work, boys!" he praised the two Chipmunks on a job well done. "Say, with this Gummiphone, we can talk to each other across Worlds. In fact, I might even try writing my journal on it."

"Wow! Sounds like it's pretty handy, guys. So what's so important that you had to tell me?" Sora asked them both.

"This!" Chip began "Back when you and Riku quested through the Sleeping Worlds, Riku recovered some secret research data that Ansem the Wise hid inside you."

"Ansem's Code!" Dale loudly declared. "We've been workin' our tails off tryin' to crack it and see what it says."

All of a sudden, the Gummiphone's screen changed to show a young man in a long white lab coat with a large blue tie. His eyes were light blue and his dark gray-blue hair went out and over his right eye.

"The data has been encrypted, so we've only deciphered some of it." he told the group, adding onto Dale's synopsis.

"Huh? Who are you?" Sora asked the young man.

"Oh...that's right. We've never formally met, have we? I'm Ienzo" he gave his name. "Aeleus is here too..." he looked behind himself to the left, addressing the large man. He glanced over in Ienzo's direction before facing away from him with a frown. "Aeleus, whatever's between you and Roxas, it's in the past." Ienzo tried playing mediator. But it was no use, for Aeleus gave a somber quiet sigh, and walked off.

'I suppose he still feels guilty...' Ienzo thought to himself with a sigh. He turned back to Sora on the phone to continue the conversation "Sora, the reason we're here is because you and your friends defeated our Nobodies, thereby 're-completeing' us." he told Sora and his friends the process of their return. "We cast off our hearts by choice, make no mistake, but we didn't know that Xemnas; or rather, Xehanort; was deceiving us."

"Wait, Xemnas?"

Jiminy jumped behind Sora's head; into his hood "He's with them!" he exclaimed in fright.

"Not anymore. Xemnas and Xehanort have no hold over us now. We're just students of the heart, exactly the same as we were before all of this began."

"Yeah, right!" Donald shot in a disbelieving tone, not buying anything Ienzo said.

"But think about it fella's, Axel's on our side now, and he used to be with Organization XIII, too." Goofy reasoned. "So it ain't too farfetched to think that other people would do the same thing..."

Donald crossed his arms over his chest, remaining skeptical and glared at the man on the Gummiphone, unsure if he or his friends should believe his words so easily.

"We have friends we want to bring back into The World, just the same as you. To do that, we have to work together." rationalized Ienzo before moving on "In that spirit, Sora...we found some intriguing data in the bit of code we deciphered." he looked at Ansem the Wise's computer, which displayed images along with data on Sora, his heart, and his Keyblade.

Sora grew curious at what they found "Is it about me?" he asked as Jiminy came out of Sora's hood .

"Yes. In order to piece your memories back together, our teacher; Ansem the Wise, took a close look at your heart. And what he found..." Ienzo paused as one half of Sora's image highlighted and several red windows of code showed on Ansem's computer "...is that your heart doesn't belong just to you." he concluded.

"It doesn't?" Everyone in the Gummi Ship besides Sora was shocked at this revelation, which Goofy took notice of.

"Gawrsh, you don't seem surprised."

"Yeah." the boy agreed with Ienzo "Honestly, I suspected as much. There's another heart inside mine. I think it's Roxas's..." Sora told the rest his hypothesis "Just like Naminé is still inside Kairi's..."

"Interesting..." the scientist on the other side mused "Well, no one knows your heart better than you. To be honest, we still have a plethora of questions on our side..." he drummed his left index finger as he gave voice to his thoughts "But...the idea has merit. It's incredible enough that you and your Nobody are able to coexist. If you share a heart...no wonder someone as remarkable as you caught Ansem the Wise's eye." he gave Sora a smile "We'll keep investigating based on your hypothesis. I'll be in touch."

The screen flashed and changed back to Chip and Dale "Okey-dokey, we'll give you fellas a ring if there's anything else." Dale assured "Remember, me and Chip, the scientists at Radiant Garden, and King Mickey are never far away."

"And Jiminy, would ya do us a favor? Teach Sora how to use the Gummiphone." Chip asked in a exasperated manner, knowing of Sora's lack of technical knowledge.

"Leave it to me."

With that, the Chipmunks signed off, leaving Sora and his team to themselves. Jiminy hopped off Sora, back to the armrest as Sora put away the Gummiphone. The Keyblade Wielder cast his gaze down.

"What's wrong, Sora?" Jiminy asked.

"Roxas...give me a little more time, okay?" he seemed to be talking to himself, with a face of deep contemplation.

Goofy tilted his head "What do ya mean by that?"

Sora's expression softened as he was brought back to his friends "Oh! It's just that..." he exhaled before explaining "Before we started talking to the others, I was thinking about Momo's friends and how they're lost out there somewhere..."

"...And you wanna help her search for them first, right?" Goofy put two and two together, familiar with Sora and his strong desire to help others.

"Yeah...I know Roxas is here inside my heart, and I want to help him exist again somehow. But Momo and her friends need help too..." he reasoned "I'm mostly worried about Momo's friend that disappeared."

"Right, Rito..." Jiminy pondered while going to a thinking position "What do you think happened to that fella?"

Sora shook his head "We don't know for sure, but if the Organization did kidnap him, then why would they?" he questioned with a worried frown.

"Why don't we just ask Momo what he was like?" suggested Donald in a deadpanned tone, feeling like he was suggesting the obvious. "We don't know anything about the guy."

Sora got up from his seat "You know, you're right. I don't think it'll hurt to ask about him. It might give us a clue."

"Gawrsh, do you think we should've told the others about all this?"

The boy put his arms across himself as he thought "You mean about the Organization, Momo, and her missing friends? Hmm...no, they already have enough on their plates as it is. Why go stressing them out?" he concluded. "The three of us can handle a search and rescue, right?"

"Yeah, I guess so..." Goofy relented. Sora nodded, feeling satisfied.


Lanes Between - Kingdom Gummi Ship (Bath/Shower Cabin)

The room was a smooth tiled maya blue color; it's walls, ceiling, and floor. The celing was lit with a white circular lamp. A white sink was to the right of the room coming in and above that sink was a mirror that was backlit by a white light. To the left of the room coming in was a towel rack with a few white towels going up and over. The bathtub was white, deep, had various soaps and shampoos on the side, and had it's bath and shower faucets coming out of the right wall. On the floor next to the tub was a white rug.

Momo was laying back with her eyes closed in the filled tub, thinking over current events and everything she had learned.

'The Greater World is more meta-physical then I ever thought it would be...Zastin, Yami-san...' she opened her eyes as she recalled those two to the front of her mind and then took a saddened expression as she thought of a third...

'Rito-san...' she thought of his smiling face...his adorable embarrassment whenever she would tease him...his kindness to others...

She shifted her body so that she was resting her head and her right arm on the rim leading out of the tub. 'Vessel for Xehanort? I don't even want to think about what that might mean for your heart, Rito-san...Or how everyone would react, especially my sisters and Mikan...If that came to pass...please stay strong...' she paused.

'My sisters...' she got out of the bath, thinking she was forgetting something...


Lanes Between - Kingdom Gummi Ship (Interior)

Sora was walking down the interior of the ship, his mind ruminating over his conversation with Ienzo, when he suddenly heard a short but loud shout.

A female shout...

"That sounded like Momo!" he summoned his Keyblade and ran down the corridor 'It can't be the Heartless, they usually attack the ship head on...The Nobodies? The Organization?' he assumed. Sora arrived to the bath/shower cabin door, and rushed in.

Without Knocking...

"Momo, I heard you scream! Are you O...K...?" he slowed down to a halt and let out a high pitched strained "Ah..."

The Third Princess of Deviluke was completely nude and dripping with water, having just come out of the bath. Her tail was curved in such a manner that the 'spade' portion was covering a...particular lower front area exclusive to females, but nothing was covering her upper front area, meaning Sora got a view of her exposed breasts.

They both stood silently stunned for a moment before Momo face changed to one of combined anger and embarrassment.

"Not You!"

POW!


Lanes Between - Kingdom Gummi Ship (Cockpit)

Momo closed her phone with a disappointed sigh, unable to get in contact with her Sisters. Or anyone at Sainan, for that matter. She was back to wearing her normal clothes as Sora was getting a lecture from Jiminy.

"You can't just barge into a bathroom, especially if a girl is in there, Sora..." Jiminy reprimanded the boy who now had a large comical bump coming out of his head. "You gotta knock!"

"I know, I'm sorry." He apologized with closed eyes and a small bow towards the pinkette, unable to look at her. "I just forgot when I heard you scream. I thought you were in trouble. I didn't mean too...you know..." He felt rather ashamed of himself.

Momo stared at Sora with slanted eyes and a frown before she relented with a soft sigh and a smile. She wouldn't have minded if it was Rito. In fact, she would have enjoyed it. What a change of pace...

'I suppose this is how the others must feel when Rito-san does things like this...goodness me...'

"Okay, I'll forgive you. Since you were worried about my well being." she paused as Sora opened his eyes and Donald healed his bump with a Cure spell "I screamed because I completely forgot to try and contact my sisters." she started to pick at her cheek "With so much happening, it just slipped my mind."

"Is that what you were just tryin' to do now?" Jiminy asked from the top of Sora's seat

"Yes, but...no luck I'm afraid...communication capabilities are dead. I know they're in a completely different World, but I had to give it a try."

Jiminy went silent as cogs began to whirl in his head, mulling over a growing idea. 'But in order for it to work, we would need someone on her World.'

"Uh...I was actually going ask you something before...that happened." he paused before shaking his head and moving on "Can you tell us what that Rito guy's like?"

Momo's eyes widened "Hmm?"

"We just wanna know because we're trying to figure out why the Organization would kidnap him. Ya know, like his personality and stuff."

"...I see" she went silent.

Sora wondered if he struck a nerve by mistake "If we're prying too much, you don't have to tell us." he gave the option, waving his hands in a 'You can stop' motion.

But she went on anyway, not being bothered "He's not particularly a fighter like you guys are, not anything of the sort..." she smiled "He's really kind, always helpful and willing to do anything to make those around him happy, despite what difficulties it may bring onto himself."

"Wow." Sora got into his usual hands behind his head pose "He sounds like a really good guy."

"Yes, he is."

"But...that still doesn't solve the mystery." He put his arms back down "What would they want with someone like that? Maybe...it was to lure you guys out?"

Suddenly, Sora's Kingdom Key appeared in his hand.

"Hmm?"

"What's wrong, Sora?" Jiminy asked from his seat

A moment of silence passed before Sora slowly raised it to the window looking out to The Lanes Between. A small bright light emanated from The Keyblade's tip and not a moment later, another wormhole; a gate, appeared.

"Hey! Another Gate!" Donald pointed out While Sora remained confused.

"But why?"

Goofy got into a thinking pose as he looked at the gate "Maybe it leads to a world that needs our help?"

Sora looked down at his blade "Trust the guidance of my heart..." he smiled "Then let's check it out!"


Answers below:

Sora will be going to the worlds of KH3 in a different order than in the game, due to his good-hearted nature of wanting to help Momo first. His logic was 'Roxas is here with my heart, but Momo's friends may be in danger somewhere'. That and the threat of the Heartless also gives him more of a reason to visit the other worlds rather than just "Re-obtain The Power of Waking."

Riku is still looking for Aqua in the Realm of Darkness at the moment, I have plans for him and Mickey, too.

Ienzo is completely unaware of Axel/Lea's whereabouts at the moment, he was busy decrypting Ansem's code along with Chip and Dale. Also, we've never seen them interact after DDD. (Remind might change that though)

I should elaborate on the happenings of Lea, Rito, and Kairi. By the time of Kairi's letter, they had final exams next day because "Time doesn't matter" where they were. So Kairi's quote of "Tomorrow is Final exams in the ring" from the interlude translates to a few hours in The Realm of Light (The time when Momo was being filled in on Kingdom Hearts Lore by Yen Sid)

I went with a combination of Aerith's characterization from FFVII (where she's a bit playful) and Kingdom Hearts (Where she's more...motherly?). I hope I conveyed it correctly.

The Invincible is the defense oriented Gummi Ship you get from KH2 and KH3, I just gave it some lore in this AU story.

Link's voice sounds exactly like the Radiant Garden program you're thinking of. The reason for Link's existence will be made apparent as the story progresses.

LINK = Connect

Will Remind stuff be in this story? That depends on Remind's content and if it fits with this story at all.

One more thing, because Remind is coming out soon, this story won't continue until after it's out and I have played it.

Next time, we follow Rito to Traverse Town and the trouble he gets into with Darkness.

See you guys then.

(1/18/20 Edit: Don't know why I said AU of sorts when this IS a massive AU)

(4/12/20 Update: General Updates)

(12/19/20 Update: Updated End Author's notes)

(7/5/21 Update: Updated End Author's notes)

(9/14/21 Edit: Fixed a small inconsistency with one of Link's lines)